Despite being billed as a popular initiative aimed to create vibrant public spaces, some NYC business owners are pushing back against Open Streets.
NEW YORK -- Mrs. Mitchell has owned Mitchell's Soul Food restaurant on Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn for more than 40 years.'We get a lot of senior citizens and church people on Sundays,' said James Bromell, the restaurant manager.Bromell says since the Open Streets program began on Vanderbilt Avenue in 2020, many longtime customers stopped coming on Sundays, citing disrupted bus routes and difficulty to get there by car.
'They tell me, Frank, I was I was circling around two, three, four times. I couldn't find parking. And then eventually I had to go to a store that is further out,' Widdi said, adding that the issue is exacerbated with gridlock. 'When they close the streets, other avenues and streets are congested like that. So it just defeats the purpose.
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