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repairs are scheduled to start friday overnight, they could take up to three months to complete and cost $3 million. new tonight residence in a historic brooklyn neighborhood are not too happy about the city's bright idea to change their streetlights.

tracee carrasco reports now on the light fight. reporter: on midwood street in the historic district of prospect lefferts gardens there is a glaring sign of the times, from the old vintage lampposts that line the streets, brand- new led lights, met with mixed

reaction from residents. it looks unearthly, like science fiction. as long as the lights are on, i'm happy. a block away on flatbush avenue, you can see the old streetlights compared to the bright new led lights.

the colors are not rich amber that we did have. reporter: these led lights, part of a citywide project by department of transportation with a hefty price tag of $75 million is set to be largest led retrofit in the country. the city estimates once

complete these lights will save more than $900,000 per year. at an additional 400,000 in yearly maintenance costs, the city boasts this is another step in reducing its carbon footprint by 30% by 2017. residents question if this is the best option for their

quaint street. if there's a tremendous savings of energy, that is a good thing. but i also -- i'm not quite sure it has to be this ugly. reporter: the city has no -- no plans to reconsider these lights here and the conversion

will continue as scheduled.

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