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Mamdani breaks ground on DeKalb and Lafayette bus lanes to speed the B38 for its 18,000 daily riders

The 2.7-mile redesign also adds protected bike lanes, running DeKalb from Broadway to Flatbush and Lafayette from Ashland Place to Patchen Avenue. Crashes on the two avenues have injured 841 people since 2021, NYC DOT says.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

Nov. 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Two images: riders on a sidewalk beside an MTA bus at a stop on a Brooklyn avenue; NYC DOT street cross-sections of DeKalb Avenue, existing and proposed, with a red bus lane and a green bike lane in the proposed design.
Bus riders at a stop, in a photo from NYC DOT's DeKalb and Lafayette project presentation; DOT's existing and proposed layouts for DeKalb Avenue between Malcolm X Boulevard and Cumberland Street. Photo and graphic: NYC DOT and MTA (DeKalb and Lafayette Aves Bus and Safety Project presentation). Composite by Bushwick Daily
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Mamdani breaks ground on DeKalb and Lafayette bus lanes to speed the B38 for its 18,000 daily riders

The 2.7-mile redesign also adds protected bike lanes, running DeKalb from Broadway to Flatbush and Lafayette from Ashland Place to Patchen Avenue. Crashes on the two avenues have injured 841 people since 2021, NYC DOT says.

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Mamdani breaks ground on DeKalb and Lafayette bus lanes to speed the B38 for its 18,000 daily riders
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn announced the start of construction on a redesign of DeKalb and Lafayette avenues in Brooklyn that will add bus lanes to speed up the B38 for its 18,000 daily riders, build protected bike lanes and add pedestrian safety upgrades along the corridor.

The project will rebuild DeKalb Avenue from Broadway to Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Avenue from Ashland Place to Patchen Avenue, running through Fort Greene, Clinton…

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