Willoughby Avenue To Get 'Open Street' Upgrades This Month: DOT

BROOKLYN, NY — A series of upgrades are headed to an Open Street near the Bed-Stuy border this month to make the road safer for pedestrians and cyclists, according to officials.

The city's Department of Transportation will begin making the changes to Willoughby Avenue between Hall Street and Washington Park on Nov. 29, according to the department.

The stretch of Willoughby Avenue allows only limited local access for traffic between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. under the city's Open Streets program, which was set up during the coronavirus crisis to allow New Yorkers to walk, dine, shop and use the city's streets.

The upgrades aim to make the street even more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists, according to the post.

It will include installing curb extensions to narrow the crossing distance for pedestrians, adding traffic calming measures mid-block and installing new signage. There is an advisory 5mph speed limit on the roadway.

This month, NYC DOT will begin Open Street design treatments on Willoughby Ave, Washington Park to Hall St, in #Brooklyn. This work will:

🚶Add curb extension & pedestrian space
🚸Add new traffic signage
🚴Maintain pedestrian and #BikeNYC priority
🚗Preserve limited local access pic.twitter.com/IXgO7LTDKd
— NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) November" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/NYC_DOT/st... 17, 2021

Willoughby Avenue is one of several projects transportation officials are working on surrounding the borough's Open Streets.

The department is also increasing pedestrian and cyclist access with projects on Parkside Avenue and 20th Street, while also gathering feedback about Open Streets in North Brooklyn and Prospect Heights to investigate how to make them permanent.

The Willoughby Avenue improvements are expected to wrap up in early December, according to the department.