Fare-well!
Sheepshead Bay residents are furious about a plan to make Sheepshead Bay Road a one-way street near the road’s eponymous subway station, but a city proposal to create a taxi stand on the road between E. 14th and E. 15th streets has people waving their hands in excitement. Right now, taxis illegally park directly outside the station exit, endangering area pedestrians, so the city must make good on the plan to give them a dedicated stand away from bustling walkers, one local leader said.
“The problem is they don’t have a dedicated spot where they can stand,” said Councilman Chaim Deutsch (D–Sheepshead Bay).
The Department of Transportation is proposing the stand as part of a suite of changes aimed at making the road safer. The agency is also proposing making Sheepshead Bay Road one-way between E. 15th Street and Jerome Avenue and creating pedestrian-only plazas on E. 15th between Sheepshead Bay Road and Avenue Z and on westbound Jerome Avenue between Sheepshead Bay Road and E. 17th Street.
The traffic flow changes have gotten some pushback from locals, but the moving the stand is a no-brainer, one resident said.
“You’re not allowed to park there, but everybody parks there,” said Cliff Bruckenstein. “It’s a really simple fix. Move the taxi stand where it used to be.”
