LARCHMONT, NY (September 12, 2025) — The Village of Larchmont is seeking resident input on proposed pedestrian and traffic upgrades at two neighborhood intersections as part of an application for the Westchester County Complete Streets grant program.
The project, dubbed Larchmont Neighborhood Intersection Pedestrian Upgrades, targets the intersections of Palmer Avenue/Parkway and Monroe Avenue/Lyons Place/Locust Avenue/Clark Court to enhance safer pedestrian access, improve visibility and reduce conflict points.
These intersections are currently difficult to maneuver for vehicles due to complex vehicle turns and obstructed sight lines, as well as for pedestrians who have limited crossing opportunities and low visibility to vehicles.
For the Palmer Avenue/Parkway intersection, proposed improvements include relocating the pedestrian crossing for a safer crosswalk, installing ADA-compliant curb ramps, creating a T-intersection at the westernmost point possible to avoid conflict with West Avenue, removing the Parkway right turn slip lane onto Palmer Avenue and concrete islands to reduce vehicle speeds, creating a small pedestrian plaza as part of the slip lane closure, and adding improved lighting for the crosswalk relocation.
At the Monroe Avenue/Lyons Place/Locust Avenue/Clark Court intersection, upgrades would involve improving the Monroe Avenue crossing with restriping and ADA-compliant curb ramps, installing a new crosswalk across Clark Court with ADA-compliant curb ramps, enhancing intersection lighting for nighttime pedestrian visibility, removing the Locust Avenue right turn slip lane, creating a small pedestrian plaza as part of the slip lane closure, separating the single complex intersection into two — Monroe Avenue/Clark Court and Locust Avenue/Lyons Place — installing new stop signs between Locust Avenue and Monroe Avenue, maintaining clear sight lines including between Monroe Avenue and Locust Avenue, and extending the curb line at the Locust Avenue/Lyons Place intersection to slow turning vehicles.
The initiative stems from the village’s Safety Action Plan, completed in June 2025 and funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program, which identified safety improvements for pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles throughout the village.
Residents can submit feedback at www.larchmontny.gov/CompleteStreetsSurvey.
The Village of Larchmont continues to pursue additional grant funding sources, including for improvements along Larchmont Avenue, Chatsworth Avenue, Vanderburgh Avenue, Palmer Avenue and residential streets throughout the village
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