Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Parks & Recreation

A montage of how cars defile a sculpture by Lorenzo Pace (inset).

CYCLE OF RAGE: Why Does the Parks Dept. Let Drivers Defile Black History?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 24, 2023 | No Comments

New York City would never allow people to park on top of its Holocaust memorial. And it would never let people drive on a major civil rights monument. Nor would it let people spew pollution at a national cemetery. Except that it would.

Joggers, walkers, cyclists and scooter riders all using Prospect Park's east loop, which is due for new asphalt and striping. Photo: Dave Colon

New Prospect Park Road Redesign Paves the Way for Central Park

By Dave Colon | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments

Under the new design, people on bikes will share a 16-to-18 foot lane with "authorized vehicles," flanked by two separate pedestrian lanes — one 13-to-14 feet wide, the other six-to-eight feet wide.

The scene on Sunday in Classon Playground as cops filled the play area with their cars — and secured it with a chain (inset bottom left) while leaving their designated parking area (top left) empty. Photos: Gersh Kuntzman

SPACE HOGS: NYPD Cops Seize Clinton Hill Playground — Again!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 29, 2023 | No Comments

Kids in Clinton Hill were unable to take advantage of an unseasonably warm January weekend because officers from the NYPD's 88th Precinct had once again used the Classon Playground to park their personal vehicles.

Electric avenue: (from left) Council members Rita Joseph, Shahana Hanif and Crystal Hudson all support e-bikes in Propspect Park. File photo

Three Council Members Whose Districts Surround Prospect Park Demand the Return of E-Bikes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 21, 2022 | No Comments

Three Brooklyn Council members whose districts all touch Prospect Park are demanding that the Parks Department allow the battery-boosted bikes to be used inside the greenspace, which, like other city parks, don't permit e-bikes.

A cyclist on an e-bike rolls over the bumps on Ocean Avenue near Avenue N on Dec. 12. Photo: Kevin Duggan

EYES ON THE STREET: Ocean Parkway Remains A Cracked Ruin As Parks Dept. Delays

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 16, 2022 | No Comments

The Ocean Parkway bike lane is worse than it's ever been, and cycling advocates are fed up.

Council Member Shekar Krishnan rallies on Dec. 6, 2022 for a set of bills to improve Parks projects.

Council Wants to Speed Up Parks Projects (Like Those Much-Delayed Greenways!)

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 8, 2022 | No Comments

The department has been a poor steward of its bike infrastructure that provide crucial links in the city's cycling network — like Ocean Parkway. And Council Member Shekar Krishnan wants to change that.

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