Final Vote Looms on Windsor Terrace Speed Hump, One-Way Seeley Street

WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN — Community leaders plan to take a final vote Wednesday on two major changes to local street structure: a new speed hump on Prospect Avenue between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West, and a new, reimagined Seeley Street that would only be open to one-way traffic.

Community Board 7, which represents Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park, will take a full vote on both items at the board's monthly general meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the board's Sunset Park office, located at 4201 4th Ave. (The entrance to the building is on 43rd Street.)

Both the speed hump and one-way street were proposed by NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) officials as part of an effort to improve traffic safety in the Kensington and Windsor Terrace area.

Although most residents (at least of the ones who've been vocal) are on board with the speed hump, many view the proposal to make Seeley Street into a one-way as a hazard in itself — seeing as Seeley has hardly any stop signs and crosswalks as it is, and cars tend to drive faster when there's no oncoming traffic.

If the packed and highly contentious committee meeting on both proposals Monday night was any indication, there could be quite a showdown come Wednesday.

And Windsor Terrace's transit woes aren't the only things that'll be packing the Nov. 16 meeting. Board members will also be voting on Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez's Landlord Accountability Act, as well as the following hot-ticket items down in Sunset Park: controversial plans for the Sunset Park Library drawn up by the Fifth Avenue Committee and Brooklyn Public Library officials; an altered liquor license for Los Tres Portrillos on 4th Avenue, which wants to expand; and a new liquor license for El Tahur Bar and Restaurant, a new Mexican joint planned for the spot where the Acapulco bar used to live on 3rd Avenue.

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