Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Parks & Recreation

Streetfilm: City Officials Talk Up Bike Month

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments

In contrast — or, conceivably, as a complement — to the L.A. Times portrait of city cycling, here’s a Streetfilm from Elizabeth Press, shot yesterday at Transportation Alternatives’ Bike Month NYC kick-off. At a press conference held in the new 14th Street plaza, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan talks about present and future street-level improvements, Parks […]

Eyes on the Street: T.A. Rings in Bike Month

By Brad Aaron | May 7, 2008 | 12 Comments

L-R: DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Alternatives Director Paul Steely White and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe at this morning’s Bike Month NYC event on 9th Avenue. Benepe with White and Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton. Photos: Will Sherman/Transportation Alternatives

Ideas Competition for Brooklyn’s Grandest Plaza

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 20, 2008 | 17 Comments

The Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPCo) and The Design Trust for Public Space have launched a website for their "Ideas Competition" called Reinventing Grand Army Plaza, which is intended to generate new visions for the plaza’s design. The jury will award three cash prizes to the winners, and along with other top entries will be […]

City Subsidizing Boater Parking

By Brad Aaron | Feb 4, 2008 | 10 Comments

Parking fees for boaters at the 79th St. basin are $422 cheaper per month than rates at a nearby garage The New York Times reports that the comptroller’s office is concerned about possible fraud at the Parks Department’s 79th Street Boat Basin. Buried in the piece is the small revelation that the Parks Department offers […]

Illegal Parking Now “Legal” for Marty Markowitz

By Brad Aaron | Jan 16, 2008 | 16 Comments

Yesterday we wondered if the city might be convinced to reconcile its vision of a sustainable city with its anti-urban parking policies. We’ll mark this one in the "no" column. Late last week Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was busted by Uncivil Servants for parking on the sidewalk in front of Borough Hall during a […]

Blinding Headlights Make Part of West Side Greenway Unusable

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 12, 2007 | 28 Comments

Blinding headlights make cycling difficult on a mile-long uptown stretch of the Hudson River Greenway. Lars Klove is a professional photographer who lives way uptown and uses the Hudson River Greenway to bike to and from his apartment on 183rd Street just about every day. Now that it is getting dark earlier in the evening, […]

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