Someone almost hit my neighbor the other day at this intersection on Hasbrouck Ave. Going way too fast.

I've seen children dive out of the way before the intersection needs updateing big time

I watched my neighbor's child almost get hit. The car stopped within 1 foot of the child's body. VERY scary. Going WAAYYYY too fast around that turn!

There is a small memorial to "Uncle Billy" right after the war memorial at this interesection (Hasbrouck and Delaware) does anyone know what /who that is for and what happened there?

A man died last year in an apparent fall during the fireworks celebration. You can read the Freeman article with the details here: http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2008/07/01/top%20stories/19819717.txt

Well traffic still makes illegal 'left turns' coming across the overpass onto Livingston Street and traffic still makes illegal 'right turns' from Hasbrouck Avenue onto Livingston Street and sometimes even the wrong way down the Delaware Avenue "One Way." The signals are either unclear or are just being ignored.
Also last night a car came from the direction of the overpass toward the hospital and took the turn at the intersection in the wrong lane! The driver was completely over the double yellow line driving in the lane for oncoming traffic! Thank God nobody was walking, biking or driving there at that moment.

Wouldn't an additional traffic light at the Livingston, Delaware & Hasbrouck triangle help control he flow of traffic?

The traffic circles in Poughkeepsie near Vassar College seem to be working well. Is there enough room at this intersection for a large traffic circle?

Last week I watched as a school bus stopped to let off an Elementary school student. A car just kept going in the opposite lane, never stopped for the bus, just drove right by as if it wasn't even there.

I do know the dpw has watch areas on these boards, even though they haven't responded to anything lately. Have any of you contacted them to make a formal complaint?

I could not honestly recommend any agency respond directly to this site: it is time consuming and way too argumentative... reference, Josh getting all tangled up on the bulletin boards in The West Wing...
Good that they look, but no, I would strongly advise against direct responses... especially as there can be so very many questions and complaints... and not a lot of good words, or thank.

I do suggest that any one of us can ask the question, get some answers, and post the result. Actually, I think that would be a real citizen contribution to helping out the city.

No formal reports, but the PW dept. has already fixed a hard to see traffic light on Hasbrouck Ave. that was missing shades because of this forum.
This intersection does have a number of fender benders.
A solution requires planning, input and hard work (not to mention funding.)
This is a forum to create awareness and offer suggestions.
I'm glad it's hear where we can be heard. Not all of us have time off from work to attend meetings or visit the town hall or pw during 9-7 daytime hours.

Thanks for the post, and thanks DPW.
Also, know your alderman: your alderman does attend those meetings, and can carry your concerns to the right department. Your alderman is your only elected representative that must have your vote. There are two positions that are "at large": the mayor and the alderman at large: that won't work as well as calling your alderman.
Really: keep their name, email, phone number close at hand. By all means, post the concerns here, and if it's in your ward, point your alderman to the problem: it'll be right up here, dated, in writing.

Last year there was a nicely sized sink hole at the corner of Livingston and Delaware. It was patched. I wonder how well supported that entire intersection is with the old tunnel running underneath? Has anyone reinforced the tunnel in the last 80 years?

there is a tunnel there wow I didn't know that. I was also thinking speed bumps b/c these people think this block is a race track.

@ Gerald Burke. Would be nice to "know your alderman." Been on this street ove five years and have never met the alderman. Neither have my neighbors. Nobody heard from him until the election period when the postcard came through the mail. Who is Bill Reynolds? The only alderman who has shown any concern for this block is Mike Madsen, who is now Legislator. Madsen still cares and still shows up. Don't know that Reynolds guy.

I "know" my alderman: that's Shirley Whitlock... I can contact her if I really work at it, getting a reply, that's something else. Getting just information without having to ask: that doesn't happen.
Bill Reynolds, oh so you're the ward that give us that guy... thanks but no thanks :-)
He's the majority leader of the council: I've seen him give two lame, annual, "state of the city" reports, where he was blown away by Andi Levin, polite and competent. The democratic council just lets that stuff happen.
I think Bill will be stepping down? if he's not, wow, now's your chance.
Andi Levin was pushing for term limits... something, that to my mind, would work not so much to get a democrat replaced by a republican but get an unsatisfactory incumbent out and replaced by a competent member of the party.
Bill does have a blog, but he writes to it just about not at all and interacts with people less.
If Bill is running, ouch... that's bad. Anyone opposing him? Can we go for a write in?
They have a strong mayoral candidate in Hayes, and those guys will come in on his coat tails, and Hayes is not likely to work against his party's candidates... he had to listen, silently with the rest of us, through 2 of Reynolds "state of the city"... But I do fear the Republicans... I mean, even Cahill, doesn't want to marry same sex couples, wants to give incentive money to small business to stay... no way he could have field tested those ideas...

by the way, see" time to take kingston back" open group on Facebook...

Here is one of the vehicles from the April 2012 car accident at this intersection. The two lanes on the overpass over Route 9W appear to continue around the turn onto Hasbrouck Avenue. This can be deceiving because the lanes merge into one. Unfortunately for this driver there was not room for two vehicles around the turn, especially with oncoming traffic headed Eastbound on Hasbrouck Ave. This photo shows the tow truck retrieving the vehicle from the ravine, as it landed, on it's roof. Living trees refrained the car from sliding down into the abandoned trolley tracks just feet away.

Found some broken tail light pieces early spring this year on the road, and all over the sidewalk around the broken telephone pole (how can you miss it?!) Just another careful driver, sliding into that pole. Nice and fast and ... Oops!

And late spring this year (while it was raining) another very careful driver drove a truck around the bend, then slid around and backwards into the fence along the sidewalk on Hasbrouck Avenue. The police officer at the scene remarked, "Going too fast." Hmmmm. Strange, that seems to keep happening. Wonder why???

The new lane and directional lines on the Route 9W overpass and on the corresponding traffic lanes look great! So far it looks as though the traffic is much better directed.

The no right turn sign heading East on Hasbrouck Avenue just before the Delaware & Livingston intersection could probably be better placed, or a 'Do not enter' sign at the back of the stop sign at the end of the Delaware one way where it intersects Hasbrouck Avenue might be easier for drivers to comprehend. [It is actually unclear whether the sign is there to indicate no turn onto Delaware (which is a one way) only or no right turn at all. Since traffic makes right turns onto Livingston Street often it appears that the sign is indicating no right turn onto the Delaware one way street.]