McGuinness Boulevard Redesign Complete After Years of Debate

Mamdani admin finishes once-stalled Brooklyn roadway redesign 5 years after teacher’s death that sparked safety campaign

A little over five years after a public school teacher named Matthew Jensen was mowed down on Brooklyn’s McGuinness Boulevard, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Friday that his administration has finished a safety redesign of the road intended to prevent such deaths from ever happening there again. The mayor stood with city officials, lawmakers, and...

The McGuinness Boulevard Redesign Is Finally Complete

A long-awaited Brooklyn street redesign was finally completed Friday, after years of starts and stops and a supporting role in the bribery case of a former top aide to Mayor Eric Adams. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other elected officials celebrated the changes along a one-mile stretch of McGuinness Boulevard by cutting a ceremonial ribbon under […]

McGuinness Boulevard redesign complete after years of debate

Parking-protected bike lanes now stretch along the entire corridor, from Meeker Avenue to the Pulaski Bridge.

NYC completes long-awaited redesign of McGuinness Boulevard

After decades of advocacy and numerous traffic-related fatalities and injuries, the redesign of Greenpoint’s McGuinness Boulevard is finally complete. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced the completion of the project, which added parking-protected bike lanes along the corridor from Meeker Avenue to the Pulaski Bridge, shorter pedestrian crossings, and other street-safety improvements for pedestrians, cyclists, [...] The post NYC completes l…