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274: 290: 703: 129: 186: 472: 25: 282: 459:. The first bike lanes were added between 60th and 64th Streets within Sunset Park in 2018, followed by the section between 1st and 15th Streets in Park Slope in early 2019. Due to ongoing reconstruction work on the Fourth Avenue subway tunnel, the section between 60th and 38th Streets could not receive bike lanes until the reconstruction was completed. In August 2019, following several cyclist deaths citywide, the 220: 207: 487:), which, contrary to its name, does not rival the large number of later churches located along Fourth Avenue. At Fourth Avenue's intersection with 54th Street in Sunset Park, there are four houses of worship either directly at the corner of the intersection or within a building. Two of the churches stand side by side. 447:
in order to accommodate the widening of Fourth Avenue between 60th Street and Atlantic Avenue, which was to be accomplished by narrowing the street's sidewalks. At the time of the request, 80% of the work on the project was completed. Work had started on the project, which cost $ 1 million, several
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in Downtown Brooklyn. The avenue extends south with three traffic lanes in each direction and a one-lane-wide concrete divider that provides a left-turn lane. The concrete divider is actually part of the ventilation system for the
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months earlier. The contract that the Mayor had requested approval for would have relocated vault lights, gratings, entrances and exits at 56th Street and 49th Street, and at the 45th Street, 53rd Street and 59th Street stations.
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Limited route has the longest stretch, traveling southbound on 4th Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to 17th Street, which it uses to get onto the Prospect Expressway.
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While southwestern Brooklyn is well served by expressways, Fourth Avenue provides an alternate for local traffic as it directly links the neighborhoods of
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The B37 also runs from Atlantic Avenue to Bergen Street, where at Dean Street changes direction from Barclays Center to Bay Ridge.
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announced that the remainder of Fourth Avenue between 38th and 60th Streets would receive protected bike lanes by late 2020.
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approve an expenditure of $ 724,572 for the reconstruction of subway structures and entrances along the
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run from 92nd to 95th Streets, then change direction to Brownsville and continue to Marine Avenue.
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runs between Bay Ridge Parkway and either 78th Street (Bay Ridge) or 77th Street (Sheepshead Bay).
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uses the avenue from 87th to 86th Streets to change direction from Bay Ridge to Manhattan Beach.
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runs from 94th Street to Marine Avenue (Bay Ridge) and from Shore Road to 5th Avenue (Pier 6).
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runs between 39th Street and either 36th Street (Sunset Park) or 37th Street (Dyker Heights).
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runs from 49th to 55th Streets (Sunset Park), and from 52nd to 50th Streets (Midwood).
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with Downtown Brooklyn. Traffic signals along the avenue are coordinated for a
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operates several routes, none of which serve the avenue significantly:
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Residential building on 4th avenue & 85th Street, in Brooklyn, NY
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run from Marine Avenue to Shore Road, where they all terminate.
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runs from 92nd Street to 86th Street, where it terminates. The
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runs the length of Fourth Avenue. Stations are located at
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Residential building on 4th avenue & 85th Street, in Brooklyn, NY

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