Eight intersections along Frost Street in East Williamsburg are scheduled to have their pedestrian ramps torn out and rebuilt starting Monday, according to a weekly construction bulletin from the NYC Department of Design and Construction forwarded by Brooklyn Community Board 1 on July 19. The work runs July 20 through July 25, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and dozens of additional corners across Bushwick, North Brooklyn, and Queens are on the week’s list.
The bulletin was sent by Ehsan Gholamzadeh, the community construction liaison for Project HWPR23KQ, an NYC-DDC effort to rehabilitate pedestrian ramps at designated locations in Brooklyn and Queens. At each corner, crews will sawcut the existing concrete, excavate, dispose of old materials, install new curb and forms, compact the subgrade, and restore the sidewalk and asphalt.
The Frost Street work spans Morgan Avenue, Meeker Avenue (at two separate points on the west and east ends), Lorimer Street, Leonard Street, Humboldt Street, Manhattan Avenue, and Kingsland Avenue. Beyond Frost Street, the Brooklyn schedule includes Manhattan Avenue and Withers Street; Cornelia Street at both Wilson Avenue and Bushwick Avenue; Powers Street and Olive Street; Central Avenue and Gates Avenue; Glenmore Avenue and Jerome Street; Crystal Street and Glenmore Avenue; and Melrose Street and Stanwix Street. The full list covers several Williamsburg and Greenpoint corners, including Kent Avenue and North 6th Street, Berry Street and North 11th Street, and multiple Newel Street intersections.
No-parking signs are supposed to be posted 72 hours before work arrives at each specific location, meaning signs near some of these corners may already be up, given that the bulletin was issued Friday, July 17. Any water shutoffs will be preceded by the same 72-hour advisory plus an additional 24-hour notification.
Gholamzadeh described the project in the bulletin as a “movable operation” that will not affect all corners simultaneously, so not every intersection on the list will see crews on day one. He noted that weather and field conditions could force changes to the schedule or locations. The field office is not taking in-person appointments or meetings; Gholamzadeh can be reached at (347) 867-8413 or [email protected].
The Queens portion of the week’s work covers corners in Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona, Richmond Hill, and Middle Village, including stretches of Rockaway Boulevard, 101st Avenue, Otis Avenue, and 41st Avenue.
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