Mayor Mamdani Announces Resumption of Citywide Bike Lane Plan, Including One Along Kingston Ave

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in the Bronx that the New York City Department of Transportation will restart four previously halted street redesign projects to deliver faster, more reliable bus service and improve traffic safety across the Bronx and Brooklyn.

“For too long, New Yorkers have been told to wait as long overdue improvements to our transit system were blocked time and again. That ends now,” said Zohran Kwame Mamdani. “Today, we’re moving forward with faster, more reliable buses for the 130,000 New Yorkers who depend on them every single day. Today, we build safer streets for New Yorkers who walk, bike, or drive in their own neighborhoods. And this is just the start — it’s part of a larger commitment to bold, systemic change that gives New Yorkers the transit system and streetscape they deserve.”

Protected bike lanes have shown to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries by 18% for all street users.

One of the planned bike lanes runs along Kingston Ave, right through the center of Crown Heights.

According to a press release from the Mayor’s office, more than 10 schools sit within a block of Brooklyn and Kingston avenues in Central Brooklyn. Over the five-year period between 2021 through 2025, the corridors saw 65 injuries, with pedestrians and cyclists accounting for 60% of serious injuries.

To better protect students traveling to and from school, NYC DOT will install parking-protected bike lanes along both corridors from East New York Avenue to Wingate Park at Winthrop Street. A new protected bike lane loop will also surround Wingate Park.

In addition, conventional bike lanes will be added along Rutland Road and Fenimore Street in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens between Flatbush and Brooklyn avenues.

Implementation of the following projects is scheduled to begin this spring.