Overview
- City Hall and the DOT, which announced the plan Tuesday, will redesign a one‑mile stretch of Linden Boulevard between Fountain and Conduit avenues in East New York.
- The design adds center‑running bus lanes, eight concrete boarding islands that double as pedestrian refuges, new traffic signals at Pine and Emerald streets, and the closure or redesign of five slip lanes.
- Construction is set to start later this year and finish in 2027, following a Monday night presentation to Brooklyn Community Board 5.
- Officials cite 443 injuries on the segment from 2021 to 2025 and recent fatal hit‑and‑runs on the corridor, which the DOT classifies as a high‑injury Vision Zero route.
- The changes aim to speed up service for about 60,000 daily riders on six bus lines, where vehicles have crawled as slow as 4 mph, with improved links to nearby subways, JFK Airport, Brookdale Hospital, and Gateway Center, while advocates press to extend upgrades along the full corridor.