Red Hook Citi Bike Dock To Be Moved After Trucks Crash Into It

RED HOOK, NY — The city plans to move a Citi Bike dock after trucks traveling through Red Hook repeatedly smashed into it.

The Department of Transportation told Patch it will move the dock from the corner of Van Dyke and Van Brunt streets further down the block, close to Coffey Street. The decision was first reported by CBS New York.

A spokeswoman for the DOT did not say when the dock would be moved or how much damage it got from the most recent truck crash.

The move comes a week after Patch reported locals complaining trucks too big for the neighborhood have clipped the dock or cars parked near it several times while drivers attempted to turn onto Van Brunt Street.

"Anyone who lives here knows that you don't park within two car lengths of a corner because you lose your car," Mary Dudine Kyle, whose business Dry Dock Wine and Spirits is across the street, previously told Patch.

"The placement of the dock has caused many a truck to not be able to make the turn onto the street because there's no clearance at the end of the block to make the turn."

The Citi Bike dock was originally installed on Van Brunt and Reed streets, but later moved to the current location because of a flood protection measure, the DOT said.

Since then, Dudine Kyle's husband said he's seen at least two trucks crash into the dock and he took a photo of one clipping it earlier this month.

City regulations ban trucks more than 55-feet long from driving through the neighborhood's narrow streets, but drivers regularly ignore the law. Trailers as long as 70-feet tall have been spotted by residents on Red Hook roads, DNAinfo reported.

"They think they can get away with it over here because we were a barren wasteland," said Dudine Kyle.

Image by Ron Kyle, used with permission