POLL: Should Prospect Heights Become a "Slow Zone"?

In the two days it's been live, more than 250 people have signed an online petition to

The designation would be granted by the Department of Transportation.

The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council is spearheading the effort, saying that drivers are speeding down the side streets, which they're using instead of Flatbush and Atlantic in order to avoid Atlantic Yards construction. 

The intersection of Prospect Place and Underhill right at the playground is particularly dangerous, with at least three accidents there in the past three years. 

The slow zone would mean a reduction in the speed limit from 30 mph to 20 mph and speed bumps every few blocks on every street except Flatbush, Atlantic, Vanderbilt, Washington and Sixth avenues. (The cross streets of Carlton and Underhill would be included in the zone).

But there is a downside: there would also bea loss of several dozen parking spaces where signs and striping would alert drivers to the zone.