A black gate barred the entrance.
There are a few opponents with rather narrow concerns, like residents of one street who want to erect an iron gate barring any pedestrians trying to walk to the park through their neighborhood.
Charlotte Laragy, a 25-year-old Irish nanny who lives in Elmhurst, Queens, and who says she is a weekend regular at the Starting Gate bar on Woodside Avenue near 58th Street, was one of the three victims.
Named for the goat-themed festival held every August in Killorglin, County Kerry, and coincidently near the Puck Building, it has drinking at three altitudes — an balcony, a crowded main floor, and a room downstairs called the Gate Bar, enclosed by barred gates, giving it the feel of a jail cell.
In an e-mail exchange with a reporter, Mr. Malamud, who is engaged in a project intended to put all laws and government documents online, said: "My style, when I see a gate barring entry and that gate is sanctioned by the law, is to go up to that gate and pound on it hard and force them to open up.
The site, he says, "has been transformed and commercialised as a tourist destination, even with a sliding electric gate barring the route to the Chapel.
We turned down another dirt road and stopped to open a locked gate, barring the way ahead.
Enter the station by inserting your ticket into the slot in the electronic gate barring your way.
If the dog is friendly and would like to stay with the people, consider keeping him with you leashed; contained by keeping him in a room with a baby gate barring passage if the party is inside; or securely tying him to a tree, fence, or other secure object if the party is outside.
Several residents said that the crossing-gate bars sometimes hesitate as they go up and down, and that drivers often drive around them.
