{"id":226162,"date":"2021-04-14T02:23:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/video-shows-bk-open-streets-barriers-being-loaded-into-amazon-truck\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T02:23:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:23:43","slug":"video-shows-bk-open-streets-barriers-being-loaded-into-amazon-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/video-shows-bk-open-streets-barriers-being-loaded-into-amazon-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"#Video shows BK ‘open streets’ barriers being loaded into Amazon truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Video shows BK ‘open streets’ barriers being loaded into Amazon truck<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Video shows a man loading barriers from the city\u2019s \u201copen streets\u201d program into an Amazon delivery truck in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

The footage from Monday night \u2014 posted on the Nextdoor app<\/a> and republished by Streetsblog<\/a> \u2014 shows a man decked out in red sweatpants, red sweatshirt and flip-flops loading the fences into the back of van emblazoned with the e-tail giant\u2019s logo.<\/p>\n

The man yells profanities at the person filming and hops in the driver\u2019s seat before the clip ends. <\/p>\n

The volunteer organizers of the \u201copen streets\u201d program on Russell Street and Driggs Avenue now say they are suspending their efforts with no barriers to keep the street cordoned off.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a beautiful spring day, when our streets could be filled w\/ peace, we are suspending Driggs \/ Russell #openstreets because of theft \u2013 every single barrier,\u201d the North Brooklyn Open Streets Community Coalition wrote in a statement posted on Twitter <\/a>Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is after weeks of vandalism & harassment,\u201d the group wrote. \u201cThe @NYC_DOT is working w\/ their agency partners to address the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Driggs-Russell \u201copen streets\u201d have been closed to all but local cars since last May, when Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to add recreation space where people could bike, walk and play while maintaining safe social<\/a> distance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Despite proving popular in some neighborhoods, the program has attracted ire from drivers \u2014 many of whom simply plow right through the city\u2019s erected barriers, which were initially made of wood.<\/p>\n

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A man with an Amazon van allegedly stole all of the \u201copen streets\u201d barricades from a street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. <\/figcaption>
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Fights between drivers and \u201copen streets\u201d supporters in Greenpoint were not uncommon in the early days of the program, as The Post reported last summer. <\/p>\n

Those fights have taken on a heightened intensity in the area since the launch earlier this year of an anti-\u201copen streets\u201d Instagram account called @greeenpoint.natives<\/a>. The account is replete with images of the streets on cloudy days with pedestrians or cyclists nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

An NYPD rep confirmed reports of an unknown man removing three metal barriers from the strip<\/a> before driving off. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n

A rep for Amazon said the company is \u201clooking into\u201d the incident. <\/p>\n

City Hall did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy<\/em>\n <\/div>\n