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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 12/09/2026

We're thrilled to be at @ridersalliance.org's Bus Riders Summit with so many other riders building power for better buses!

Riders Alliance Director Betsy Plum speaks to a group of bus riders. There's an ASL interpreter at the front, too.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 31/08/2026

Happy last day of August! Our regularly scheduled monthly meeting will be tomorrow, September 1 at 7 PM on Zoom. Same link as always, email us if you need it. Hope to see you there!

A group of people at the corner of Flatbush Ave, Nostrand Ave and Hillel Place holding signs that say things like "Flatbush Needs Better Buses!"

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 15/07/2026

Our friends at @ridersalliance.org are hosting a garden party at Wyckoff House in East Flatbush this Saturday 10am-1pm, which will include a discussion about the recent win on Flatbush Ave and volunteering at the community garden. RSVP here: action.ridersalliance.org/wyckoff-726/

An image titled "Garden Party," featuring an image of activists holding up a "Flatbush Deserves Better Buses" sign and other signs. Below it is this text:

"Join us at Wyckoff House Museum on Saturday, July 18 from 10:00am-1:00pm for a fun Summer mix of bus rider organizing and good ol’ fashioned volunteering!

"We’ll be hosting an open discussion about our ongoing organizing for a fast, reliable, affordable, and accessible bus service and then volunteering at the Wyckoff House Community Garden. Food and drinks will be provided. Hope to see you there!"

The logos of the Wyckoff House Museum and Riders Alliance aer below it.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/07/2026

We're looking forward to seeing the city and state execute on this plan for the sake of everyone who relies on the bus, both here and across NYC!

A paragraph of text reading, "Faster, more reliable buses will deliver greater opportunities for all New Yorkers who rely on the bus. With dedicated bus infrastructure, riders spend less time waiting for or traveling on a bus, and more time reaching opportunities that enhance their lives." Below is a photo captioned "The B103 stuck in traffic on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn," taken about a block north of the Applebee's and Target at Flatbush Junction.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/07/2026

But we're also very happy that the city and state understand WHY this is important. Bus service is an essential lifeline in parts of the city like ours where subway stations cannot be found every few blocks, and improved bus service is an equity issue.

A table of commute mode by demographic characteristic. 75% of people of color take the bus, 62% take the subway, and 52% take a personal vehicle. 55% of women take the bus, 54% take the subway, and 41% take a personal vehicle. For households with <$100,000 income, 76% of them take the bus, 58% take the subway, and 44% take a personal vehicle. The chart is sourced to the MTA Customers Count Survey Fall 2025.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/07/2026

We're happy to see the commitment to bus service improvements on the full length of Flatbush Ave called out on their summary page, and of course we're also looking forward to the numerous city-wide improvements, including all-door boarding, better bus stops, and newer buses.

Screenshot of a page of text:
Future Milestones
Joint City and State Commitments
• Study, plan, and implement major bus priority improvements on 50 Priority Corridors across the five boroughs to:
• Increase bus speeds by 20% on priority corridors.
• Reduce bus rider delay at bus stops to less than two minutes beyond the scheduled wait time.
• By 2030:
• Implement a new, world-class rapid bus route on Flatbush Avenue.
• Expand the bus stop accessibility program to upgrade at least 65 bus stops per year.
DOT/City Commitments
• By 2027, install 200 new stationary cameras.
• By 2028, install 300 new bus shelters.
• By 2030:
• Install 125 queue jump signals.
• Activate or improve transit signal priority along 175 corridors.
• Install 2,900 new real time passenger information signs (RTPI).
• By 2035,
• Achieve universal bus stop seating.
• Inspect all bus stops for street trees, planting as many trees as possible.
MTA Commitments
• By 2027, implement all-door boarding with complete transition to tap and ride.
• Procure approximately 2,500 new buses as part of the 2025-2029 Capital Plan, replacing aging vehicles.
• Monitor and update service to leverage infrastructure enhancements.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/07/2026

Beyond the above rapid bus corridors, we can also look forward to general investments across 50 total "Priority Corridors." In our area, this additionally includes Avenue J and Kings Highway. For this year, DOT is committing to capital work on the Kings Highway corridor.

A map of central Brooklyn showing highlighted planned improvements on Flatbush Ave, Church Ave, Utica Ave, Kings Highway, a segment of Avenue J in Midwood, and Bay Parkway.

Screenshot of text:
South Brooklyn Crosstown Corridor, Brooklyn
This capital project will improve bus stops, traffic safety elements, and new greening streetscape along 7.5 miles of streets for 39,000 daily riders along the B82 SBS corridor.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/07/2026

Flatbush Ave is one of five corridors where DOT plans to bring "world-class rapid bus service." Utica Ave is another, and a third will expand on the small segment of bus lanes installed on Church Ave in 2019, running through Kensington, Flatbush, and East Flatbush.

Screenshot of text: "04. Kensington-JFK, Brooklyn-Queens: Later in 2026, NYC DOT and MTA will launch visioning engagement for new rapid bus options along Church Avenue, Linden Boulevard, New Lots Avenue, and Conduit Avenue connecting to JFK Airport."

Screenshot of text: "05. Utica Avenue, Brooklyn: NYC DOT and MTA will study options for rapid bus investments, as identified in MTA capital planning processes."

A map of NYC labeled "Rapid Bus Corridors," showing five corridors across the city, identified as: Flatbush Ave (BK), Northern Boulevard (QN), Tremont/Cross Bronx (BX), Kensington-JFK (BK-QN), and Utica Ave (BK).

A close-up view of the previous map focusing on Kensington, Flatbush, and East Flatbush, showing the Church Ave, Flatbush Ave, and Utica Ave corridors.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/07/2026

Most notably, "NYC DOT and MTA will deliver new rapid bus service along the full length of the Flatbush Avenue corridor by 2030." We're pleased to see them recognize that riders all along Flatbush Ave, especially where subway stations are rarer, need fast and reliable buses!

Screenshot of a drawing of a street with two bus lanes and one general travel lane, with the text:
"Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn: Building upon the 2026 center-running bus lane project between Livingston Street and Grand Army Plaza, NYC DOT and MTA will deliver new rapid bus service along the full length of the Flatbush Avenue corridor by 2030. In 2026, both agencies will engage with community members in Central Brooklyn to identify neighborhood mobility needs."

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/07/2026

The bus action plan announced this week by @nyc-dot.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov and @mta.info is full of good news for riders in our area! We're very excited to see a specific focus on Central Brooklyn in the report. Let's go through it! 🧵 www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...

A map of central and south Brooklyn showing highlighted planned improvements on the entire length of Flatbush Ave, on Church Ave through all of Flatbush and East Flatbush, and on Utica Ave up to Kings Highway, as well as a few other planned improvements on Ave J and Kings Highway. A block of text is next to it, titled "Central Brooklyn Bus Planning," which reads:
NYC DOT and MTA will study bus priority and complete street improvements on three critical, high-ridership, and Vision Zero corridors in Central Brooklyn: Church Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, and Utica Avenue. Together, these three corridors serve over 150,000 bus riders on 13 bus routes each day. NYC DOT and MTA will begin project coordination and community engagement on these corridors in 2026.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 09/07/2026

There's lots of good stuff in thr bus plan releaed today by @nyc-dot.bsky.social and @mta.info, but one particularly exciting announcement: a commitment to extend rapid bus service down Flatbush Ave into the neighborhood of Flatbush and beyond, by 2030! www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...

Screenshot of a report with a drawing of a street with two bus lanes and one general travel lane, with the text:
"Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn: Building upon the 2026 center-running bus lane project between Livingston Street and Grand Army Plaza, NYC DOT and MTA will deliver new rapid bus service along the full length of the Flatbush Avenue corridor by 2030. In 2026, both agencies will engage with community members in Central Brooklyn to identify neighborhood mobility needs."

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 05/05/2026

It's been a bit but our regularly-scheduled monthly organizing meeting is happening TONIGHT at 7 PM (in under half an hour). Same Zoom link as usual, email us if you need it!

A photo of an adult on a bicycle, a child on a bicycle, and a child on a kick-scooter crossing Cortelyou Road using the painted bike lane.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 03/03/2026

We won't be having our regular organizing meeting this evening because there are TWO exciting events tonight promoting safer and more effective streets in our neighborhood. Go to one of them instead! Links and RSVP in thread.

A flyer from Riders Alliance for a Flatbush Avenue Community Meeting at Crown Heights Library, 560 New York Ave, Tuesday, March 3, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM. There's a photo of a large crowd at a rally last year in front of a "Flatbush Deserves Better Buses" banner.

A flyer from the Brooklyn Borough President's office for an event called "Envisioning Low Traffic Neighborhoods in Brooklyn: Brainstorming strategies for safe, quiet, and healthy neighborhoods across the borough," tonight at 6 PM at Borough Hall. The event has four panelists, a senior planner from the BP's office, a senior strategist with Open Plans, a director of urban design at WXY Studios, and a parent-organizer with Safe Streets for PS 110.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 13/02/2026

We are excited to hear that @mayor.nyc.gov is prioritizing the long-delayed bike lane network in Flatbush, East Flatbush, and Midwood. We have been advocating for this network for years, both to protect cyclists and to improve safety for all road users in our neighborhoods.

Screenshot of NYT article:

Mr. Mamdani is also expected to announce that the city will build a bike lane network through the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Midwood, Flatbush and East Flatbush, and add protected lanes to Dorchester and Cortelyou Roads in Ditmas Park, and along Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues, also in Brooklyn.

“These projects will improve the quality of life for so many New Yorkers — but until today many were stalled because of politics,” said Mike Flynn, the city’s new transportation commissioner, in a statement. “This is just the beginning.”

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 03/02/2026

TONIGHT! Instead of our regular monthly organizing meeting, we're joining our friends at Open Plans and New Yorkers for Parks for a social hour at Bad Therapy Bar (Cortelyou and CIA) to chat all things community boards. See you there, 6-8 PM!

Community Board Social Hour
6-8 PM
Feb 3
Bad Therapy Bar, 1008 Cortelyou Road
Mingle with current and aspring CB members and learn how they shape your neighborhood.
RSVP openplans.org/events
Co-hosted by Open Plans, Flatbush Streets for People, New Yorkers for Parks, and Bad Therapy.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 17/09/2025

In addition to completing an important missing connection in the bike network in our area, the proposed redesign is also intended to reduce speeding and improve pedestrian safety. You can see DOT's full presentation about the redesign and its goals here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...

The title slide of an NYC DOT presentation "McDonald Ave Two-Way Protected Bike Lane, Presentation to Brooklyn Community Board 7, June 10, 2025," with a large photo of the intersection of 20th St/10th Av/McDonald Ave just after the existing protected bike lane ends.

A slide from the presentation with a photo of the existing street (two vehicle lanes in each direction with parking) and a diagram of the new proposal (a two-way bike lane, a 3' buffer, one vehicle lane in each direction with parking, and a turn lane in the middle). The slide reads

Making It Work
McDonald Ave
• Traffic volumes peak roughly equally in the AM northbound
(750 vehicles) and PM southbound (650 vehicles) directions
• Signal cycle lengths of 60, 90, and 120 seconds are all present
on McDonald Ave between Ft Hamilton Pkwy and 10th Ave,
preventing the signals from coordinating efficiently
• Coordination of the signal cycle lengths will allow the same
amount of vehicles that currently need two lanes on McDonald
Ave during peak times to fit into one lane

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 17/09/2025

On the agenda for this Wednesday evening's meeting of Brooklyn Community Board 7 is a proposal for a two-way protected bike lane on McDonald Ave between 10th Av/20th St and Fort Hamilton Pkwy. Speak up for this important connection at public comment: www.nyc.gov/site/brookly...

A map of the bike network in Windsor Terrace between Green-Wood Cemetery and Prospect Park, showing the existing protected lanes on McDonald Ave north of 10th Ave and on Ft Hamilton Pkwy, and the proposed lane on McDonald Ave connecting the two.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 02/09/2025

Our monthly organizing meeting is tonight at 7 PM on Zoom! Join us as we discuss recent announcements around better connections in our neighborhood and continue to push for safer and more effective streets for everyone. Email us if you need the Zoom link!

A group of cyclists outside the Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, many holding signs saying "Flatbush Streets for People."

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 01/07/2025

Our July organizing meeting is tonight! Join us at 7 PM on Zoom (email us if you need the link) to talk about next steps to get safer and more effective streets in our neighborhood.

A painted bike lane next to the Citi Bike dock at Rugby Road and Albemarle Road.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 17/06/2025

The DOT is also proposing hardened daylighting at nine particularly dangerous intersections in our district, improving visibility for pedestrians and cyclists and promoting safer turns.

A slide titled "Proposed Intersection Improvements - Hardened Daylighting at High Crash Locations." A map shows eight intersections in the neighborhood, and a diagram shows concrete barriers, flexible posts, and small speed bumps at a large intersection. (The full slide is in the PDF linked above.)

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 17/06/2025

Responding to strong public feedback at the last few meetings, the DOT is proposing an east-west pair of parking-protected bike lanes on Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads, providing safety and badly needed connections:

A slide titled "Proposed Protected bike Lanes - Cortelyou Rd and Dorchester Rd," with images showing an eastbound protected lane on Cortelyou from Coney Island Ave (the west of the district) to Flatbush Ave, and a corresponding westbound protected lane on Dorchester a block south. Both replace a previous plan for unprotected lanes, and connect to unprotected lanes to the east. The slide reads:

• Protected bike lanes create a better bicycling environment for all-ages and all-abilities
• Installing protected bike lanes has a 34% reduction in risk of injury
• Requires some trade-offs

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 17/06/2025

At last week's Brooklyn CB14 transportation committee meeting, @nyc-dot.bsky.social presented an update on bike network expansion in the district. The slides are now online: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 06/05/2025

Our monthly organizing meeting is tonight at 7 PM—please note the earlier time. Same Zoom link (DM or email if you need it). Join us for updates on our campaign to make our neighborhood streets safe and effective for everyone and to find ways to get involved!

A photo of the intersection of Rugby Road and Cortelyou Road.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 28/04/2025

Thanks again to Flatbush Food Co-op for hosting us and other great community organizations on this beautiful morning!

A close-up view / selfie of the Flatbush Streets for People and Flatbush Food Co-op tables outside of the store.

Another view of the tables outside the grocery store, where a person with a corgi is engaged in conversation.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 28/04/2025

We also had some flyers about the ongoing legislative push for "universal daylighting," a way to keep everyone—pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers alike—safer at intersections. After last week's hearing, people are hoping for @council.nyc.gov to pass the bill! transalt.org/universal-da...

Another photo of the tables outside the grocery store, where a person wearing a bicycle helmet is engaged in conversation.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 28/04/2025

Yesterday, at Flatbush Food Co-op's "Sustainable Sunday" event, we chatted with neighbors about our campaign to make it easier and safer to get around in climate-friendly ways. A few themes from our conversations with people who dropped by:

In front of a grocery store are three tables, each of which has flyers and people talking to passersby. The middle table has Flatbush Streets for People.

A view from behind the table as someone is looking closely at the flyers and materials on the table. Parked in the street is a paper shredding truck.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 10/04/2025

Join us and other great community organizations for Sustainable Sunday at the Flatbush Food Co-op, April 27. Bring your e-waste and papers for shredding, and then chat with us about how street designs that are safe and effective for people to get around also sustain a healthy planet and environment!

A poster for Sustainable Sunday, April 27 2025, 10am - 2pm (Free!) - electronic waste recycling & paper shredding. Flatbush Food Co-op, 1415 Cortelyou Rd Brooklyn 11226.

Accepting working and non-working: computers, monitors, printers, scanners, keyboards, cables, TVs (all sizes), VCR & DVD players, phones, audio/visual equipment, video games, & cell phones.

PLUS - Learn about local sustainability & safety efforts with 350Brooklyn, Flatbush Streets for People, and South Midwood Pollinators!

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 01/04/2025

Olmstead and Vaux, designers of Central Park and Prospect Park, created Ocean Parkway and its bench-lined walking paths as a "pleasure drive." Today, speeding drivers—and a design that enables them—have made it a site of danger and tragedy.

An old color postcard captioned "Cycle Path on Ocean Boulevard, BROOKLYN." The image shows horse-drawn carriage on the main road and a couple of bicyclists on the bike path, and several fully-grown trees. Image is from https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/the-earlier-name-for-brooklyns-ocean-parkway/ which identifies it as from 1905.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 04/03/2025

Our March organizing meeting is tonight at 8 PM on Zoom (DM or email us if you don't have the link). Join us to get involved in the ongoing work to make our neighborhood streets safe and effective for everyone!

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 05/12/2024

Do you love libraries? Do you love biking? Do you love biking to libraries? Join @bklynlibrary.bsky.social this Saturday morning for a bike tour of six branches in Brooklyn, ending at Flatbush Library. We'll be there to talk about some street safety needs in the area.

Panoramic photo of the inscription near the entrance to the Central Library: "The Brooklyn Public Library, through the joining of municipal enterprise and private generosity, offers to all the people perpetual and free access to the knowledge and the thought of all the ages."

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 22/11/2024

The coalition of community partners for last week's Flatbush Walk & Talk for Safe Streets has sent a followup letter to Mayor Adams, @nyc-dot.bsky.social, and @nyctransit.bsky.social about the issues we identified on the walk and the importance of addressing them.

Screenshot of the first paragraph of the letter. "November 22, 2024
Dear Mayor Eric Adams, NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and NYCT President Demetrius Crichlow, On November 10, dozens of neighbors from across Flatbush, Councilmember Rita Joseph’s team and representatives of local community organizations came together to walk along our streets and discuss the needs we have seen for street safety. Despite the varied perspectives and backgrounds of the people on the walk, two things were clear: there is a substantial need to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians, bicyclists,
and all users of our streets, and we have each been disappointed with the lack of priority and action from the city."

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 22/11/2024

Our campaign wouldn't be as effective without the many, many neighbors who support it! Thank you to everyone who came out to our Flatbush Walk & Talk for Safer Streets last Sunday!

Flatbush Walk & Talk attendees pose for a photo in front of the Flatbush Food Co-op's mural.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 20/11/2024

The Cortelyou Road Merchants Association (CoRMA), a community partner for last Sunday's Flatbush Walk and Talk for Safer Streets, is a strong supporter of pedestrian safety and effective streets and sidewalks for the many businesses on Cortelyou Road.

Walk & Talk attendees gathered in front of Cortelyou Road.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 15/11/2024

Artmageddon is a neighborhood-wide festival and collaboration with the Ditmas Park community. One of its many components involves open streets - in order for it to be an effective event, people need to be able to get around safely!

Artmageddon Collective organizers Robert, Chloe, and Taylor speak in front of a crowd gathered at a Victorian home in Flatbush.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 14/11/2024

Nothing better than video evidence to show why we're fighting to: 🚶 prioritize pedestrian safety, 🚴‍♀️ create a safe bike lane network, 🚍 add bus lanes for #BetterBuses, and 🚚 designate loading zones Sign the petition and join us! FlatbushStreetsForPeople.com

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 14/11/2024

Jolyse from Riders Alliance asked for their thoughts on bus lanes, noting that other business owners have been worried about the impact on deliveries. The Co-op noted loading is already a concern with the current street design, but they're optimistic: "Any improvements are good with us!"

Jolyse asks the crowd a question next to the Flatbush Food Co-op's mural. A bus is in the background on Cortelyou.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 14/11/2024

Residents and customers mentioned that double-parking on Cortelyou is a problem. "Especially if you're crossing at a light, that really blocks visibility." "I bike and drive and walk here. When people are double-parked, cyclists can find themselves facing traffic."

A crowd gathers on the sidewalk outside Flatbush Food Coop. On the side of the building is a mural of houses in the neighborhood.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 14/11/2024

At Sunday's Flatbush Walk & Talk for Safer Streets, Leah and Joanna of Flatbush Food Co-op spoke about how one of the co-op's principles is "Concern for Community," and as such, they want to see safe, effective streets for all.

Leah from Flatbush Food Co-op addresses a crowd adjacent to the co-op.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 13/11/2024

Thank you again to Council Member Joseph's office for attending our community Walk & Talk!

A crowd of people listening to a speaker at Newkirk Plaza, an outdoor mall overlooking a below-ground train station.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 13/11/2024

"The era of ignoring central Brooklyn and the south and east sides of Prospect Park has to be over. It's more critical than ever for New York to serve as an example of what safe, convenient, and equitable streets look like."

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 13/11/2024

Brian noted that CM Joseph's office has been working with "some really solid people who work at DOT, but I want to say they're working under some pretty difficult circumstances right now." A number of planned and approved projects, notably around Prospect Park, have not made progress.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 13/11/2024

WATCH: To kick off our Flatbush Walk and Talk for Safer Streets this past Sunday, Brian Grady, constituent services director for Council Member Rita Joseph, spoke about the importance of street safety in her district and some frustrating inaction from the city.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 12/11/2024

FDC also has been working with DOT, the MTA, and the local businesses to revitalize maintenance of Newkirk Plaza, a hundred-year old mall above the station. Responsibility for upkeep has been unclear, but they've recently secured a grant for some work.

A large group of people listening to a speaker in Newkirk Plaza, a pedestrian mall overlooking an open-cut subway station below, behind a fence.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 12/11/2024

On Sunday, Nina Leonard, Flatbush Development Corporation's Economic Development Program Developer, spoke at our Flatbush Walk & Talk for Safer Streets about about the importance of public space and their partnership with NYC DOT on the Open Streets program on Newkirk Ave.

A large group of people on a sidewalk by a store in a residential neighborhood on a somewhat cold day, standing in a loose circle listening to a speaker.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/11/2024

At our Flatbush Walk & Talk for Safer Streets, Jolyse from Riders Alliance, one of our community partners, spoke about the need to improve bus speeds and reliability along Flatbush Avenue.

Jolyse Race from Riders Alliance addresses a couple dozen people standing in a circle on the sidewalk by the intersection of Flatbush Ave and Cortelyou Rd, a commercial district with residences on upper floors.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/11/2024

We'll be writing to the mayor and the DOT to let them know about the broad but consistent safety concerns in our neighborhood and we're looking forward to hearing how they plan to make our streets safer.

A group of people assembled at an intersection on Dorchester Rd, a tree-lined residential street that is wide, unlaned, and has no stop signs for several blocks. In the foreground, a woman holds up a red octogonal sign saying "This intersection needs a STOP sign. Fix Dorchester .com"

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/11/2024

People spoke about many different topics, including difficult pedestrian crossings, dangerously fast car traffic, a lack of bicycle and bus lanes, and even trash collection issues cluttering our sidewalks. More photos from the walk & talk:

A large group of people having a discussion on a sidewalk at a commercial intersection in Brooklyn.

A long line of people walking down the sidewalk on a residential street in Ditmas Park on a cloudy but bright day.

A group of people assembled to hear two speakers at Newkirk Plaza, an outdoor mall overlooking the Newkirk Av subway station below.

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Flatbush Streets for People @flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 11/11/2024

On today's Flatbush Walk & Talk, we heard many different issues that our community partners and neighbors experience on streets in our neighborhoods. Loved all the different perspectives and background people brought to the discussion!

A large group of people outside a home in Victorian Flatbush watching someone show a presentation and some paperwork of 311 complaints.

A couple dozen people standing in a circle on the sidewalk by the intersection of Flatbush Ave and Cortelyou Rd, a commercial district with residences on upper floors.

A group of people walking on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood on a cloudy day. Many of them are in pairs having conversations with each other.

A large and diverse crowd of people standing outside of Flatbush Food Coop, on the sidewalk at the side of the building where a large mural of the neighborhood is painted. There are a few conversations happening.

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