Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

Vanderbilt Avenue: The Model for DOT’s 9th Street Proposal?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 12 Comments

As noted elsewhere, tonight the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will consider a plan by DOT to redesign 9th Street from Third Avenue to Prospect Park West in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Ninth Street is a very wide street for the number of vehicles that actually use it. Overly wide streets may tend to […]

A Tale of Two DOT Plans

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 2 Comments

Looking down Park Slope’s 9th Street at Prospect Park West. They call this "excess capacity." A lot of different things are happening on 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It’s got some gorgeous residential blocks, a bus route, a busy bustling commercial district including a post office, grocery store, car service storefront and lots of […]

Opposition Brewing to DOT’s Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 15 Comments

Tonight, 6:30 pm at Old First Church on 7th Avenue and Carroll Street, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 hosts a blockbuster follow-up meeting to the "One-Way? No Way!" extravaganza of March 15. While I haven’t managed to get a look at DOT’s proposal, we know a few things about it: It will […]

Studies Refute DOT’s Claim That One-Way Avenues Are Safer

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 22, 2007 | 5 Comments

Prospect Park West at 8th Street, September 16, 2006, 9:45 am. "Higher vehicle speeds are strongly associated with a greater likelihood of crashes involving pedestrians as well as more serious pedestrian injuries." American Journal of Public Health Last Thursday, DOT Deputy Commissioner Michael Primeggia presented a plan to turn a pair of two-way avenues running […]

One Way? No Way. Send a Message to City Hall.

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2007 | 1 Comment

Park Slope Neighbors, a group that I co-founded and work for, has organized a petition drive in response to the Department of Transportation’s plan to turn Sixth and Seventh Avenues into one-way streets. Volunteers were out on the streets this weekend. The petition reads: To the New York City Department of Transportation and New York […]

Brooklyn to Bloomberg: Include Local Stakeholders in Planning

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 8, 2007 | 22 Comments

Below is a letter from the Park Slope Civic Council to Mayor Bloomberg and local elected representatives regarding the City’s plan to transform Sixth and Seventh Avenue’s into one-way streets. It’s lengthy but it’s worth a read (and full disclosure: I’m a trustee of the Civic Council): Park Slope Civic Council March 7, 2007 Dear […]

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