Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

Samuel Cohen Eckstein, 12, Killed by Van Driver on Prospect Park West

By Stephen Miller | Oct 9, 2013 | 65 Comments

Samuel Cohen Eckstein, a 12 year-old boy about to celebrate his bar mitzvah, was killed yesterday at the intersection of Third Street and Prospect Park West in Park Slope. NYPD says the crash investigation is ongoing and as of now there are no arrests or summonses for the driver who ran him over. Although police would […]

Brooklyn CB 6 Reverses Course, Supports Fourth Avenue Traffic Calming

By Stephen Miller | Jul 11, 2013 | 32 Comments

One month after Brooklyn Community Board 6 passed a resolution condemning DOT’s safety proposal for Fourth Avenue, upending months of public workshops and the decision of its own transportation committee, the full board voted 21-3, with two abstentions, to support a modified version of the plan at a special meeting last night. Beginning in February, DOT held public workshops to […]

Lander and Levin to DOT: A Safer Fourth Avenue Can’t Wait

By Ben Fried | Jun 18, 2013 | 10 Comments

City Council members Brad Lander and Steve Levin are urging NYC DOT to move forward with safety improvements for Fourth Avenue in Park Slope despite a vote against the proposal by Brooklyn Community Board 6. The Daily News reported today that in response to the CB 6 vote, DOT might take out some of the left-turn […]

On Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn CB 6 Prioritizes Left Turns Over People’s Lives

By Stephen Miller | Jun 14, 2013 | 40 Comments

Brooklyn Community Board 6 tossed aside years of community activism and months of public meetings about safety improvements on Fourth Avenue Wednesday night, voting against a DOT proposal to calm traffic and expand pedestrian space on one of the borough’s deadliest streets. The board not only rejected a resolution in support of the plan but also passed a […]

A Refresher on How PPW Bike Lane Opponents Cherrypick Their Numbers

By Ben Fried | Jun 10, 2013 | 20 Comments

While parents and kids were out celebrating three years of safe, all-ages cycling at the Prospect Park West Family Bike Ride last week, the remnants of NBBL were apparently scouring their Rolodex for media contacts who still take them seriously. A short item from Post columnist David Seifman notes that unidentified “critics” of the PPW […]

In Bay Ridge and Park Slope, Fourth Ave Traffic Calming Moves Forward

By Stephen Miller | May 20, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last year, DOT redesigned Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park to calm traffic by widening pedestrian medians and reducing the number of motor vehicle lanes. Similar improvements are now on track for Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge and Park Slope. Last Thursday, Community Board 6’s transportation committee voted 14-1 to support the Park Slope plan. In Bay […]

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