The unlicensed network of dollar vans that hustle up and down Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn is on a collision course with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to speed up bus service. “It's a hell down there,” said dollar van operator John Williams, as he tried to navigate the gridlock. This DOT and this TLC, I think, are going to do something about illegal dollar vans,” Lieber said in April. Dollar vans are a familiar part of life in neighborhoods near Flatbush Avenue with large populations of Caribbean immigrants. Angela Yvonne said dollar vans are "part of the culture" in Brooklyn.