Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight

By Aaron Naparstek | May 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

Konrad Kaletsch‘s street safety petition to DOT, July 2005. Tonight, the Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety and Bike Lane plan for Park Slope’s crash-prone 9th Street comes up before the transportation committee of Community Board 6 for the second time. Here are the details: 6:30 pm at Old First Church729 Carroll Street at 7th Avenue […]

Pedestrians Fighting Over the Scraps

By Aaron Naparstek | May 17, 2007 | 9 Comments

The Brooklynian message boards are often the scene of fierce fighting over Brownstone Brooklyn’s crowded sidewalk space. While Park Slope’s legion of double-wide stroller-pushing moms and sidewalk-riding cyclists tend to generate the most ire, yesterday a new target emerged: Guys playing cards on the sidewalk. Thankfully, these sidewalk fights seem to take place more in […]

Aug. ’05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street

By Aaron Naparstek | May 16, 2007 | 5 Comments

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and 9th St. resident Konrad Kaletsch at Dizzy’s Diner, Eighth Ave. and 9th St., August 2, 2005. That’s DOT Borough Commissioner Lori Ardito in the background wearing shades and looking none too happy to be harangued by Park Slopers demanding safer streets. Tomorrow evening the transportation committee of Community Board […]

Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn’t Even a Check Box.

By Aaron Naparstek | May 11, 2007 | 4 Comments

Those of you who are sick of reading about DOT’s plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street and the small but well-organized group of car-owning residents who are opposed to it, will be pleased to know that whole affair may soon be resolved. On Thursday, May 17, the transportation committee of Community Board 6 will take […]

Ninth Street Update: Robert’s Rules of Order

By Aaron Naparstek | May 8, 2007 | 24 Comments

First off, please accept my apologies for continuing to torture you with the intensely parochial drama taking place on Park Slope’s 9th Street. I justify all of this coverage by imagining that this story may be useful for advocates working towards Livable Streets goals in other neighborhoods. For those who are just coming in to […]

DOT: One-Way Park Slope Proposal is Dead

By Jason Varone | May 4, 2007 | No Comments

No Land Grab is reporting that the DOT has decided to kill the one way proposal for 6th and 7th Avenues in Park Slope. In a letter to Community Board 6 (PDF), the DOT writes: NYC DOT does not intend to pursue the implementation of the proposed 6th and 7th Avenue conversion to one-way operation. […]

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