"We have agreed not to drive our automobiles into cathedrals, concert halls, art museums, private bedrooms and the other sanctums of our culture; we should treat our parks with the same deference."
--naturalist and author Edward Abbey

Make Prospect Park a green, car-free oasis, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week!

Prospect Park's trees, lawns, paths and ponds offer a refuge from the noise and danger of the city's streets. Unfortunately, when cars are allowed on the drives, the park becomes a dangerous speedway for the convenience of a handful of motorists, and to the detriment of the health and safety of thousands of daily park users. Tens of thousands of Brooklynites have written in support of Transportation Alternatives' campaign to rid the park of the noisy, polluting menace of traffic.

The current situation is dangerous and unfair to thousands of Brooklyn residents who are being cheated out of a safe and healthy place to play and exercise. With 1599 miles of roadway, but only 6.9 square miles of parkland, Brooklyn has the city's lowest percentage of parkland. It is not fair that the city insists on using one of the borough's few green open spaces to speed along noisy, dangerous, exhaust belching private cars.

The outlook for a car-free Prospect Park is brighter than ever. The campaign enjoys the support of support of four parkside council members and three former DOT commissioners, in addition to tens of thousands of Brooklyn residents. Our goal is simple: Make Prospect Park a green, car-free oasis, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week!