Residents and business owners in Brooklyn Heights say they have mixed feelings about the Department of Transportation's pedestrian-friendly upgrades and expanded pedestrian space.

Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights is already starting to look a little different.

The New York City Department of Transportation is working on pedestrian-friendly upgrades from Hicks Street to Clinton Street.

The goal is to make these busy streets safer.

“I already think there’s enough cars out here in New York, and I think forcing people to take public transportation — it’s honestly a good idea,” said neighbor Mauricio Herringer.

According to the DOT, the changes will include expanded pedestrian space, public seating, new greenery and changes to things like speed limits and where cars can park or load.

Not everybody is happy about the changes

“The streets here are as narrow as they are in Florence, Italy. This is not the Bronx, where they have triple lanes. We have this teeny-weeny little street with trucks, businesses that are struggling to make a living to begin with, who now have to deal with the loading and the unloading,” said one resident.

Brooklyn Heights bakery owner Chris Calfa expressed the same sentiment.

“They took up a lot of parking for customers,” Calfa said. “Customers can’t stop and run into the stores. They double park and create traffic.

Calfa, who owns Lassen and Hennigs, says he’s also been having an issue with deliveries.

“The trucks have nowhere to stop to unload their things,” he said. “So, they idle their cars — and that’s pollution.”

The widening portion of the work on Montague Street has already been completed, but the entire project is still a work in progress.

The DOT says the area will eventually include seating and greenery, but for now, it’s just empty concrete.

“But who wants to sit in the street?” Calfa said. “I don’t understand it. It’s not good for the block. The sidewalks are wide enough for people to have sidewalk cafes.”

Some people who work here, like Montague Diner manager Nicole Gluck, are welcoming the changes.

“I think for Montague it’s a really good move,” Gluck said. “I’m not opposed at all to having more seating for our guests, as well as a quieter block.”

The DOT says the rest of the work is expected to wrap up by the end of the summer.