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July 13, 2012
DOT study claims residential-permit parking isn't needed for Barclays Center, Yankee Stadium
The Brooklyn Blog [NYPost.com]
by Rich Calder
A new city study has put the breaks on efforts to bring residential-permit parking to neighborhoods closest to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Yankee Stadium in The Bronx – claiming there’s more than enough on-street parking available.
“Throughout most of the area around Yankee Stadium, parking occupancies remain low enough that residents generally have spaces available to them during Yankee games,” the Department of Transportation study says.
It then claims on-street parking will be even less of an issue at Barclays Center when it opens in September because it “will have a smaller seating capacity and even better transit accessibility.”
“Try telling that to anyone who has to circle for hours looking for parking spaces in Park Slope,” said resident Al Modine, 34, who lives near the Nets future arena.
Others were just as shocked by DOT’s findings.
“DOT missed the boat,” said Gib Veconi of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council. “The permits aren’t about entitlement or guaranteeing parking for residents. They’re about discouraging people from driving to games.”
Posted by eric at July 13, 2012 11:59 AM