City Council Candidate John Quaglione (R-Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach) squinted his eyes in the bright, late morning sunlight and pointed to the hard-to-read cross walk sign across the busy intersection of 89th Street and 4th Avenue in front of PS 264.
“This is a commonsense issue, we all want our children and their educators to be safe walking to school,” said Quaglione. “It may seem minor to City Hall, but I’m here to tell them it’s not. It’s important to know your kids are safe.”
Quaglione noted that just around the corner on the east side of the intersection at 415 89th Street is the Brooklyn School District 20 Office, which also houses a new Pre-K school in a building that looks more industrial and on a block filled with auto repair shops.
There isn’t even curbside signage, let alone a cross walk, to let speeding motorists know the buiding houses a pre-k school and to slow down, said Quaglione.
Quaglione said a parent of a child who attends the PS 264 first contacted him expressing concerns about the confsuing cross walk signals at the intersection of 89th Street and 4th Avenue school contacted John Quaglione to express his concern about the crosswalk. The father, a lifelong public servant pointed out the combination of improper street markings within the crosswalk. Noting too, the incorrect placement of the ‘WALK/DON’T WALK’ sign causing confusion on a daily basis.
Once alerted to the problem, Quaglione conducted a survey of all the school crossings in the 43rd Council District.
“I am calling on the DOT (Department of TRansportation) to assess the condition of all school crossings at the beginning of each school year. As the parent of two beautiful daughters, our children’s safety and education will be a priority of mine if elected to City Hall in November,” said Quaglione.
Below are the results of the school crossing markings survey, complete with a report card:
PS/IS 30
- Markings on Ovington Avenue between 4th and 5th Avenues are in good condition
- No markings on Ovington Avenue between 3rd and 4th Avenues
- No markings on 4th Avenue between Ovington Avenue and 72nd Street
PS 102
- No markings on 72nd Street between 3rd Avenue and Ridge Boulevard in front of school
- also additional markings closer to 3rd Avenue are faded
- Ridge Boulevard from Ovington Avenue to 73rd Street is faded (near Brooklyn Public Library)
- 71st Street between Ridge Boulevard and 3rd Avenue is fade
PS 112
- Faded markings on 15th Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets
- Faded markings in front of the school on 15th Avenue between 71st and 72nd Streets
- Faded markings on 15th Avenue near Our Lady of Guadalupe, PS 112 Annex and UPK Program
- Faded marking on 72nd Street between 15th and 16th Avenues
PS 170
- Speed bump sign in front of school entrance on 72nd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues is faded
- No markings on school side on 6th Avenue from 71st to 72nd Streets
- No markings on 71st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues
PS 185
- Markings faded on 86th Street between Ridge Boulevard and 3rd Avenue
- (Adelphi Academy across the street on the same block)
PS 264
- Faded school markings on 4th Avenue between 90th Street and 91st Street
- No markings near school entrance on 89th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues
UPK Site at 415-89th Street
- No school crossing markings
PS 127
- Markings are in good condition
PS 104
- School markings need refurbishment in front of the school 5th Ave between 91st and 92nd Streets
- No markings on 92nd Street between Gelston Avenue and 5th Avenue
- Markings faded on 91st Street between 5th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway
- Bump marking faded on Gelston Avenue between 92nd Street and 90th Streets
PS 204
- Faded school crossing markings on 82nd Street between 15th and 16th Avenues
- Faded in front of the school on 15th Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets
PS 176
- Ovington Avenue to Bay Ridge Avenue on 12th Avenue is faded
- Ovington Avenue between 12th and 13th Avenues is faded
- Front of school on Bay Ridge Avenue between 12th and 13th Avenues is faded
- Also additional markings are faded closer to 13th Avenue
- 12th Avenue between 68th Street and Ovington Avenue is faded
PS 229
- Faded – 14th Avenue between Benson and Bath Avenues
- Faded – Benson Avenue between 15th and 16th Avenue
- Faded – Benson Avenue between 14th Avenue and Bay 7th Street (in front of school)
PS 163
- Faded school crossings – 16th Avenue between Bath and Benson Avenues
- Faded school crossings- Bath Avenue between Bay 13th Street to 17th Avenues
PS 748
- Faded- 17th Avenue between Benson and Bath Avenues in front of school
- Faded – Bay 14th Street between Benson and Bath Avenues
- Faded- 16th Avenue between Benson and Bath Avenues
District 20 UPK- Pre-K site at 1355-84th Street
- No School Markings
District 20 UPK -Pre-K site-8501 5th Avenue
- School crossing markings are only in one lane, and not the lane on the side of the school
PS 186
- 19th Avenue in front of the school 76th to 77th Street – good condition
- 20th Avenue between 76th and 77th Streets- faded
- 76th Street between 19th and 20th Avenues – faded
UPK -Pre-K Site at 21 Bay 11th Street
- No Markings on Bay 11th Street between 86th Street and Benson Avenue
- Markings faded on Benson Avenue between 16th Avenue and Bay 10th Street
- 86th Street between Bay 11th Street and 16th Avenue – school markings faded
- Markings faded on 16th Avenue between 86th Street and Benson Avenue
IS 259
- 74th Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 10th Ave – faded Bump and school crossing (also the block of St. Ephrem Catholic Academy)
- Faded school crossing markings Fort Hamilton Parkways between 73rd and 74th Streets
- No markings on 73rd Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 10th Avenue (school entrance)
IS 201
- Area under construction
- AHRC NYC Middle/High School (Autism program)
- Faded school crossing markings on 66th Street between 12th and 13th Avenues
IS 281
- Bath Avenue between 24th Avenue and Bay 38th Street (faded)
- Faded- Benson Avenue between Bay 38th Street and Bay 34th Streets
IS 227
- No markings on 65th Street between 15th and 16th Avenues
- Faded markings on 66th Street between 15th and 16th Avenue by the top of the block by school
IS 187
- Faded markings on 12th Avenue between 64th Street and 66th Street
- Faded markings on one side of street and need markings on school side of street on 65th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues
New Utrecht High School
- 79th-80th Street on 16th Avenue (no markings)
- 80th Street between 16th and 17th Avenue (no school markings, just speed hump)
Fort Hamilton High School
- Speed camera but no school crossing markings on Shore Road from 85th to 83rd Streets
Telecommunications High School
- Nothing on 4th Avenue between Senator Street and 67th Street
- Faded on 3rd Avenue between 67th Street and Senator Street
- None by school entrance on 67th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue and faded at the corner
- Faded Senator Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue
- Faded on 3rd Avenue from 67th Street to Senator Street
3rd Avenue between Senator Street and Bay Ridge Parkways
