Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

On Saturday, cars headed to Koeppel Mazda drove on a portion of 78th Street that the city promised would be a park. But the city has reneged on the deal. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Cars Get Police Protection at Rally for Full Travers Park Plan

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 12, 2019 | 10 Comments

Hundreds of Jackson Heights residents, and scores of children, angrily protested the continued use of 78th Street by a politically-connected car dealership that has halted plans for a long-promised block-long greenspace between 34th Avenue and deadly Northern Boulevard.

A car in Central Park, pictured last week -- more than three months since the park went "car-free." Photo courtesy Bill Amstutz, used with permission

Not-So-Car-Free: Drivers Still Reign In Supposedly Auto-Less Parks

By David Meyer | Oct 10, 2018 | 20 Comments

Car-free Central Park is anything but.

Thanks, U.S.T.A.: Private property fills public parkland near the Aquatic Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park during the U.S. Open. Photo: Laura A. Shepard

Yes, Mr. Mayor, the U.S. Open Turns Flushing Meadows Park into a Parking Lot

By Laura Shepard | Sep 7, 2018 | 10 Comments

Sure, the tennis tourney generates revenue for the city, but Queens residents are treated like garbage for three weeks.

Say Goodbye to Cars in Central Park

By David Meyer | Jun 27, 2018 | 9 Comments

The last private car entered the park at 7 p.m. last night, culminating half a century of advocacy.

The Car-Free Central Park Victory Lap

By Ben Fried | May 1, 2018 | 9 Comments

This morning, car-free park advocates went out with Council Member Helen Rosenthal for a victory lap. Or, as indefatigable advocate Ken Coughlin called it, the last protest ride for a car-free Central Park.

Mayor de Blasio at today's presser announcing that Central Park will soon be car-free. Photo: David Meyer

Central Park Goes Car-Free Forever on June 27

By Ben Fried and David Meyer | Apr 20, 2018 | 34 Comments

The campaign for a car-free park has lasted more than half a century and involved thousands of people. Today's historic announcement by Mayor de Blasio belongs to all of them.

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