Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parks

The Bronx is Burning Bicycling

By Aaron Naparstek | | 3 Comments
In the aftermath of last weekend’s 5,000 rider Tour de Bronx, I thought it might be worth revisiting the the Department of City Planning’s August 2006 Bronx Harlem River Bicycle and Pedestrian Study. The study identifies a number of specific ways to carve out space for cyclists and pedestrians and help neighborhoods of the South Bronx get better connected to […]

Flushing Meadows: Park or Parking Lot?

By Aaron Naparstek | | 2 Comments
Streetsblog doesn’t manage to get out to Queens all that often these days, so it’s good to know that The Park Watchdog is keeping an eye on Flushing Meadows Park. Here is what he sees: Cars. Lots of them. Parked all over the grass.  The Dog’s general thesis: When Robert Moses handed over Flushing Meadows park in 1967 to […]

Pedestrian-Friendly Changes for Grand Army Plaza

By Aaron Naparstek | | 11 Comments
More public space for Grand Army Plaza: DOT says that it would give the street space highlighted in green to the Parks Department for use during public events and car-free hours in Prospect Park. Since the beginning of 2005 I have been helping to organize a group called the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. The group is focused on improving the pedestrian experience […]

Central Park(ing Lot)

By Aaron Donovan | | 10 Comments
Ed. Note: This has got to be the best item ever to come to us via a Streetsblog tipster. We love the photos! Got a post you’d like to share? You know what to do. Recent reports have drawn attention to city officials abusing their parking privileges around municipal buildings in crowded commercial districts. Images of portly desk-sitting bureaucrats […]
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