Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

Eyes on the Street: Our Long PPW Bike Lane Nightmare Is Almost Over

By Stephen Miller | Aug 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

Lesson learned? Last week, DOT wiped away the Prospect Park West bike lane for street repaving without installing any temporary cones to preserve the bike route during construction. Drivers parked at the curb, pushing northbound cyclists into oncoming traffic or onto the sidewalk. Now, DOT has demarcated the bike lane with orange cones as it […]

Eyes on the Street: DOT Replaces PPW Bike Lane With Parking

By Stephen Miller | Aug 22, 2014 | 25 Comments

During the warm summer months, lots of New Yorkers decide to hop on their bicycles and head for the nearest bike lane. That’s also when the city does much of its street repaving, and new asphalt is coming to Prospect Park West. But instead of maintaining the heavily used bike path with temporary materials, our […]

New 78th Precinct Council Leader Has a Passion for Safe Streets

By Brad Aaron | Jul 15, 2014 | 11 Comments

Last month, Wayne Bailey was elected to head the community council for NYPD’s 78th Precinct, which covers Park Slope, Prospect Park, and parts of adjacent neighborhoods. Bailey is a veteran neighborhood advocate and a long-time volunteer with Transportation Alternatives who has been involved with the precinct community council for years. As Streetsblog readers know, under […]

Proposal to Turn Car Storage Into Human Housing Hits Brooklyn CB6 Tonight

By Ben Fried | Jun 26, 2014 | 105 Comments

Just a reminder that today at 6 p.m., Brooklyn Community Board 6 will hold a public hearing about the conversion of a 230-car garage on Union Street into a mixed-use building with housing and retail. While traffic on Union Street is bound to improve without all that car storage generating car trips, some nearby residents […]

Eyes on the Street: Sidewalks for Pedestrians at the 78th Precinct

By Ben Fried | May 8, 2014 | 20 Comments

Props to the 78th Precinct and commanding officer Michael Ameri for this one. Reader Wayne Bailey sends photos showing that the 78th is starting to get the sidewalk parking situation under control near the precinct house. Previously this block of Sixth Avenue was occupied by officers’ personal vehicles: It might seem like a small thing, […]

Hundreds Gather to Launch the Park Slope Street Safety Partnership

By Doug Gordon | Dec 4, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last night, nearly 200 neighborhood residents gathered for over two hours in the Park Slope United Methodist Church for the launch of the Park Slope Street Safety Partnership, a consortium of civic groups, elected officials, and private citizens created to advance traffic calming efforts in the neighborhood. Framing the partnership’s goals in terms of Vision […]

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