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Worst intersections in PLG?

Crashstat According to Crashstat, the interactive map of NYC car crashes, PLG lays claim to one of the most dangerous intersections in Brooklyn. Care to guess which...?

Not that several others are all that far behind. Using data from the map, Will Sherman at Transportation Alternatives has come up with a short list of intersections that he'll be discussing at the PLG safe streets forum on Thursday.

Flatbush Ave / Ocean Ave / Empire Blvd
Flatbush Ave / Lincoln Road / Washington Ave
Parkside Ave / Ocean Ave
Flatbush Ave / Parkside Ave

One thing I'd personally love to see are raised crosswalks to replace some of the crumbling brick crosswalks throughout the nabe. See the cute little video illustration below. Raised crosswalks probably not workable where they'd really help (on, say, Flatbush) because those larger streets are bus and firetruck routes.... but, hey, I can dream.

Oh, and if you said Parkside and Ocean, you win.

(Video via Streetsblog; produced by Elizabeth Press)

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