NYC To Finish Full Redesign Of McGuinness Boulevard: What To Know

BROOKLYN, NY — Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said his administration will finish the full, originally-planned redesign of McGuinness Boulevard.

Mamdani has directed newly-appointed commissioner Mike Flynn and the Department of Transportation to install parking-protected bike lanes along the length of the entirety of McGuinness Boulevard from Meeker Avenue to the Pulaski Bridge.

Once the project has been completed, there will be one travel lane in each direction, one parking-protected bike lane in each direction, and one vehicular parking and loading lane in each direction.

The mayor said that the project will begin as soon as "the weather warms."

"It is a new era for New York City and a new era for New York City DOT. We said we would hit the ground running, and that's exactly why we're at McGuinness Boulevard on just the third day of this new administration," Flynn said.

"McGuinness Boulevard should stitch Greenpoint together, not divide it in half. These upgrades will make it safer and easier for children and parents to cross the street. They'll protect cyclists, reduce reckless driving, and transform what can feel like a highway into a calmer neighborhood street."

The original redesign dates back to a pledge made by then-mayor Bill de Blasio in 2021. Two years later, the project was approved by the DOT before it was axed and replaced with a modified design by then-mayor Eric Adams.

Over the summer, prosecutors disclosed that former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin allegedly accepted bribes from Broadway Stages owners in exchange for killing the project.

"For too long, those in power have ignored Greenpointers' calls for help. As a result, what was understood solely as a road became something much larger, an embodiment of political choices, a physical piece of evidence of city government that listened to the well-connected at the expense of working people," Mamdani said.

"But thanks to parents, neighbors, and Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, the city committed to a redesign of McGuinness Boulevard. That commitment promised to deliver the safety and improvements that residents had been asking for, until the prior administration bowed to big-money interests, leaving the project incomplete and Greenpointers still at risk. Today, however, there is a new mayor in City Hall."