Atlantic and Flatbush: Biker (update: Pedestrian) dead in collision with truck, 10/20/2014

mugofmead111

4) Refused to have traffic agents at key intersections 7 days a week. The Flatbush/Atlantic intersection is so bad, I think there might be a reference to it in Dante's "Inferno". And yet, drive through there any Saturday or Sunday and you'l see nary a traffic enforcement agent in sight. When summers bring street closures and block parties which also divert traffic it makes this intersection a delightful slice of life that you'll spend 45 minutes navigating your way through.

Oh, my goodness, THIS! Why this doesn't happen especially now that Barclays is there and open for business confounds me. 

Speaking of street closures, maybe there should be digital signage on Flatbush from Empire Boulevard and all points north on the day of the Atlantic Antic.

Maybe instead of getting rid of the left turns from Flatbush (which, let's be real...not everyone follows that rule), the DOT should have put in left-turn traffic signal instead. This isn't like New Jersey where a jughandle turn is a reasonable workaround.

travelriter

I figured there may have been an accident, traffic was really bad as I was going to the library (Grand Army Plaza), and not too long after I got there, I saw a fire truck collided in the plaza with an SUV (?). Not sure what happened, but I hope everyone was ok. 

whynot_31

If drivers could easily avoid this intersection, I believe they would.