Rendition of the new bike lane on the Brooklyn Bridge. (City Hall)
Brooklyn Bridge Traffic-to-Bike Lane Conversion Begins Monday
The city Department of Transportation will close off the Brooklyn Bridge’s innermost westbound lane to car traffic Monday night to convert the space into a two-way bike lane, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
Construction on the bikeway will begin at 9 p.m. Monday and wrap up “by the fall,” Hizzoner said during his daily press briefing.
“When that lane opens back up, it will be brand new. It will be for bikes only. It will be a beautiful and radical reimaging of a New York City icon,” de Blasio said.
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