Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Park

Video: Rodriguez, Lander Call for Return to Sanity in Central Park

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2011 | 21 Comments

Via Andy Shen at NYVelocity, here’s the video of this week’s press conference and rally at City Hall, where Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Brad Lander kicked off the push to set traffic signals in Central Park and Prospect Park to flashing yellow during car-free hours. It’s encouraging to hear some clear thinking from Council […]

Park Slope Civic Council Names Prospect Park Gateway Design Comp Winners

By Ben Fried | Dec 3, 2010 | 24 Comments

The Park Slope Civic Council announced the winners yesterday in its design competition for the Third Street entrance to Prospect Park, which has sported rickety metal barricades since it was closed to cars in April 2009. In addition to designing a better gateway to the park, the entries had to be movable, to allow for […]

Next Thursday: A Neighborly Rally for the Traffic-Calming PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 14, 2010 | 62 Comments

Mark next Thursday on your calendars. It’s a critical day for one of the city’s most innovative livable streets projects. If you care about safer streets, it’s going to be an excellent time to respectfully show your support in public. That morning, at 8:30, opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane are holding an […]

Imagine a Better Gateway to Walk and Bike to Prospect Park

By Ben Fried | Sep 22, 2010 | No Comments

The entrance to Prospect Park at Third Street in Park Slope was closed off to car traffic in April 2009. Since then it’s been graced by these barricades. With the completion of the Prospect Park West re-design, there’s even more reason to make this a welcoming entrance for people walking and biking to Brooklyn’s flagship […]

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The Taming and Reclaiming of Prospect Park West

By Robin Urban Smith | Sep 9, 2010 | No Comments

Up until this summer, speeding was the norm on Brooklyn’s Prospect Park West. With three wide lanes inviting motorists to hit the accelerator, it was a street monopolized by car traffic. That changed in a big way in June, when NYC DOT converted one vehicle lane to a two-way bikeway separated from traffic by the […]

Facebook Tally: PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2010 | 52 Comments

A lot of neighborhood activists swear by the maxim that it’s easier to organize against something than to drum up support for something new. But apparently this rule of thumb doesn’t apply to the Prospect Park West bike lane. Based on the latest tallies from Facebook, the incipient skirmish over New York’s newest two-way protected […]

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