Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parks

Want a New Public Plaza in Your Neighborhood? Apply Now.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 25, 2008 | No Comments

Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled the Department of Transportation’s New York City Public Plaza Program last night at the Pratt Institute in Manhattan. Through the program, DOT aims to transform "underused streets into vibrant, social public spaces" throughout New York City. To create and run these new public plazas DOT is seeking to partner with local […]

Streetfilms: Hiking the Heights

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2008 | No Comments

If you spend much time in upper Manhattan, you know it’s blessed with hundreds of acres of parkland, much of which serves to showcase the area’s naturally rugged terrain. To help bring attention to this sometimes overlooked resource while promoting public health, an organization called CLIMB (City Life is Moving Bodies), in conjunction with Creative […]

Petrosino Square to Expand Into Lafayette Street

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2008 | 8 Comments

Alan Gerson extolls the value of using underutilized traffic lanes for park space, with Friends of Petrosino Square founder Georgette Fleischer, Parks Borough Commissioner Bill Castro and CB 2 Chair Brad Hoylman Manhattan Community Board 2 member Ian Dutton reports that this morning city officials held a groundbreaking for the renovation of Petrosino Square. As […]

T.A.: Car-Free Central Park Would Ease Neighborhood Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2008 | 24 Comments

A study released this week by Transportation Alternatives undercuts the claim that closing Central Park’s loop drive to cars would increase traffic on the streets of Harlem. To the contrary, findings indicate that loop entrances on 110th street at Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevards "act as traffic magnets," drawing vehicles onto neighborhood streets […]

SE Prospect Park Re-Design Includes Some Restrictions on Cars

By Ben Fried | May 22, 2008 | 7 Comments

Rendering of the preliminary design for Lakeside Center in Prospect Park. A new Prospect Park skating rink and recreational facility will come with a smaller parking lot and improved bike access, reports neighborhood blog Hawthorne Street. The plan to re-design the southeast area of Brooklyn’s flagship park, unveiled at a public meeting this Monday, will […]

Turn Out Tonight for a Ped-Friendly Prospect Park

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2008 | No Comments

Last week, Hawthorne Street showed us the pedestrian nightmare that is the southeast entrance to Prospect Park at the corner of Ocean and Parkside. Tonight, livable streets advocates can help take the fear out of walking to the park and put pedestrians atop the hierarchy at this critical intersection. The Hawthorne Street bloggers have the […]

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