Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park

A packed sidewalk on Eighth Avenue between 56th Street and 57th Street in Sunset Park. Photo: Dave Colon

Brooklyn Assembly Member Sues To Stop Safety Project DOT Hasn’t Even Started Yet

By Dave Colon | Jul 9, 2021 | No Comments

Assembly Member Peter Abbate's suit contends that the Department of Transportation did not notify local community boards within 90 days of starting the project ... which has no official start date yet. (So, um, how does that work?)

A double parked minivan in front of a double parked car on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT Plans Crucial Redesign of Two Chaotic Sunset Park Roadways

By Dave Colon | Jun 14, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation wants to remake a pair of Brooklyn streets from traffic-choked, dangerous two-way commercial corridors into one-way streets to make the roadways safer and boost business.

A moped rider uses Third Avenue. File photo: Julianne Cuba

New Sunset Park and Red Hook Warehouses Mean More Death from Trucks: Locals

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 28, 2021 | No Comments

Locals have resisted residential rezoning, but now are faced with another crisis: massive distribution centers and more truck traffic.

The Third Avenue intersection where nurse Clara Kang was killed on Oct. 3. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

OPINION: City Must Protect Sunset Park Cyclists — Now

By Zellnor Myrie | Nov 13, 2020 | No Comments

Infamous Third Avenue, under the Gowanus Expressway, has claimed five lives since 2019. The area's state senator wants action.

Last year, candles burned for each of the five people killed this year in Sunset Park. File photo: Julianne Cuba

OPINION: Sunset Park Can’t Wait for the Brooklyn Greenway and a Third Avenue Redesign

By Whitney Hu | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

It’s time for the Department of Transportation to focus on immediate structural investments and street planning for a neighborhood that has suffered far too much loss.

EQUAL TIME: Industry City Rezoning Will Help Sunset Park, City

By Andrew Kimball | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

The CEO of Industry City says the rezoning will not be a force for gentrification, but will be an engine for good jobs for its Sunset Park neighbors.

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