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NYC DOT Hopes to Connect Grand Army Plaza's Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch with Prospect Park
The redesign would cut direct car traffic between Union Street and Eastern Parkway and reduce pedestrian-motorist conflict points from 31 to 20, officials said.
- On Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn announced a plan to ban cars from the southern edge of Grand Army Plaza, creating a public space connecting the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch to Prospect Park.
- City officials cited 135 crashes that injured 221 people over the past decade, describing the intersection as "dangerous" and "chaotic." The redesign aims to restore the original vision disrupted when automobiles were introduced in the early 20th century.
- Survey data from 2024 indicates more than 85% of 3,600 respondents supported connecting the park to the Memorial Arch. The proposal reduces pedestrian-motorist interaction points from 31 to 20 while improving B41 and B6 bus service.
- The Department of Transportation will host in-person sessions starting Thursday, April 23, with a tent at the plaza and virtual workshops beginning April 29. Residents can submit feedback via an online survey available through May 31.
- Construction timelines and budgets remain unclear, though officials expect to finish project scope development this year. The redesign aims to serve as a gateway to Brooklyn's backyard, prioritizing pedestrian and cyclist safety.
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Mamdani proposes redesign of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza to boost safety
The plan would remove a roadway that currently separates the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch from Prospect Park, while banning cars along parts of the plaza’s southern end between Union Street and Eastern Parkway.
·San Francisco, United States
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A ‘Grand’ design: Mamdani proposes eliminating car traffic in part of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza
Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to transform Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza by advancing a plan to eliminate car traffic between the entrance to Prospect Park and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch across from it, his office announced on Monday. Under the proposal, the road to the arch's south side, which currently connects Union Street to the west with Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue to the east, would be turned into a pedestrian plaza. Grand…
·New York, United States
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