The Community Board 11 Transportation Committee voted on Jan. 6, 2025, to send a letter to the New York City Department of Transportation recommending that Throop Avenue be made one-way northbound from Allerton Avenue to Arnau Avenue and that Balck Avenue be made one-way southbound from Arnau Avenue to Steadman Place. The motion was made by Deborah (committee member) and seconded; the committee approved the recommendation.

The committee said the proposed change was intended to reduce double parking and the number of cars blocking driveways near P.S. 121, a neighborhood elementary school. A committee member summarized the DOT recommendation in a meeting packet and said the one-way pattern would “greatly reduce the traffic, the number of cars double parked in front of driveways,” language the committee cited as a rationale for the letter.

Members debated who had requested the change. One committee member said the P.S. 121 principal had asked for changes; other speakers noted DOT outreach had followed that request. The committee resolved to send the board’s recommendation to DOT and copy Jared Kreiner, identified in the meeting as the principal of P.S. 121.

The vote on the letter was taken by voice; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. Committee members asked staff to prepare the letter and route it to DOT with the requested one-way configurations.

The committee also discussed related neighborhood one-way ideas that were not advanced as motions at the meeting, including past proposals to make Kruger Avenue and Holland Avenue one-way on portions of those streets. Those items were left for future consideration and would require petitions or further information before committee action.

The committee chair closed the agenda item after confirming the letter would be sent and copied to the school principal.