Community Board Defies Parents in Vote to Reopen Forest Park to Cars - Streetsblog New York City
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The Parks Department appears to have given in to a vocal group of Queens drivers.

Members of Queens Community Board 9 demanded that the city let cars back inside Freedom Drive, rejecting pleas from parents to keep the park car-free.

Residents opposed to reopening Freedom Drive launched an online petition to keep cars out

https://www.change.org/p/keep-the-cars-out-of-freedom-drive

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