I love the idea of the trolley, but it doesn’t match the reality on the ground. Flatbush Avenue from Prospect Park south is frequently a nightmare of high volume car/van/bus traffic and double parking. It’s extremely slow going as is – adding a trolley would probably be the final blow.
There is already a faux trolley service in brooklyn (a bus made to look like a trolley) connecting the Park, the library in Grand Army Plaza, the Children’s Museum and a couple of other spots most very close to the Kings. Perhaps a stop could be added on nights where events are scheduled:
As to the demographics of the area right around the Loew’s Kings. It’s in a predominantly working to lower middle-class Caribbean neighborhood. The neighborhood is full of 99 cents stores, nails places, chinese and carribean restaurants and hair salons. There is a thriving commercial area right around the theater – mostly lower-end stuff – but a large Staples, Stop & Shop and Old Navy Outlet have been operating seemingly successfully right next to the theater for many years now. There is a lot of parking right around the theater. Buses run up and down Flatbush and I think the closest train stop – the Q on Beverley Road – is the about 6 blocks west. This links the theater to Manhattan, Park Slope/Prospect Heights in Brooklyn and the neighborhoods to the south like Midwood and Coney Island. The neighborhoods of Ditmas Park and Beverly Square West just to the west of the theater are wealthier, ethnically mixed neighborhoods of victorian era houses. To the north, Prospect Lefferts Gardens is slowly gentrifying. In short, there are a lot of people around the theater and with easy access to it. Given the size of the carribean population in the area, it would probably make sense for the theater to present – among other things – carribean artists.
I love the idea of the trolley, but it doesn’t match the reality on the ground. Flatbush Avenue from Prospect Park south is frequently a nightmare of high volume car/van/bus traffic and double parking. It’s extremely slow going as is – adding a trolley would probably be the final blow.
There is already a faux trolley service in brooklyn (a bus made to look like a trolley) connecting the Park, the library in Grand Army Plaza, the Children’s Museum and a couple of other spots most very close to the Kings. Perhaps a stop could be added on nights where events are scheduled:
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As to the demographics of the area right around the Loew’s Kings. It’s in a predominantly working to lower middle-class Caribbean neighborhood. The neighborhood is full of 99 cents stores, nails places, chinese and carribean restaurants and hair salons. There is a thriving commercial area right around the theater – mostly lower-end stuff – but a large Staples, Stop & Shop and Old Navy Outlet have been operating seemingly successfully right next to the theater for many years now. There is a lot of parking right around the theater. Buses run up and down Flatbush and I think the closest train stop – the Q on Beverley Road – is the about 6 blocks west. This links the theater to Manhattan, Park Slope/Prospect Heights in Brooklyn and the neighborhoods to the south like Midwood and Coney Island. The neighborhoods of Ditmas Park and Beverly Square West just to the west of the theater are wealthier, ethnically mixed neighborhoods of victorian era houses. To the north, Prospect Lefferts Gardens is slowly gentrifying. In short, there are a lot of people around the theater and with easy access to it. Given the size of the carribean population in the area, it would probably make sense for the theater to present – among other things – carribean artists.