Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Downtown Brooklyn

Planning Commission OKs Paltry Parking Reform for Downtown Brooklyn

By Ben Fried | Oct 18, 2012 | 2 Comments

The New York City Department of City Planning announced yesterday that the City Planning Commission has approved a measure to reduce Downtown Brooklyn’s onerous parking minimums. But the commission, chaired by Amanda Burden, appears to have wasted an opportunity to improve on the timid reforms. The good news is that new developments in Downtown Brooklyn, […]

Barclays Center Opening Weekend Traffic: Not a Total Disaster

By Stephen Miller | Oct 1, 2012 | 10 Comments

Many residents and elected leaders from the neighborhoods near the Barclays Center in Prospect Heights are letting out a sigh of relief after steeling for gridlock this weekend. Sellout crowds for the arena’s first events — three Jay-Z concerts — did not completely overwhelm nearby neighborhoods with traffic, but the strain on local streets was still clear. […]

Markowitz: Loosen Downtown BK Parking Regs for Older Buildings Too

By Stephen Miller | Aug 16, 2012 | 7 Comments

Borough President Marty Markowitz wants to reduce parking minimums in Downtown Brooklyn, and he thinks developers should be able to convert existing parking spots to other uses. This spring the Department of City Planning unveiled a plan to cut Downtown Brooklyn’s onerous parking requirements in half, and Markowitz’s recommendations [PDF] are the latest step on […]

Developers, CB 2: Let’s Repurpose Downtown Brooklyn’s Empty Parking

By Noah Kazis | Jun 21, 2012 | 17 Comments

Parking reform in Downtown Brooklyn doesn’t go far enough, said developers at a public hearing last night, and the land use committee of Brooklyn Community Board 2 agreed. They want reduced parking requirements to apply not only to new buildings, as proposed by the Department of City Planning, but also to existing buildings and developments […]

If DCP Won’t Scrap Downtown BK Minimums, Is Broader Parking Reform Dead?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 5, 2012 | 12 Comments

The proposed reduction of parking minimums in Downtown Brooklyn, though seriously insufficient, is good news for housing affordability and environmental sustainability in New York City. But it’s terrible news for those hoping to see broader reforms of New York City’s parking requirements. If the Department of City Planning felt so politically constrained that it could […]

DCP Proposal Will Cut Downtown Brooklyn Parking Minimums in Half

By Noah Kazis | Jun 4, 2012 | 6 Comments

Downtown Brooklyn’s mandatory parking minimums would be cut in half for new development and eliminated outright for affordable housing under a plan from the Department of City Planning. The change is significant — the first rollback of the costly and car-ownership inducing requirements under the Bloomberg administration — but doesn’t go far enough. Even by DCP’s own […]

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