For the most part, there's nothing extraordinary about the opposition to the Prospect Park West bike lane. New Yorkers are always arguing over how best to use the finite amount of space that constitutes their physical city.

Whether its unions upset over a big-box store, 9/11 survivors (well, some of them) opposed to an Islamic center, homeowners annoyed at a planned high-rise development or someone who doesn't want a transfer station, filtration plant, homeless shelter, sports arena or university lab on site X, opposition to real estate and planning decisions is ubiquitous.

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