Horse-drawn carriage rides have been an attraction in Central Park for many years, but an activist group is pushing to replace them with electric cars that recall another bygone era: the Roaring Twenties.

Exotic car designer Jason Wenig is working with New Yorkers for Safe, Clean and Livable Streets (NYCLASS) to build a $450,000 prototype of the horseless carriage. If the pilot project goes forward, the car could arrive in Central Park within a year.

“Passengers will feel like they are being transformed into the ‘Great Gatsby’ era in a modern car,” said Allie Feldman, an organizer for NYClass.

The ultimate goal, according to the advocacy group, is to completely eliminate the use of horse-drawn carriages in the city—a practice they say is inhumane, pointing to the animals’ long work hours and lack of pasture time.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has voiced opposition to the idea, saying the Central Park Conservancy had concerns about the project.

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The city has shuttered a Queens stable after six horses died in the same number of months.

The Parks Department told Metro on Wednesday that the city has suspended operations at Cedar Lane Stables in Queens.

All of the horses boarded there must be relocated, parks spokesman Phil Abramson said, after an “alarming” number of deaths and health problems.

Right now, the Federation of Black Cowboys, which runs the stables, is not responsible for all the horses staying there — if the owners are boarding the horses, they are responsible for feeding and caring for them.

But the Daily News reported that horses did not have food or bedding, and one even tried to eat the wood shavings in his stall.

If the Federation of Black Cowboys improves the facility within six months, they may reopen it, Abramson said. If they are allowed to reopen, they will be responsible for all horses.

The Federation of Black Cowboys has operated the stables since 1998, according to the Parks Department.

Sheryl Morse, president of the Federation of Black Cowboys, told the newspaper that the horses died of old age or “legitimate reasons.”

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