Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Eyes on the Street: Dyckman Bike Shelter Hints at What Could Be

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2008 | 6 Comments

Inwood recently got its first city bike shelter, by the A train station at the corner of Broadway and Dyckman/200th Street. It wasn’t getting a lot of use when I snapped this shot, probably because it was Sunday morning. Still, in the couple of minutes I was there quite a few cyclists passed by, most […]

Jim Brennan: “Objective Assessment” Must Precede Prospect Park Trial

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2008 | 5 Comments

Following up on other car-free parks news, last week Assembly Member Jim Brennan joined the chairs of Brooklyn Community Boards 7 and 14 in calling for an Environmental Impact Statement before any trial program to remove car traffic from Prospect Park. In this tipster-submitted constituent letter, Brennan rationalizes his position. Nothing says "fact-based public process" […]

CB12 Transpo Committee Avoids Action on Dyckman, Everything Else

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Proposed Dyckman Street redesign, presented by citizens to the CB12 Transpo Committee last February For the third time this year, residents of Inwood and Washington Heights Monday night presented the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee with a vision for a traffic-calmed Dyckman Street. One with a separated bike lane connecting the Henry Hudson […]

Tonight: Dyckman Greenway Connector Presented to Stringer Staff

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2008 | No Comments

At tonight’s Community Board 12 Transportation Committee meeting, Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets will present suggestions for a traffic-calmed Bennett Avenue, and are expected to discuss the proposed Dyckman Greenway Connector with Paimaan Lodhi, urban planner with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s office. Bennett Avenue, which runs parallel to Broadway for roughly ten blocks […]

Foes of a Car-Free Trial in Prospect Park Demand Environmental Review

By Ben Fried | Oct 2, 2008 | 32 Comments

In another case of 1970s-era environmental law being turned on its head, Brooklyn Community Boards 7 and 14 are demanding that the city conduct an environmental review before implementing a proposed, three month car-free trial in Prospect Park next summer. At a press event this morning attended by 19 people near the Park Circle entrance […]

Community Boards Step Up Opposition to Car-Free Prospect Park

By Ben Fried | Oct 1, 2008 | 25 Comments

Car-free park advocates deliver 10,000+ letters of support to City Hall. Two weeks ago, the Prospect Park Youth Advocates delivered 10,000 signatures to City Hall asking for a three-month car-free trial. Now Community Boards 7 and 14, as well as a group called the Windsor Terrace Alliance, are demanding that the park remain open to […]

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