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Folks on Prospect Park's East Drive won't have to share the road with cars in the evening any more. The East Drive will only be open to cars from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and will no longer allow traffic from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. starting Monday. The West Drive will be open to cars then. The park will continue to be closed to motor vehicles mid-day, overnight and during weekends. From a press release:
“The increase of recreation-only hours on the drive in Prospect Park mirrors a similar increase enabled in Central Park a few weeks ago. Now there will be even more hours devoted to car-free bicycling, running, blading, and simply sauntering. Both parks will be cleaner and greener, and their users happier and healthier” said Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. “I want to thank Mayor Bloomberg for his leadership in making New York a more livable and sustainable city, and Commissioner Sadik-Khan and the Department of Transportation for continuing their work to balance the needs of all New Yorkers.”
