Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

New York Can Do Better Than the “New Fourth Avenue”

By Ben Fried | Feb 6, 2008 | 38 Comments

New developments on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue like the Crest have turned their back on the public realm. When the City Planning Commission upzoned Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue in 2003, it was hailed by some as a breakthrough. Borough President Marty Markowitz trumpeted Fourth Avenue as "a grand boulevard of the 21st Century." Residential development would reshape […]

Fate of Pier 40 Could Be Determined Tomorrow

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

Tomorrow the Hudson River Park Trust is set to vote on a plan by the Related Companies to redevelop Pier 40 on W. Houston Street as a ~$600 million entertainment complex, which would include a permanent home for Cirque du Soleil and the Tribeca Film Festival, and would draw thousands of visitors per day. Neighborhood […]

Interstate Access, Plenty of Parking at the “Green” Airport

By Jason Varone | Jan 29, 2008 | 9 Comments

During his State of the State address, Governor Spitzer claimed that his administration is "turning Stewart Airport into an economic engine for the Hudson Valley and an environmental model for the world: the very first carbon-negative airport." In this morning’s New York Times, we see the Port Authority, touting SIA as an air congestion reliever […]

South Bronx Develops Into Yankee Stadium Parking Lot

By Brad Aaron | Jan 16, 2008 | 16 Comments

Yesterday’s City Limits article on Yankee Stadium parking contains a link to an interactive Google map, developed by author Mathilde Piard, of the stadium site and its surroundings. Users can click on the shaded areas for descriptions of each parking garage or surface lot, including how many cars it can hold and when it will […]

Will the Tide Turn on City Parking Policy?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 15, 2008 | 8 Comments

A few weeks back Atlantic Yards Report posted a compendium of recent writings that point to the contradictions inherent in, and problems resulting from, parking requirements for urban development plans. Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s much-praised PlaNYC 2030 contains a glaring omission, a failure to address the antiquated anti-urban policy that mandates parking attached to new residential […]

Does Times Real Estate VP’s “Joke” Betray Anti-Bike Bias?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 11, 2008 | 13 Comments

In December, Streetsblog reported on the lack of bicycle parking in the new New York Times Building, despite promises to bike-commuting staff that there would be space inside. We talked to several Times employees who said that after initially being allowed to bring their bikes in, they were suddenly denied entry. A months-long standoff of […]

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