Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

Park Slope Has Its Park(ing) Day

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2007 | 6 Comments

Evicted from their Park(ing) Day spot by the 78th Precinct last month, Park Slope Neighbors (with the PD’s permission) observed the event over the weekend. StreetFilms’ new producer Elizabeth Press was there, talking to participants, passers-by and motorists who support human-oriented use of valuable public space. There will be a Park(ing) Day celebration tonight in […]

Cars Burned in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

On the heels of conspiracy theories surrounding last week’s taxi fires, a Curbed tipster reports a rash of car burnings in Gowanus and Park Slope: I live on Sixth St, btwn 3rd and 4th Ave, Gowanus. I came home around midnight on Friday night…. when I went for a morning stroll on Saturday, I came […]

Tonight: Park(ing) Day Planning Meeting

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 2, 2007 | No Comments

Tonight, you are invited to a planning meeting to prepare for the previously discussed parking spot squat in New York City as a part of Park(ing) Day 2007. If you want to get involved, this is the place to be. Let’s show those San Franciscans who’s boss. When August 2, 2007 6:30 pm Where […]

Congestion Pricing: Joan Millman is Not Convinced

By Aaron Naparstek | May 23, 2007 | 29 Comments

State Assembly Member Joan Millman’s Downtown and brownstone Brooklyn district includes some of the most politically progressive, environmentally-conscious and traffic-choked neighborhoods of New York City — neighborhoods that have been clamoring for traffic relief for years. Yet, Millman is, for now, opposed to Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. In a letter sent to constituents who […]

Eyes on the Street: Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue Street Fair

By Aaron Naparstek | May 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

As Robert Guskind at Gowanus Lounge writes, "We like the Fifth Avenue Fair because, while you can score tube socks and sunglasses, most of the local businesses come out and represent." Check out his photo set on Flickr.

CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project

By Aaron Naparstek | May 18, 2007 | 12 Comments

The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6, of which I’m a member, voted unanimously last night to approve DOT’s traffic calming and bike lane plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street. The approval came with requests that DOT build a bike lane along Prospect Park West, undertake a curbside management study aimed at alleviating double-parking […]

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