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A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part

A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

June 1, 2026 · 2 min read

People relax on the grass at McCarren Park in Brooklyn on a sunny day
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A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part

A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part.

Williamsburg · · 2 min read
A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part
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The next big fight over New York City’s streets is actually about its parks, and it launched in north Brooklyn. On May 30, advocates and elected officials kicked off a citywide Car-Free Parks campaign with a block party and rally at McCarren Park, demanding the city draw up a plan to push private vehicles off the roads that still cut through public green space.

To make the point, organizers closed a stretch of Driggs Avenue, the road that slices through McCarren Park, and turned it into the party. The coalition reads like a who’s…

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