Crime & Safety

Racing Bikers Beware!

The commanding officer of the 78th Police Precinct said that the NYPD will start enforcing the rules of the road in Prospect Park.

Slow down cyclists!

Bikers better squeeze the brakes while riding on the drives of Prospect Park or else they will get hit with a ticket. 

During the monthly community council meeting on Tuesday night, Deputy Inspector John Argenziano, the 78th Precinct’s commanding officer, announced that after this weekend’s education campaign, where the NYPD will hand out fliers to cyclists with the rules of the road, they will start enforcement on the park’s drives. 

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The enforcement will be the last phase of three-prong program to help combat .

The first phase was design, where at the intersection of Center Drive and also narrowed two lanes into one on the downhill segment near the Vanderbilt Playground, where and were both struck by cyclists. Phase two is the education campaign.

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Argenziano said that his officers will ticket cyclists for reckless driving. Summonses will be issued to any biker who is driving the wrong way, speeding, riding outside of the bike lane and or driving in a way that is dangerous to others.

“The issue on this particular stretch [on West Drive near the Vanderbilt Playground] is a speed problem,” Argenziano said on Tuesday night. “Bikers are going too fast downhill.”


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