From Jackson Heights Green Alliance, I'll be there and will bring my family. Please come along if you can:
Join us on Saturday March 30th at 11AM in Travers Park for a rally to keep Travers Park safe.
A new car dealership, Koeppel Mazda, recently opened at the corner of 78th Street and Northern Blvd and it built a car service entrance on 78th Street where Travers Park is to be expanded. We have been informed that this car service entrance is going to prevent the NYC Department of Parks from giving the Jackson Heights community the car-free park redesign that you were promised.
The plans below clearly show the new park extending all of the way to Northern Boulevard, creating a safe space for our children that would be free of motor vehicles.
Since the car dealership opened, we now have a constant flow of traffic on the street, quite often driving into the park to perform u-turns, showing complete disregard for the safety of everyone who uses the space.
As the community group that worked most closely with the Jackson Heights community to create this space we have repeatedly heard how important it is for us to have a completely car-free environment in our park. This failure by the city to fulfill that promise is unacceptable to us.
Join us this Saturday and let Koeppel know that we want to keep Travers Park Safe!