Patch Poll Participants Consider Clinton Road Most Dangerous in Village

Earlier this month Garden City Patch asked its readers which street in the village they considered most dangerous and how it could be made more safe.

As of today, 59 poll participants (47 percent) consider Clinton Road to be the most dangerous street in Garden City. Stewart Avenue comes in second with 19 votes (15 percent) while Franklin Avenue takes third with 16 votes (12 percent).

Many readers also shared what they thought were the village's most dangerous intersections, including Stewart and Franklin avenues; Washington and Stewart avenues, especially when trying to make a left from Washington onto Stewart; and Clinton Road and Stewart Avenue.

According to Police Inspector Kenneth Jackson, the village actually saw a 15.4 percent increase in speeding tickets issued by the Garden City Police Department from 2010. More than 9,000 tickets were issued, he said.

"Every road is a concern, every traffic situation is a concern," Jackson added. "We do go by accident totals, dangerous conditions, concerns ... Clinton Road is a main road we do monitor ... One accident is one accident too many."

Jackson said there are some roads that do get more attention. "Of course Clinton Road is the busiest road in the village," he said. "Will that garner the most attention? Yes."

Jackson, however, assured that every main road, even side roads, are being monitored. "We issue tickets," he said, noting that Washington Avenue and the surrounding area saw a 250 percent increase in tickets during emergency Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) work as patrols were increased to monitor the necessary re-routing of traffic.