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These guys were using their jackets to catch the wind to sail down the avenue. It looked they were having fun, until they noticed me driving down the center at them with a camera pointed right at them.

Yes, green streets would of solved this problem, however, just in case you didn’t know, Green Streets is dead and its not coming back. With spring weather arriving, Seba avenue park is going to be packed, the avenue is going to be more crowded with children skating and on bikes.

I do have a solution, everyone needs to follow the speed limit! Wow what a concept, and its not even that hard to do! You can get to from the Point to Avenue W in 3 minutes 30 seconds doing 25 MPH. I have close to a dozen pictures of people passing me, some while people were standing on the median. One fatality and I see green streets back on the DOT table for resurrection and we wont have a say, it will just happen.

Is it worth it to park in the center of the avenue and blocking a turning lane to take a picture of your own parked truck? Maybe green streets is just park vehicles parked down the center of the avenue.

[Flickr/Zombies on Gerritsen Avenue]

Unless the Department of Transportation is some sort of evil corporation and has a zombie formula that brings projects back to life, Green Streets is dead…again.

What killed the project this second time? It wasn’t any gunshots to the zombie head, it was a statement by John Quaglione the Press Secretary for Senator Marty Golden in response to “Are we Being Lied To?”

I wish to respond to the recent postings on this website, following a press story that has caused speculation among Gerritsen Beach residents, that the Greenstreets Project has not been officially been removed from consideration. I wish to inform you that this speculation is unwarranted and not true.

As the District Manager and Press Secretary for Senator Marty Golden, I wish to reiterate that from the very beginning of this project, Senator Golden and the other area elected officials have maintained that the community was to decide if this project was to happen. As a result of the meeting, Senator Golden and other elected officials, along with the Department of Transportation, have officially agreed to no longer consider this plan for Gerritsen Avenue.

I thought it was necessary to respond so that this message board can receive an official position from Senator Golden’s office and that the community can move ahead. Please be assured that Senator Golden is respectful of the wishes of the residents of Gerritsen Beach.

Thank you. If anyone has questions regarding this project, or any other matter requiring assistance, please contact Senator Golden’s office at 3610 Quentin Road or by calling at (718) 627-3659.

What do you think of all of this?

Also check out some press coverage of the Green Streets meeting by the Brooklyn Eagle.

• Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Safety Considerations Derail ‘Green’ Plan for Gerritsen Beach’s Main Road

• How to survive a zombie attack

Just when we thought the Green Streets project was dead, turns out, it may never have actually died.

In the February 21st issue of the Bay News, a reporter from the newspaper asked the DOT about the project and the aftermath of the meeting. A DOT spokesperson said that “the project was still being discussed internally between local elected officials and the city” and that “everyone is going to take a second look at it.” Additionally, they stated that the meeting “alone did not kill it.”

Are we being lied to? Remember the rumors that the project was going to be forced on us? Now it might seem that way. Why even call a meeting with the community if DOT officials are going to talk about the issue amongst themselves, after the fact. It appears that, Marty Golden’s decision to “pull the plug” at the Green Streets meeting may not have been final.

Toward the end of the article Joe Maniscalco, who wrote the Bay News article, reported that the project being “dead may be premature”. Who reported that it was dead? I wonder? Maybe it was my devil of a post that was titled Green Streets Dead.

It also seems like he needed a filler for his article so he used my “after 30 minutes Marty killed green streets for the DOT” talking point. I’m all for sharing information when its sourced. I can safely say that he did not look at his watch when Marty Golden called the meeting. On the contrary, he looked at my post and/or my video and took my talking point.

I cite and source everything I get and use on this site. When I get no mention or people use my images without proper citation it annoys me. After all, this entire site is licensed under a “Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works”. Meaning that, anyone can use my content, non commercially, as long as they source me.

Oh and Joe nice zinger: “the senator had a devil of a time”. Really? Did He? Ugh.

This is the meeting in its entirety. Try to enjoy.

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Green Streets died tonight. It is now a dead issue. The community really came out in force against this proposal. P.S. 277 auditorium was standing room only.

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This guy decided to bypass traffic on Gerritsen Avenue and drive on the sidewalk as if it were his own highway. Almost hitting a guy with a cane. He drove away very fast , maybe it was the guy taking pictures of him.

You always think about driving on the sidewalk, but you just don’t. Sidewalks are meant for people.

Check out the Snow Gallery

It snowed today and traffic was not moving at all on Gerritsen Avenue, Stuart Street, Avenue U, and Knapp Street.

Check out the Snow 2008 Gallery