Excessive speed in Garden City


To the Editor:

Next month it will be two years since I no longer drive. I walk a lot, especially into town for grocery shopping, post office, etc. It is more and more dangerous to cross the streets – especially 11th Street which is at the corner of the new Senior Center. It is estimated the cars travel at about 55 mph as they head toward Franklin Avenue.

Several months ago, I witnessed three boys (about age 14) trying to dodge the cars to cross the street. It is so dangerous. I have myself come quite close to getting hit on three occasions.

The police posted a blinking stop sign on Golf Club Lane. It should have been placed on 11th Street! I have written the Garden City Police, I have shown up in person, I have written the Mayor’s office, etc. All to no avail. At this point I have written the new Commissioner of Traffic for Nassau County.

Old Country Road adjacent to Cherry Valley Cooperatives is another extremely dangerous road to cross to go to the LIRR. There they travel approximately 60 mph in a posted 35 mph zone.

Where are the Nassau County Police? Or the Garden City Police as it is within their jurisdiction I have been told.

Lights turn green at the same time on OCR, a perfect opportunity to speed. Parents of teenagers should be concerned as the speeding never stops. Motorists think they are on a highway both on the streets of Garden City and on Old Country Road. Please help us correct this very hazardous problem.

In 2017, four people were hit by speeding cars on Old Country Road and West Street and one woman was seriously injured.

Patricia C. Donnelly

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