Less Parking, More Sitting for Dumbo
The small triangular island bounded by Pearl Street, Water Street and Anchorage Place in Dumbo, heretofore used for parking, will become a pedestrian plaza that will be managed by the local BID. After a study by Pratt grad students launched the idea, DOT and CB2 jumped on board, with the latter approving the plan unanimously…
The small triangular island bounded by Pearl Street, Water Street and Anchorage Place in Dumbo, heretofore used for parking, will become a pedestrian plaza that will be managed by the local BID. After a study by Pratt grad students launched the idea, DOT and CB2 jumped on board, with the latter approving the plan unanimously at its Transportation and Public Safety Committee last week. DOT says that the model for the project will be the Willoughby Pedestrian Plaza (which, frankly, has always left us a little underwhelmed). How ’bout some wifi—then we’d really be talking! But whatevs, it’ll have to look nicer than a bunch of cars, right? Of course, this will only intensify what is already arguably the worst parking situation of any neighborhood in Brooklyn. Cue the obligatory nasty comments directed at anyone who drives a car.
New Pedestrian Plaza is Cleared for Big Tryout [Courier] GMAP
In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza [Streetsblog]
Drawings like this are such a farce. No trees, cars will be honking and spewing exhast, homeless guy will be camped out. Bet the City can call this a park.
ban the Leica!
lika the ban!
ban everything!
SAVE THE PLANET!
northside of Manhattan bridge is under construction, photog tourists on the B Bridge are the true menace: ban the Leica!
People move around too much. They should stay home more and conserve carbon dioxide. There’s too much traveling in NY. Ridiculous. Stay home, get fresh direct, become a blog addict.
SAVE THE PLANET!
3:16, it’s like paper, rock and scissors. drivers kill bicyclists, bicyclists maim pedestrians, pedestrians complain about everybody.
So to recap: the pedestrians don’t like the drivers, the drivers don’t like the cyclists, and the cyclists don’t like anybody.
Just to speak on behalf of cyclists–you have to understand that we, too, are dealing with pedestrians and drivers who break the law all the time. Agressive driving is the norm here and in order not to be killed, cyclists have to be fairly assertive as well. In a perfect world, drivers would all signal and not drive or park in bike lanes. Joggers would leave the bike lanes to cyclists as well and not abruptly jaywalk between parked cars. Part of living in this crazy city is being flexible about the rules–that’s just survival. I’ve been on all sides of the aisle, as it were, understand the frustration, but as much as I try to be respectful of drivers, I’ve been nearly killed by too many assholes to count.
12:40, not that it’s enforced by anybody, least of all the pedestrians, but bikes are supposed to be on the north pathway and pedestrians on the south
They should do this (or preferrable something more attractive) on the little triangle on Washington Ave/St. Marks in Prospect Heights across from the police precinct.