The Long Island College Hospital

The New York City Economic Development Corporation will hold a scoping meeting tonight at the Long Island College Hospital at 6 p.m. for the planned development on Piers 7 through 12 on the Carroll Gardens and Red Hook waterfront. The E.D.C. has some grand plans for the development--from parks to housing and waterfront access.

Critics of the plan point out that it doesn't provide any additional housing in Red Hook--instead it will generate more traffic, which is a bone of contention that Red Hookers have been pleading to the city about for months. (Readers of this blog will rememember our coverage of a Fairway-related traffic fatality earlier this year and the D.O.T.'s seeming complacency.)
It's a guaranteed packed house; emotions are sure to run high! Turn off that damn TV and show up. It's better than Lost!  read more »

-Matthew Grace

The latest round of public hearings will take place this Thursday, Aug. 3, in three separate locations, all at 6 p.m. Here's the lowdown:

• Brookyln Community Board District 2:
  Long Island University
  Health Sciences Center, Room 119
• Brookyln Community Board District 6: Long Island College Hospital 339 Hicks Street, Conference Rooms F&G
• Brooklyn Community Board District 8: Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation 520 Prospect Place

-Matthew Grace Update: The Brooklyn Papers informs that the community boards are organizing these hearings on their own. They're a bit upset because they've been cut out of the traditional review process because the Atlantic Yards project is overseen by the state, not the city.

Last night around 10 p.m. at the intersection of Van Brunt and Wolcott streets in Red Hook, a woman was struck and thrown by a gray minivan that had just turned out of the Fairway parking lot five blocks away, according to witnesses. The van was heading north on Van Brunt as the woman was trying to cross the street. According to police at the scene, the woman, who is in her early 20's and had not yet been identified, is in serious but stable condition.

The accident happened in front of P.S. 15, at an intersection where faded paint marked three of the four crossings. Witnesses said the woman was walking across the one unpainted crossing. She was taken to Long Island College Hospital, where a source at the hospital confirmed that she was alive. The hospital would not release any information.
Residents in the neighborhood have been complaining about increased traffic and dangerous conditions in recent months with the opening of the Fairway grocery store and the nearby cruise-ship terminal. The Department of Transportation recently installed a traffic light for the cruise-ship terminal on the north end of Van Brunt Street, but has not installed any traffic-calming measures for the south end of the street. Recently in The Brooklyn Papers, residents said that traffic signal near the cruise-ship terminal should have been installed near the school, in the neighborhood's center. According to the Daily News, D.O.T. Commissioner Iris Weinshall is a frequent shopper at Fairway.
A policeman at the scene said the driver of the van had not been charged. There was nobody at the 76 Precinct's stationhouse who would answer any questions.
Update: According to the NYPD, the victim is in critical condition as of 5 p.m. on July 7. The driver of the van was charged with unlicensed operation--basically, no driver's license.
We've also gotten off the phone with a spokesperson from the D.O.T. She said that the D.O.T. is waiting until the fall before conducting any traffic study on Van Brunt Street. According to the spokesperson, it's necessary to wait a few months for traffic patterns to emerge so that accurate measurements are taken. The D.O.T. spokesperson was unaware of the traffic signal at Van Brunt and Bowne streets, which was installed before the cruise-ship terminal ever opened.  read more »

-Matthew Grace

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