By Joe Brostek
I am 100 percent opposed to paving over Roosevelt Avenue in front of the McGoldrick library for many very valid reasons. Here are just two.
The library, which is a very important part of the community, is already suffering declining attendance because of parking problems. Eliminating the street right in front of the library will make it even tougher for people with disabilities to attend and impossible for families to drop off and pick up their children.
Paving that part of Roosevelt Avenue will force drivers down crowded Northern Boulevard when they have to make left turns to get on to Roosevelt. All this at a time when we are hearing about the numbers of pedestrians and cyclists who are injured or killed by drivers making left turns.
On July 1 some members of the City Council wrote to Google to encourage them to eliminate as many left turns as possible from their city driving instructions.
Joe Brostek
Flushing
