Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Would Eliminate Hundreds of Parking Spaces
(DNAINFO) James Fanelli and Jeff Mays | February 11, 2016 — The cost of relocating utilities would also cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
The streetcar proposed to connect Brooklyn and Queens waterfront neighborhoods will eliminate a “substantial” number of parking spaces and cause streets to be ripped up so underground utilities can be relocated, according to a study the city is using to guide its plans.
The exact amount of spaces that would be lost is unclear and the study has not been publicly released, but Harris Schechtman, national transit director for Sam Schwartz Engineeringwho conducted the streetcar study for a consortium of private developers, said the loss of parking is a given.
“It’s understood, this was an eyes wide open study and the mayor’s office has embraced it with eyes wide open, there are going to be parking implications,” Schechtman said.