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TeamMisha t1_ivwfgs9 wrote

Reply to comment by BasedAlliance935 in Exclusive: DOT eyes Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza as NYC's next car-free space by alexd231232

I think it can and should be done. Eastern Parkway is a mistake to begin with, not human sized at all, and connects here to this crazy over-engineered traffic circle monstrosity. The grid here should be brought back to the scale of surrounding streets, like Vanderbilt is just 1 lane in either direction. There's a section of the plaza that is SEVEN lanes wide yet is fed by at most a 2-lane road from the north from Flatbush, wtf were they doing designing this? The entire inner plaza roadways could be removed tbh

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwg7du wrote

While i will admit the 7 lane part is definitely excessive, i dont think roads should be entirely removed but rather scaled down a bit, maybe remove some of the more redundant parts and you're good

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TeamMisha t1_ivwh1ou wrote

I think 2 lanes max on the circular road would be sufficient and close the entire middle portion. It wouldn't even require construction as they can simply convert the parking lane on Plaza Street into a travel lane. Done and dusted. The entire interior is a waste of space IMO, convert it into greenspace I figure

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwjitf wrote

Why greenspace? There's already a park next door.why not have the space for small commercial spaces like food trucks/carts.

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TeamMisha t1_ivwoxle wrote

Why not? More park the better I figure. The traffic circle is surrounded by park land already, I don't see why not fill the road in and expand the park. But yes, the inner circle area however would be perfect to move the farmers market they do now for example, i.e. surround the arch with stands and use the space for cultural/dining/etc. programming, makes sense to me yeah

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breakneckridge t1_ivyfy84 wrote

Oo i live this idea. Also make it have independent vendors like the ones that are there on farmers market Saturdays.

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