Busy Bushwick intersection gets a pedestrian plaza as part of city’s Vision Zero plan

As part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan to combat serious traffic injuries and fatalities, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has unveiled a new pedestrian plaza on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood, reports Gothamist.

The plaza runs from Myrtle to Gates avenues, residing in front of the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenue train station for the L and M lines.

“These enhancements will do a great deal to improve pedestrian safety along this section of the Queens/Brooklyn border and will help further the City’s ongoing Vision Zero initiative to protect all those who use our roadways,” said Queens Borough President Melinda Katz said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Friday.

The plaza serves as a much-needed safety enhancement for the area, where a six-way intersection at Myrtle Avenue, Wyckoff Avenue, and Palmetto Street meet. According to a study conducted by the DOT, there were 37 serious injuries and 1 death at the intersection between 2010 and 2014.

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