Greenpoint Street Redesign Complete With Protected Bike Lanes

GREENPOINT— Parking-protected bike lanes now run the full length of McGuinness Boulevard, the City announced Friday.

The redesigned boulevard now has one vehicle travel lane in each direction, a parking-protected bike lane in each direction and curbside space for parking and loading on both sides of the street.

The project extends protected bike lanes from Meeker Avenue to the Pulaski Bridge.

Shorter crossings reduce the distance people must travel through traffic, while redesigned intersections aim to slow vehicles making turns, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

Before the redesign, the boulevard experienced a traffic crash every other day, according to State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez.

Matthew Jensen, a teacher at Public School 110, died in a traffic crash on McGuinness Boulevard in 2021 when he walked home after celebrating his birthday.

A driver struck him in a hit-and-run as he crossed McGuinness Boulevard at Bayard Street.

Residents formed the Make McGuinness Safe coalition and organized neighborhood campaigns, collected thousands of signatures and pressed elected officials to redesign the corridor.

“A new era has begun on McGuinness Boulevard. For too long, this street was defined by danger and the loss of loved ones,” Mamdani said.

More than 4,000 cyclists use the corridor daily during the summer, the City reported.