Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

Car-Free Hours Extended in Prospect Park

By Brad Aaron | | 44 Comments
Thanks to Streetsblog tipsters who’ve written in about the evening rush closure of Prospect Park’s East Drive. This sign went up Friday at the corner of Parkside and Ocean Avenues. This just in from DOT: City transportation and parks commissioners today announced the extension of weekday recreational hours in Prospect Park as part of a […]

As He Likes It: Weprin, and His Car, in the Park

By Brad Aaron | | 12 Comments
From a Streetsblog tipster: Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all get the City Council treatment? Last night, NYC Councilmember David Weprin made an appearance at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park to let the public know that he helped direct taxpayer dollars to support Shakespeare in the Park. But unlike the hundreds of […]

Car-Free Hours in Prospect Park? Fuhgeddaboutit!

By Jason Varone | | 33 Comments
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz The Daily News reported yesterday that, along with the recent extension of car-free hours in Central Park, Dept. of Transportation officials proposed closing Prospect Park’s Manhattan-bound East Drive to cars during evening rush hour this month but the plan was squashed by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz: Sources said city […]

Thank You for the Extra Car-Free Hour, And…

By Glenn McAnanama | | 4 Comments
DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan celebrates the extra Car-Free hour in Central Park with members of Upper Green Side and Transportation Alternatives Last week the Dept. of Transportation extended the car-free time on the West Drive of the Central Park loop one extra hour, from 7am to 8am. While this is far short of the goal […]
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