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Projects & Proposals > Brooklyn > Downtown Brooklyn Pedestrian Study Printer Friendly Version
Downtown Brooklyn Pedestrian Study
General Streetscape Recommendations
Overview | General Streetscape Recommendations | Focus Area Visions | Flatbush Avenue
General Streetscape Recommendations: • Introduction • Sidewalk Treatment • Lighting Fixtures
• Medians and Crossings • Entry Points and Plazas • Underpasses


Sidewalk Treatment
Example of offset pattern paving
Install inexpensive, easy-to-maintain and attractive paving.

 Use decorative amenity strips on major streets for organizing streetscape elements and separating pedestrians from the roadbed.
Use decorative amenity strips on major streets for organizing streetscape elements and separating pedestrians from the roadbed.
Use flat tree grates on streets with heavy pedestrian activity to avoid diminishing the walkable surface of the sidewalk.
Use flat tree grates on streets with heavy pedestrian activity to avoid diminishing the walkable surface of the sidewalk.
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