Eyes on the Street: No Parking in the Low Post
Streetsblog reader Susan Donovan, a.k.a. Futurebird, posted this pic on Instagram yesterday. It's a DIY basketball court on Walton Avenue near Joyce Kilmer Park, a few blocks from Yankee Stadium. Writes Donovan:
Creative traffic calming in the Bronx! My neighbors have painted a basketball shooting zone on the street near the bike lane and hydrant creating a basketball court right in the street. (You can see the movable hoop stored nearby.) The city should do this. It's counter intuitive but street play slows cars and makes everyone safer. What a cool idea.
By taking the play streets concept a step further, this grassroots public space reclamation is reminiscent of a time when kids could play on their blocks with no police barricades needed. Before children "darted" in the streets, they grew up on them.
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