Traffic Calming Mural

The corner of 3rd Avenue and Butler Street
Brooklyn, New York

Take the 2,3,4,5,B,Q trains to Atlantic Avenue, the D,M,N,R trains to Pacific Street or the M,R to Union Street. It is a five to ten-minute walk from these stations.
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Transportation Alternatives and Groundswell Community Mural Project

Park Slope Courier
August 17, 2007

Listening to the children of 3rd Avenue
Haunting new mural of accident victims packs an emotional punch for drivers
By THOMAS TRACY

Brooke Dubose, project manager for the mural, said that the gigantic traffic calming message will depict the likenesses of 11-year-old Victor Flores, 10-year-old Juan Estrada and four-year-old James Rice, all of whom were killed on 3rd Avenue in various car accidents over the last three years.

Flores and Estrada were killed after being hit by a truck at 9th Street and 3rd Avenue in 2004. Rice was struck and killed by a Hummer back in February at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Baltic Street, a block away from where the mural is being painted.

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The Brooklyn Paper
August 18, 2007

Mural Support on 3rd Ave
By ARIELLA COHEN

A group of traffic safety activists have paired with Boerum Hill teenagers to create a memorial mural commemorating three children who were killed while crossing the busy truck route. The figures in the mural are boldly-painted, like the “ghost” bikes that hang on lampposts where bicyclists have been killed. But unlike the bikes, they are huge, monumental representations that loom above the street. Such a depiction was intentional, said lead artist Christopher Cardinale.

“Cars are much bigger than pedestrians,” he said. “But the ideal street is one where cars, bikers and pedestrians are in equal balance. Allowing people to see that image is the first step towards making it reality.”

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The New York Daily News
September 4, 2007

Third Avenue mural of children killed crossing street offers sign of hope & safety
By RACHEL MONAHAN

At the dedication of the mural last week, DOT officials announced the city has budgeted money for widening the sidewalks and narrowing streets at 43 dangerous intersections in downtown Brooklyn.

"It's a huge victory, because this is something the community has been pushing for - for over a decade," said Transportation Alternative's Brooke DuBose.

The mural, a joint project between Transportation Alternatives and Groundswell Community Mural Project, aimed to attract the attention not only of city officials but also of drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians.

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