""Grand Army Plaza is the gateway to Brooklyn's backyard, Prospect Park—and it should welcome New Yorkers with street design that puts safety first," Mamdani said. "Anyone who's tried to cross here knows how dangerous and chaotic the streets can be.""
""When you come into the park and you kind of go under the arch, you're transformed into a green oasis," Prospect Park Alliance president Morgan Monaco told Gothamist. "This would help bring that sense of calm even further out.""
The NYC Department of Transportation proposed a redesign for Grand Army Plaza that would ban cars from a key area and connect the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch to Prospect Park. The plan aims to transform the southern edge of the plaza into pedestrian and cyclist space while rerouting cars to the northern side. The redesign seeks to enhance safety, reduce pedestrian-vehicle conflicts, and restore the plaza's original vision. However, the proposal lacks a budget, timeline, and guarantees for implementation.
Read at Time Out New York
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