Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

Opponents Sue City Over Prospect Park West Bike Lane

By Noah Kazis | Mar 7, 2011 | 57 Comments

Opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane have filed a lawsuit against the city in relation to the project, according to the New York City Law Department. The suit, which has been threatened for a month, was filed at the end of the day today in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Download it here. The bulk […]

Thursday, March 10 Is CB6’s Prospect Park West Bike Lane Finale

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2011 | 7 Comments

I make no guarantees about the ultimate accuracy of this headline, but you’ve got to admit that next week’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 forum on the Prospect Park West redesign is shaping up to be a showstopper [PDF]. After all the rallies, surveys, Marcia Kramer segments, senatorial intrigue, threats of lawsuits, and mountains of data […]

Gibson Dunn Attorney Jim Walden: Blog Comment “Potentially Libelous”

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2011 | 102 Comments

This Wednesday, while Streetsblog reporter Noah Kazis was wrapping up his piece on the propriety of devoting pro bono legal services to help wealthy Brooklyn residents eradicate a bike lane, we received a letter from Gibson Dunn attorney Jim Walden. We think the letter is illustrative of the tactics employed by opponents of the Prospect […]

In Anti-Bike Lane Case, Gibson Dunn Strays From Pro Bono Standards

By Noah Kazis | Feb 24, 2011 | 36 Comments

Jim Walden is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the kind of white shoe firm where lawyers represent major corporations at rates of nearly a thousand dollars per hour. His name has been popping up on Streetsblog recently because he represents a politically-connected group attempting to undo the redesign of Prospect Park West. According […]

Chuck Schumer’s Office Has No Comment on Prospect Park West

By Noah Kazis | Feb 16, 2011 | 18 Comments

Streetsblog has contacted Senator Chuck Schumer’s press office twice asking for comment on the Prospect Park West bike lane and received no reply. Reports have recently surfaced personally tying Schumer to efforts to reverse the Prospect Park West redesign, which enjoys broad popular support according to a web survey of nearly 3,000 Brooklynites. Schumer’s wife, […]

What Happens When Senator Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Like the New Bike Lane?

By Ben Fried | Feb 7, 2011 | 42 Comments

United States Senator and Prospect Park West resident Chuck Schumer opposes the two-way, protected bike path in front of his home and has spoken privately with City Council members to discuss “what they’re going to do about [this and other] bike lanes,” the Post’s David Seifman reported this weekend. The Seifman report is the first […]

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