Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Park

The site of Abraham’s hit-and-run crash at Montauk and Sutter Avenue. Image: Google Streetview

Op-Ed: Communities of Color Need Protected Lanes, Too!

By Dave "Paco" Abraham | Jul 3, 2019 | 15 Comments

Bike-infrastructure inequities among neighborhoods continue — which is hard to square with Mayor de Blasio's stated goal of knitting together the "two cities" of New York. The Department of Transportation must fix the problem.

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.

The newly-installed barricade by the Prospect Park bandshell. Photo: 2AvSagas

Eyes on the Street: Heavy Blocks and Barricades on Prospect Park Loop

By David Meyer | May 25, 2018 | 59 Comments

The anchors and fencing look like standard materials for controlling cars that have been transposed to a car-free setting.

On a frigid January morning, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg celebrated the first official day of a car-free Prospect Park. Photo: David Meyer

Prospect Park Is Officially Car-Free Forever

By David Meyer | Jan 2, 2018 | 9 Comments

As of this morning, Prospect Park is officially and permanently car-free, the culmination of 50 years of advocacy.

The approximate location where a driver critically injured a 51-year-old jogger this morning. Photo: Google Maps

Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Woman Jogging in Prospect Park

By David Meyer | Dec 7, 2017 | 13 Comments

A hit-and-run driver struck and critically injured a woman jogging in Prospect Park at around 5 a.m. this morning. The 51-year-old woman was running on the West Drive just north of the tennis courts when the driver of a black vehicle hit her from behind, according to police.

During the weekday rush, the city still lets people drive on the Prospect Park loop next to vulnerable people on bikes. Photo: David Meyer

Parents and Kids Ride for a Car-Free Prospect Park

By David Meyer | Oct 9, 2017 | 5 Comments

Parents and children biked through Prospect Park this morning, calling on the city to get cars off the park loop all year round.

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