Mayor Breaks Ground on DeKalb, Lafayette Bus Project
The project aims to speed up buses and improve street safety on DeKalb and Lafayette avenues in New York City.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Remote Work
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Mayor Mamdani broke ground on a project to speed up buses and improve street safety on DeKalb and Lafayette avenues. Since 2021, crashes on the two avenues have injured 841 people, including 47 with severe injuries, and killed one person.
Why it matters
Within a quarter-mile of the B38 bus route, 80% of residents commute by public transit, bike, or walking, and a majority of nearby households do not own a vehicle. The project addresses both bus reliability and crash risk for this transit-dependent neighborhood.
Crash records on DeKalb and Lafayette avenues show 841 people injured since 2021, including 47 with severe injuries and one death. Eighty percent of residents within a quarter-mile of the B38 commute by transit, bike, or walking, but the source does not state the project's expected cost or completion date.
The players
Mayor Mamdani
The mayor of New York City, who led the groundbreaking on the DeKalb and Lafayette avenues project and oversees the citywide bus-speed and street-safety initiatives.
The details
The project delivers bus-speed and street-safety improvements on DeKalb and Lafayette avenues, which serve the B38 route. The groundbreaking is part of a broader set of major bus-speed and street-safety projects the Mamdani administration has advanced in 2026 across all five boroughs.
Timeline
Since 2021: crashes on DeKalb and Lafayette avenues injured 841 people.
2026: the administration advanced major bus and street-safety projects citywide.
November 5, 2026: Mayor Mamdani broke ground on the DeKalb and Lafayette project.
Business Landscape
The groundbreaking is one of several bus-speed and street-safety projects the Mamdani administration advanced in 2026 across all five boroughs, including Fordham Road and Tremont Avenue in the Bronx and Marcy and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn. The DeKalb and Lafayette project extends that citywide program into Brooklyn's transit corridors.
For residents near the B38 route, the project targets bus speed and pedestrian and cyclist safety on routes many already rely on daily. Commuters who take transit, bike, or walk to work may see changes in their route reliability and crossing conditions as construction proceeds.
The takeaway
Transit-dependent neighborhoods carry most of the risk and the benefit of street-safety work, so the commute on these corridors is a practical concern for anyone who relies on the B38 or nearby bus routes.
Further reading
Explore more on Remote Work to see how commuting and transit access shape work patterns across New York City.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Zabaloon.
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