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thisismynewacct t1_ivzwjts wrote

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

Grand Army plaza has poor transportation options?

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HayPlaceAPlaceforHay t1_iw2ov7q wrote

Bayside

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thisismynewacct t1_iw2uk45 wrote

That wasn’t remotely the point but ok

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HayPlaceAPlaceforHay t1_iw2urgv wrote

It wasn’t? The commenter said the people of bayside and far Rockaway would take car free zones personally. I said they don’t have good public transportation options. You said grand army plaza does in response as if that had anything to do with what was being discussed. Try and keep up with your posts.

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thisismynewacct t1_iw2uxct wrote

That was me. And it’s because they’d take a car free zone far from where they live personally.

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gobeklitepewasamall t1_iw1wl57 wrote

No, all the poor black & brown neighborhoods to the south & east whose inhabitants have to pass through GAP on their way to work have poor public transportation options.

North Brooklyn is built around parkways. It doesn’t have highways. In order to get around, you have to use parkways or designated truck route avenues. EP is full of people from bedstuy, crown heights, Brownsville, east Flatbush, Canarsie. Poor & working class NY’ers are most likely to work jobs that can’t be done from home & aren’t in Manhattan, meaning they need to drive to work. They’re also least likely to be able to afford to live near decent transit, again, meaning they have to drive to work.

Have you ever gotten up & walked to the train in Flatbush at 7am? It’s all teachers, nurses, home health aides, cops, emts, construction workers. During COVID it was still busy, cause they can’t afford to not work and the entire city depends on their labor to functionZ

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