Busy downtown stretch of Jay Street to become ‘busway’
Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn between Tillary and Livingston streets is only five or six blocks long, but it’s one of the most important streets in Downtown Brooklyn, with the state courthouse building, the District Attorney’s Office, MetroTech Center, NYU Tandon engineering school, the New York City retirement office, one of the entrances to the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and more.
So when the city Department of Transportation proposes to make this stretch of Jay Street into a busway — which would limit traffic to buses, trucks, bicycles and local access — it’s bound to have major repercussions, as well as presumably improve bus service.
According to the DOT, the project will increase bus speeds and reliability, help improve travel times for commuters, improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, ease congestion and reduce the impact of illegal parking.