MAYOR MAMDANI ANNOUNCES CITY TO COMPLETE REDESIGN ON MCGUINNESS BOULEVARD

 

Mamdani Administration will deliver DOT’s original plan for protected bike lanes along the full length of McGuinness Boulevard from Meeker Avenue to the Pulaski Bridge  

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn announced today that NYC DOT will complete the redesign of McGuinness Boulevard.  

 

McGuinness Boulevard, which operates as a critical cycling connection between Brooklyn and Queens that serves more than 4,000 daily riders during the summer months, is dangerous for bikers, pedestrians, and drivers alike.  

 

Under Mayor Mamdani, NYC DOT will implement its original plan to install parking-protected bike lanes along the entirety of McGuinness Boulevard to ensure traffic calming measures throughout the entire corridor, extending the existing parking-protected lanes running between Meeker and Calyer Street northbound up to the Pulaski Bridge. Upon completion, McGuinness Boulevard will feature one travel lane in each direction, one parking-protected bike lane in each direction, and one vehicular parking and loading lane in each direction.  

 

“For too long, critical street safety projects have been delayed or shelved because of political considerations and backroom deal-making rather than the needs of New Yorkers. Those days are over,” said Mayor Zohran Mamdani. “New Yorkers deserve to be safe no matter how they commute — whether they bike, walk, or drive. That’s why, as one of my first acts as Mayor, my administration is committing to restarting implementation of parking-protected bike lanes on McGuinness Boulevard and complete its redesign. New Yorkers deserve an administration that gets right to work to deliver genuine street safety.” 

 

“New Yorkers deserve to feel safe when they’re traveling with their families and loved ones on city streets — and McGuinness Boulevard should be designed to stitch Greenpoint together, not divide it in half,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn. “We are moving swiftly to finish the redesign of McGuinness Boulevard because we know too many lives have already been lost on this street — and that this project was altered against the best interests of New Yorkers. This is just the beginning, and we look forward to doubling down to aggressively deliver on our bus and street safety agenda and restore faith in our community engagement process.” 

 

The redesign will bring a host of safety benefits for all New Yorkers, including pedestrians and drivers, by shortening crossing distances, calming turning vehicles, and reducing reckless driving behavior. Similar designs across the city have been shown to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries by 30 percent.