Traffic and pedestrian safety

Yesterday Barclays Center's snow removal equipment was dropped off on Dean Street directly across from the fire station.  The equipment included a trailer which was left behind.  When I arrived the fire department and the operators of the equipment were engaged in a heated discussion.  It appeared to me that the trailer left behind was in the way of the operation of the fire house.  A fire truck was waiting to enter.  The fire truck needs a wide turning radius to enter and exit the house.  The street itself was blocked in the meantime.
 

A drill located at Dean Street and Carlton Avenue may have sprayed beyond the construction perimeter onto Dean Street last Thursday.  The video here shows red soil outside the perimeter that matches exactly the same soil the drill is excavating.  The video also shows red dirt and pebbles extending from the drill all the way to the construction fence.  It looked to me like traffic had worn away evidence of dirt further into the street.

The State still hasn't managed to find a way to clear the snow from the project's sidewalks 8 years after the project was approved.  The wet snow from today is likely to freeze tonight creating black ice and difficult footing.  A great many of the remaining sidewalks are currently closed for construction.  The combination obviously makes the area undesirable to walk through and about.  The sidewalks that are cleared are on the arena block and the east side of 6th Avenue.
 

For the 3rd time this week a truck got stuck under the tree on Carlton Avenue.  This morning the truck wasn't just too tall, it was also too wide.  According to the resident who forwarded me the information, the truck hit the tree because of its height, and the green wall because of its width.  There are fresh scratches on the green wall across from the tree.

Yesterday, after I posted some photos in "Pedestrian crosswalk unsafe for at least 4 months", I took photos from the ground too and was surprised with the police officers there, looking like it was a reaction to the photos an hour earlier. That was the first time ever I saw police directing traffic there outside of event hours. That is a good thing. But there are always unattended times.

The construction fencing on Carlton Avenue is pinching the street too much and creating an ongoing unsafe condition.  Taller vehicles like trucks and buses cannot pass through the Avenue without hitting a tree.  The tree is old and beautiful and should be preserved.  The damage is both to the tree and the vehicles that pass.  
 

The crosswalk on this intersection has been unsafe and continuously shared between cars, trucks, bikers , construction trucks and pedestrians. The authorities, DOB, or the developers did not even bother painting a new crosswalk in a more safe location, indicating where pedestrians should cross to stay safeand away from cars. Several times a day there are no workers helping and indicating the way.

On Monday morning contractors associated with Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park apparently hit a tree on Carlton Avenue.  I was called by a Carlton Avenue resident who forwarded me the following text and the attached photographs.  I am sure the resident will speak to someone in oversight if they wish.
 

2014-12-21 Temple of Restoration church double parks even in B65 bus stop
Temple of Restoration church double parks even in B65 bus stop creating more traffic impacts & congestion for residents.
Temple of Restoration
515 Dean Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217

I don't know if the fire truck was on a call or not, but it had its lights flashing.  It turned on its siren once it crossed Vanderbilt.  The time of the filming was between 6:30 and 7:00 pm.
 
The video starts long after the fire truck was caught in traffic on Dean.  The video starts roughly at mid-block.  The traffic was likely backed up to the fire house more than a block away.  All the same the truck takes 3 and 1/2 minutes to cross Vanderbilt Avenue.