Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Park

Next Thursday: A Neighborly Rally for the Traffic-Calming PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 14, 2010 | 62 Comments

Mark next Thursday on your calendars. It’s a critical day for one of the city’s most innovative livable streets projects. If you care about safer streets, it’s going to be an excellent time to respectfully show your support in public. That morning, at 8:30, opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane are holding an […]

Imagine a Better Gateway to Walk and Bike to Prospect Park

By Ben Fried | Sep 22, 2010 | No Comments

The entrance to Prospect Park at Third Street in Park Slope was closed off to car traffic in April 2009. Since then it’s been graced by these barricades. With the completion of the Prospect Park West re-design, there’s even more reason to make this a welcoming entrance for people walking and biking to Brooklyn’s flagship […]

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The Taming and Reclaiming of Prospect Park West

By Robin Urban Smith | Sep 9, 2010 | No Comments

Up until this summer, speeding was the norm on Brooklyn’s Prospect Park West. With three wide lanes inviting motorists to hit the accelerator, it was a street monopolized by car traffic. That changed in a big way in June, when NYC DOT converted one vehicle lane to a two-way bikeway separated from traffic by the […]

Facebook Tally: PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2010 | 52 Comments

A lot of neighborhood activists swear by the maxim that it’s easier to organize against something than to drum up support for something new. But apparently this rule of thumb doesn’t apply to the Prospect Park West bike lane. Based on the latest tallies from Facebook, the incipient skirmish over New York’s newest two-way protected […]

As PPW Intrigue Mounts, Brooklyn Paper Defends the Completed Street

By Ben Fried | Jul 1, 2010 | 51 Comments

The new Prospect Park West makes biking and walking safer for all ages. Photo: Jeff Prant Before I get to the "intrigue" part of this post (it’s juicy), first let me say that if you haven’t checked out the Prospect Park West re-design yet, you owe it to yourself to head on over and take […]

Tonight: Voices of Reason Needed to Counter PPW Bike Lane Hysteria

By Brad Aaron | Jun 21, 2010 | 45 Comments

Its fresh green paint is already bringing relief to car-free commuters, but that hasn’t stopped anonymous opponents of a safer Prospect Park West from continuing to spread anti-cyclist tripe of the kind pictured above. Though no names or contact information have to our knowledge accompanied any of these fliers, local media can’t resist piling on, […]

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