Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Parks & Recreation

The scene on Sunday in Classon Playground as cops filled the play area with their cars — and secured it with a chain (inset bottom left) while leaving their designated parking area (top left) empty. Photos: Gersh Kuntzman

SPACE HOGS: NYPD Cops Seize Clinton Hill Playground — Again!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 29, 2023 | No Comments

Kids in Clinton Hill were unable to take advantage of an unseasonably warm January weekend because officers from the NYPD's 88th Precinct had once again used the Classon Playground to park their personal vehicles.

Electric avenue: (from left) Council members Rita Joseph, Shahana Hanif and Crystal Hudson all support e-bikes in Propspect Park. File photo

Three Council Members Whose Districts Surround Prospect Park Demand the Return of E-Bikes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 21, 2022 | No Comments

Three Brooklyn Council members whose districts all touch Prospect Park are demanding that the Parks Department allow the battery-boosted bikes to be used inside the greenspace, which, like other city parks, don't permit e-bikes.

A cyclist on an e-bike rolls over the bumps on Ocean Avenue near Avenue N on Dec. 12. Photo: Kevin Duggan

EYES ON THE STREET: Ocean Parkway Remains A Cracked Ruin As Parks Dept. Delays

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 16, 2022 | No Comments

The Ocean Parkway bike lane is worse than it's ever been, and cycling advocates are fed up.

Council Member Shekar Krishnan rallies on Dec. 6, 2022 for a set of bills to improve Parks projects.

Council Wants to Speed Up Parks Projects (Like Those Much-Delayed Greenways!)

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 8, 2022 | No Comments

The department has been a poor steward of its bike infrastructure that provide crucial links in the city's cycling network — like Ocean Parkway. And Council Member Shekar Krishnan wants to change that.

The city is eyeing 10th Avenue in Inwood for a protected bike lane that would help fill the gap of the Manhattan greenway at the northern tip of the borough. Photo: Tipster

City to Install Protected Bike Lane Beneath Inwood’s Elevated Subway — in 2027

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

Well, here's one reason to hope Mayor Adams gets a second term.

Closed for repairs: The Hudson River Greenway entrance at Dyckman Street. Photo: Kevin Duggan

EYES ON THE STREET: City’s Uptown Greenway Detour is Unacceptably Dangerous

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 8, 2022 | No Comments

The city's detour for the Hudson River Greenway uptown is a dangerous mess through hilly and dangerous Washington Heights streets with little to no bicycle infrastructure to speak of.

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