Just over a year ago, we posted here and over on the Ditmas Park Blog that the Church Avenue BID had asked the Pratt Center to develop a vision for Coney Island Avenue.
Many people weighed in in the comments section, many attended the follow-up meetings, and more than 300 people filled out a survey.
The resulting study has been completed -- you can see the whole thing below -- and has a detailed list of recommendations, summarized as:
1) Encourage community-building efforts through an advocacy group
2) Build the capacity to to plan for future development
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3) Make the corridor more functional for all users,including pedestrians, bus riders, and drivers
4) Improve streetscape conditions
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5) Create a gateway to Coney Island Avenue
The details include everything from planting trees to lobbying the Department of Transportation to do something about the various obvious hazards -- and, of course, getting the cars off the sidewalk.
And if anyone's interested in pushing this forward, please email us -- we'd love to help keep this momentum going.A New Road Forward - Unlocking the Potential of Coney Island Avenue