Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Park

What’s the Status of Car-Free Central Park and Prospect Park in 2014?

By Stephen Miller | Apr 21, 2014 | 30 Comments

Last year, the city announced that much of Central Park’s loop drives would go car-free all summer long. With temperatures warming, the park is again filling with people walking, jogging, and biking — all sharing space with car commuters looking for a rush-hour shortcut. Will it happen again — or expand — this year? Negotiations are […]

Trolley Terror! Meet the Original Prospect Park West NIMBYs

By Brad Aaron | Apr 26, 2013 | 12 Comments

Norm Steisel, Louise Hainline, Iris Weinshall, and their anti-bike “Better Bike Lane” comrades aren’t the first well-to-do, politically connected bunch to wage war against a new configuration for Prospect Park West. According to a fascinating Curbed piece from the Weekly Nabe’s Keith Williams, another powerful NIMBY cadre once sought to undermine a nascent progressive transportation […]

The Prospect Park Bike-Ped Expansion Is Complete

By Ben Fried | Jun 18, 2012 | 25 Comments

Late last week the Prospect Park Alliance sent out an email blast announcing that NYC DOT has finished altering the park loop to give more space to pedestrians and cyclists during the hours when cars are allowed in the park. The new configuration — which slims the motor vehicle right-of-way from two lanes to one […]

Eyes on the Street: Prospect Park Road Diet in Action

By Ben Fried | Apr 27, 2012 | 13 Comments

As first documented by @noahbudnick, the section of the Prospect Park loop south of the lake has had new markings (and a smooth, fresh surface) for a few weeks. On this section you can experience the more spacious 24/7 accommodations for walkers, joggers, and cyclists that will soon expand to the rest of the loop. […]

Brooklyn CB Committees OK Un-protected 2-Way Bike Lane on Plaza Street

By Ben Fried | Apr 20, 2012 | 8 Comments

NYC DOT presented plans last night for an un-protected two-way bike lane on Plaza Street, which would enhance a critical hub in the Brooklyn bike network by defining space for contraflow riding, but fall short of providing safe cycling infrastructure for all ages. The transportation committee of Community Board 6 voted in favor of the project […]

Prospect Park Users: Thanks for the Road Diet, Now Let’s Make It Car-Free

By Noah Kazis | Feb 29, 2012 | 16 Comments

Brooklynites like the idea of reducing the number of motor vehicle lanes cutting through Prospect Park from two to one. They’d like zero even better. A crowd of roughly 150 gathered in the Prospect Park Picnic House last night to hear a proposal from the Prospect Park Alliance’s road sharing task force. As reported yesterday, the […]

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