Updated Version of DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek
Apr 10, 2007

Above is the latest version of DOT’s plan to improve pedestrian safety, install traffic-calming and stripe bike lanes on 9th Street in Park Slope.

If you like this plan and live or work within the boundaries of Community Board 6 or Park
Slope, or if you just use 9th Street as a pedestrian, motorist, cyclist or
bus rider, please take just a minute to fax in your support for DOT’s 9th Street plan.

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DOT’s 9th Street Plan: Frequently Asked Questions

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2007

Print this DocumentNinth Street at Eighth Avenue in Park Slope, outside of Dizzy’s Diner. The Department of Transportation’s plan for pedestrian safety, traffic-calming and bike lane for Park Slope’s 9th Street is causing quite a bit of anxiety. Some of this angst, clearly, has been generated due to DOT’s failure to bring community stakeholders into […]

Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 10, 2007

Crash counts show that 9th Street is one of the most dangerous streets in Park Slope, Brooklyn. On March 29, DOT came before the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 and put forward a plan to improve pedestrian safety, smooth out traffic flow and create bike lanes along Park Slope’s 9th Street. From a […]

Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why?

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2007

The scene in front of Dizzy’s Diner on 9th Street and Eighth Avenue. Park Slope’s 9th Street corridor, with Prospect Park on one end and the Battery Tunnel on the other, has long been known as one of the most dangerous streets in the neighborhood when it comes to car crashes. In March 2004 two […]

The Plan: Making Brooklyn’s 9th Street Safer for Everyone

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 10, 2007

Below is a sketch of DOT’s plan for 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We think it’s a great plan deserving of support. The new configuration narrows a notoriously dangerous four lane road down to two travel lanes and adds a median with left-turn bays and a pair of bike lanes with three-foot buffers. The […]

Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn’t Even a Check Box.

By Aaron Naparstek | May 11, 2007

Those of you who are sick of reading about DOT’s plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street and the small but well-organized group of car-owning residents who are opposed to it, will be pleased to know that whole affair may soon be resolved. On Thursday, May 17, the transportation committee of Community Board 6 will take […]

Brooklyn Community Board Supports DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 14, 2007

Last night, Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 narrowly voted in favor of a resolution supporting the Department of Transportation’s plan to put Park Slope’s 9th Street on a "Road Diet." So, that’s that. After two months of fighting it’s all over but for the Thermoplast. We would enjoy saying that the group of 9th Street residents […]