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Miles of streets closed to cars as locals look for space
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI AND
KEVIN DUGGAN
City transportation offi cials
have closed off nearly nine miles
of street to vehicular traffi c as
part of a new-and-improved
Open Streets social distancing
initiative — including multiple
roadways in Brooklyn.
In Park Slope, Prospect
Park West between Garfi eld
Place and Third Street, will be
barricaded off to cars between
8 am and 8 pm every day for the
foreseeable future, giving Slopers
the chance to get some sun
while maintaining social distance
during the coronavirus
pandemic.
The fi rst round of street
clauses went into effect on May
2 — and residents took full advantage
of the newly reclaimed
pedestrian space, as the usually
hectic roadway was peacefully
providing ample space for
bikers, joggers, miniature-gatherings,
and stir crazy Brooklynites
gasping for fresh air.
In addition to Prospect Park
West, a fi ve-block stretch of interecting
Willoughby and Lawrence
streets in Downtown
Brooklyn, Sackman Place between
Truxton Street and Fulton
Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant,
and Parkside Avenue
between Park Circle and Ocean
Avenue in Ditmas Park will all
also be closed to cars each day.
Mayor Bill de Blasio —
who had initially piloted the
idea several weeks ago before
abruptly halting the program
after claiming that not enough
people were using the open
roads to justify the required police
presence — gave his tepid
approval of the new open streets
program at a May 3 press conference.
Stretches of some streets, like Prospect Park West, have been closed —
and pedestrians have claimed the space as theirs! Photos by Todd Maisel
“I saw the open street on
Prospect Park West and it
looked like things were going
well,” Hizzoner said. “Chirlane
McCray reported that the
open street by Carl Schurz Park
was going well. So, defi nitely
a good day and a good concept
and we look forward to broadening
it.”
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