Bus drivers are howling for the city to tear out sidewalk benches it has installed inches from the street, fearing that unruly kids who perch atop them are going to get hit.
The city Department of Transportation has offered a slightly different solution — suggesting that parents rein in the kids.
"If the kids were being scolded, the issue would not exist," Neil Garry, project coordinator for the DOT's CityBench program, said in an e-mail to a drivers-union official. "It would be a pity to lose the bench just because these kids aren't being properly disciplined."
A bench on Second Avenue between 74th and 75th streets has been the bane of M15 drivers for five months, says Transport Workers Union Local 100.
The steel three-seater, installed at the request of senior citizens, sits 18 inches from the curb.
"It's an accident waiting to happen," said Juan Serrano, a driver and union safety officer. "The kids hang over the back of it and reach for the bus. It's a real bad spot."
CityBench began in 2011 with the goal of installing 1,500 benches by 2015. The $3 million effort is backed by federal, state and city cash.
DOT rep Nicole Garcia said it would inspect the benches the TWU cites.
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