Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

Eyes on the Street: Prospect Park, Brooklyn

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 9, 2006 | 8 Comments

A Streetsblog tipster notices that Prospect Park motorists seem to be unindoctrinated in the ways of the Litterbug: Since I have been training for this half marathon, I have been doing more running in Prospect Park than bike riding the last few weeks. Each of the last three times I have run in the park […]

Aiming to Reduce Car Use Around Brooklyn’s New Park

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 25, 2006 | 8 Comments

Some excellent news just came across the transom in a press release from the Downtown Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation. The are announcing "the launch of a transportation study that will examine potential future means of providing access to Brooklyn Bridge Park, with an aim to reduce reliance on personal vehicles." The study is being […]

Central and Prospect Park Updates

By Aaron Donovan | Jul 26, 2006 | 1 Comment

Here are a couple of updates from the parks from Streetsblog tipsters. The first is a heads up for all you riders using Central Park: This morning on Central Park’s West Drive, there was a road block of one lane with 10 cops presiding. When asked, one of the officers said that they were looking out for […]

Eyes on the Street: Central Park, Friday, June 23, 3:30 pm.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 26, 2006 | 5 Comments

The following note just came across the Streetsblog transom, from Michael, a 29-year-old business-owner in Manhattan. Michael is a tri-athlete and trains daily in Central Park on his Softride bicycle. This is what happened to him on Friday: I was riding my bike in Central Park. A ROAD BLOCK was set up in the bike […]

Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 25, 2006 | 6 Comments

One of the most influential urban thinkers, writers, and activists of the 20th century dies at age 89 in Toronto, Canada. "I enthusiastically endorse the campaign to close Central Park’s loop drive to regular automobile traffic. We had the same sort of fight in Washington Square Park in the late 1950s and in my neighborhood […]