STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Months after protected bike lanes and a major redesign narrowed Seaview Avenue in Ocean Breeze to a single travel lane each way, the project continues to stir controversy, with local officials citing rising “driver frustration” and new concerns about pedestrian safety.
At a Community Board 2 meeting on Tuesday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield, Joseph Torres, the chair of the Traffic, Transportation & Public Service Committee, shared information from a previous meeting with the Department of Transportation about the growing concerns.
“The community and Northwell [Staten Island University Hospital] has observed that driver frustration is setting in, when you actually compress that much throughput from two lanes down to one,” Torres said during the meeting. “They’re actually seeing increased incidents of speeding and concern for pedestrian safety.”…