Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Grand Army Plaza

Eyes on the Street: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

By Jason Varone | Mar 28, 2007 | 12 Comments

A tipster spotted this Parks Department garbage truck doing its morning rounds on the sidewalk at Plaza Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, near the Grand Army Plaza subway stop in Brooklyn today. "As far as I can tell," he writes, "the sole reason for it is so the workers don’t have to move the trash cans […]

Important Meeting for Livable Streets Advocates

By Jason Varone | Mar 27, 2007 | 5 Comments

Brooklyn Community Board 6‘s transportation committee will hear presentations and community input on the following items: Presentation and discussion of a proposal by the Department of Transportation for improvements designed to enhance pedestrian mobility, access and comfort at the Grand Army Plaza. Presentation by the Department of Transportation of a plan to install two-way Class […]

Grand Army Plaza Bollards: Saving Lives and Wrecking Cars

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2006 | 1 Comment

The scene on Monday morning at the pedestrian refuge island in the middle of Flatbush Avenue between Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Public Library. The bollards this guy smashed into surround the infamous pedestrian refuge island where the "little walk man" beckons people into the middle of Flatbush Avenue and then sadistically traps them there as heavy traffic flies […]

Pedestrian-Friendly Changes for Grand Army Plaza

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 25, 2006 | 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 […]

Critical Mass Brooklyn

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 9, 2006 | 2 Comments

Friday, August 11, 2006, 7 pm Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, (Prospect Park, North) and Bklyn End of Williamsburg BridgeCritical Mass Brooklyn Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road. Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly […]