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Downtown Brooklyn Pedestrian Study
Priority Recommendations: Flatbush Avenue

Overview | General Streetscape Recommendations | Focus Area Visions | Flatbush Avenue

Flatbush Avenue: • Introduction • Tillary St to Myrtle Ave • Myrtle Ave to Willoughby St
• Willoughby St to Fleet St • Fulton St to Hanson Pl

Willoughby Street to Fleet Street

Garage and Driveway at Flatbush Avenue and Willoughby Street

A development site on the southwest corner of Willoughby Street and Flatbush Avenue will also allow for improved pedestrian conditions along Flatbush Avenue. The existing parking garage includes a driveway on Flatbush Avenue that brings vehicles across the pedestrian path on an irregular sidewalk. The vehicular entrance to the future building will have to be relocated to Gold Street/Albee Square West, allowing for the removal of the existing driveway on Flatbush Avenue and the realignment of the curb to accommodate a straight, 19-foot sidewalk, a parking lane, and a widened median. Relocating the subway entrance on the west side of Flatbush Avenue into the new building will further improve pedestrian flow on the sidewalk.

In conjunction with the reconstruction of Willoughby Street and the redevelopment of the parking garage, the right-of-way of the first block of Willoughby Street west of Flatbush Avenue will be widened to accommodate a 10-foot median. The median will provide a prominent entrance to the Downtown Core.

Priority Recommendations: Willoughby Street to Fleet Street

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