Liveable Streets
Preserving the Rich Street Life that Makes Park Slope What it Is
From its beginnings following the Civil War, Park Slope has been a community of diversity, where people of different means and ethnicities and beliefs have come in contact while shopping on Fifth and Seventh Avenues, walking to school or house of worship, enjoying Prospect Park, and traveling by streetcar and bus, the old Fifth Avenue El and the subway.
It is a place where one can walk everywhere, and in the course of that walk run into neighbors and friends, taking the time to stop and chat.
Certainly, Park Slope is an urbane urban environment with wonderful architecture and a human scale, but those would count for little without the richness of its street life. That is truly the essence of Park Slope.
It is a place where one can walk everywhere, and in the course of that walk run into neighbors and friends, taking the time to stop and chat.
Certainly, Park Slope is an urbane urban environment with wonderful architecture and a human scale, but those would count for little without the richness of its street life. That is truly the essence of Park Slope.
The Livable Streets Committee's charter is to work for a safe, lively street life and sensible transportation policy for Park Slope residents and visitors. We cover a lot of ground, from the semi-annual Clean Sweep and Clean Walk to School to advocacy on traffic and mass transit issues to looking for ways to accommodate traffic and green space like the exciting initiative undertaken by the Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPCo), co-founded by the Civic Council.
The Committee meets on the third Wednesday of every month, at 8:15am at Ozzie's, Fifth Avenue and Garfield Place. Meetings last approximately one hour and there is a lot of committee work done by e-mail. The committee is open to all. Come and see what we're doing; come join our great work!
Read PSCC's testimony in support of improved G Train service, given to City Council on April 8 by Livable Streets Chair Michael Cairl.
Read the article in the February, 2008 Civic News explaining why the Civic Council supported congestion pricing - with provisos.
Read the article in the February, 2008 Civic News explaining why the Civic Council supported congestion pricing - with provisos.