This was meant for tonnelle approaching broadway

Is this concerning a section of Broadway or just the intersection of Broadway & Tonnelle.

Honestly it’s likely most of tonelle but I struggle with the section between newark and Broadway although I’m sure it’s awful past Broadway toward jfk

Sorry! you sent a clarification while I was typing this up.

So this is an Issue for Tonnelle Ave between Newark Ave and Broadway.

Got it.

To all reading this - Please add your concerns and observations as well as how you believe it can be resolved.

Agreed. The whole of Tonelle is a struggle for pedestrians. So many parents use this route to drop off/pick up from school and daycare. This particular intersection feels so dangerous. Sidewalks are so narrow. Little sight line for drivers to see us as they speed and turn.

Expanding this a bit more to include more of Tonnelle. These are just my observations:
1. Crossing Tonnelle at Dey St and Van Winkle is incredibly dangerous. Install RRFB at Tonnelle and Dey and concrete bumpouts and concrete pedestrian islands at Tonnelle and Dey and Tonnelle and Van Winkle.
2: Install bumpout on SW corner of Tonnelle and Newark to slow drivers that are turning right from EB Newark onto SB Tonnelle and shorten pedestrian crossing distance. This will also improve visibility for drivers who are making this turn and whose view may be blocked by the building at 845 Newark.
3: Eliminate left turn lanes at Tonnelle and Broadway to allow for wider sidewalks. Wider sidewalks would also allow for trees to be planted, which will help prevent drivers from parking on the sidewalks.
4. Add crosswalk on north side of intersection of Tonnelle and Broadway.
5. Add HAWK or traffic signal at Tonnelle and Pavonia or Tonnelle and Magnolia. It’s currently very difficult to cross here and a lot of people use Magnolia to access the PATH. There is a very long stretch of Tonnelle between Broadway and Kennedy without a traffic signal so it’s dangerous for pedestrians to cross at Pavonia or Magnolia.
6. Plant trees for the entire stretch, which will serve as a physical barrier to stop drivers from parking on sidewalks but especially plant them at the used car dealership at Broadway and Tonnelle since they use the sidewalk as an extension of their parking lot almost every day.

These are wonderful and very well thought out ideas. Thank you for sharing them. For corners it would be very helpful to have some other type of green infrastructure ie bioswale etc. since trees can not be planted there.

I think that planting trees will also give the whole stretch a residential feel. It might help slow the speeding as well. Drivers treat it like a highway.