Barricade Burglar? Battle Brewing Over ‘Open Streets Program in Brooklyn Myles Miller
What to Know
For 12 hours a day a section of Driggs Avenue at Russell Street is supposed to be closed to through traffic as part of the city s Open Streets program but the barricades have disappeared.
A video from a neighbor captured a man in a truck with an Amazon logo taking the barricades and driving off.
The barricades stolen were part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Open Streets program an initiative developed at the height of the pandemic to create more open space adjacent to parks which were being flooded with people eager to get out of their apartments.
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What to Know
For 12 hours a day a section of Driggs Avenue at Russell Street is supposed to be closed to through traffic as part of the city s Open Streets program but the barricades have disappeared.
A video from a neighbor captured a man in a truck with an Amazon logo taking the barricades and driving off.
The barricades stolen were part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Open Streets program an initiative developed at the height of the pandemic to create more open space adjacent to parks which were being flooded with people eager to get out of their apartments.