A petition launched by the volunteer group North Brooklyn Open Streets Community Coalition is calling on the city to make the vehicle-free zones on Berry Street and Driggs Avenue permanent.
“Berry Street has flourished as a non-commercialized public space for all to enjoy,” the petition states; “reductions on Driggs Ave and Russell St have brought sanity to McGolrick Park and provided safe spaces to exercise.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last springthat 100 miles…
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Get rid of some these bike lanes , many bicyclists don’t use them anyway they go up the wrong way, run threw stop signs ,go threw red lights , that’s what you should be talking about ,and many are getting killed because of there Negligence
Many new people are coming here trying to make all these changes , we didn’t invite you if you don’t like the sit up here than by all means leave
It’s very frustrating you all are trying to change everything
Life was great in Greenpoint ,
Great. So some 35 yr old douche can ride his electric scooter like a 4 yr old.
Or they live on or close to those blocks and like the peace and quiet.
I love how they describe a street, which was built and paved for cars, a “sacred space for ALL of us to enjoy”.
If you make these streets open permanently then you will kill all local business along these streets. Just typical, new people in the neighborhood for just a few years and they want to make changes to something that has been practically fine for the past 100 years. If you want more space, move to the burbs !
It’s now 2023 and I read the comments. In the Netherlands we implemented car free inner cities and there were all the same angry voices about safety, accessibility and shop owners. Matter of fact is that it improves everyone of these points. the shops will get more people and the city becomes more accessible, believe it or not
https://amp.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/29/how-groningen-invented-a-cycling-template-for-cities-all-over-the-world