Kid-Friendly Park(ing): Fingerpainting on Cortelyou
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These pics, courtesy of Sustainable Flatbush, come from the Park(ing) spot on Brooklyn’s Cortelyou Road, where fingerpaint and crayons are all the rage.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Park
Youth Advocates Deliver 10,000 Letters Calling For Car-Free Prospect Park
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Youth advocate Oswald Bowman kicks things off at yesterday’s rally for a car-free Prospect Park. The Prospect Park Youth Advocates led a joyous procession over the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday afternoon on their way to deliver more than 10,000 letters to Mayor Bloomberg in support of a car-free park. The youth advocates and students from Freedom […]
Car-Free Prospect Park Rally Today; Markowitz Not Expected to Attend
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If you’ll be in Lower Manhattan this afternoon, don’t forget today’s action by Prospect Park Youth Advocates, who will be delivering postcards to City Hall signed by thousands of New Yorkers who’d like to see the Brooklyn park go car-free. Though Mayor Bloomberg seems to be keeping an open mind on the issue, Brooklyn Borough […]
Youth Advocates Bringing Car-Free Prospect Park Message to Bloomberg
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Prospect Park Youth Advocates (l-r) Oswald, Michael, Kelena and Farah Having spent their summer working for a car-free Prospect Park, four young Brooklynites are taking their message to the mayor on Monday. And they’ll have plenty of backup. Prospect Park Youth Advocates Michael, Farah, Kelena and Oswald have collected 10,000 postcards signed by New Yorkers […]
“There’s Nothing Legal About the Cars in Prospect Park”
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August is here, and while New Yorkers are enduring another summer of rush-hour traffic whipping through the city’s flagship parks, some excellent advocacy is bolstering the case for going car-free. Look at the work being done by the Prospect Park Youth Advocates, high school students who are spending their summer vacations gathering data and putting […]
Business Honchos Lobby Bloomberg for Car-Free Parks
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It seems elitist "green" types aren’t the only ones who think city parks should be reserved for people. A passage from this week’s New York Magazine feature "Who Owns Central Park?" reveals that regular Joe business execs recently warned Mayor Bloomberg of the economic consequences of a city so dominated by cars. Last April, about […]