Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, is an area where families have stayed for generations. Even when people leave the area, they come back to their favorite businesses.

“They’d come down, they’d pull up in front of the store, find a parking spot, come in, get a sandwich, get a cup of coffee, get some pounds of coffee to take home,” said Joan D’Amico, of D’Amico Coffee. “Now there’s nowhere to park. Nowhere.”

D’Amico’s late husband was the third-generation owner of the Court Street shop, and she says business is down 10% to 20%.

She blames a new protected bike lane and the removal of parking along the street that came with it.

The city transportation department cited crash data over the last four years to support the need for the bike lane, including two deaths.

“From what we were told, the two

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