Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

EDC: Phased East River Greenway Gaps Set to Be Filled by 2024

By Stephen Miller | Jun 25, 2013 | 18 Comments

For years, the Hudson River Greenway has been the star of Manhattan’s greenway network, while usage of its East River sibling has been damped by a deteriorating pathway and gaps in the route. Now, with a renewed focus on the East Side waterfront, momentum is growing to complete the greenway, even though completion is more […]

Bronx CB 8 Committee Deadlocks on Putnam Trail Paving

By Stephen Miller | May 23, 2013 | 63 Comments

Last night, Bronx Community Board 8’s parks committee deadlocked, 3-2, with two abstentions, on a resolution to support the Parks Department’s plan to pave the Putnam Line rail-trail. The community board serves only an advisory role, however, and the Parks Department is likely to proceed with the plan after it receives a permit from the […]

Parks Department Detours Hudson River Greenway in Harlem Until December

By Stephen Miller | May 14, 2013 | 27 Comments

The Hudson River Greenway between 133rd Street and 135th Street in West Harlem is closed until December, with users instructed to use 12th Avenue as a detour during the greenway’s busiest warm-weather months. Detour signage has been placed on the greenway as users approach the closed section, though our tipsters said there was no warning […]

NYPD Ticketing Cyclists for Late-Night Hudson River Greenway Commutes

By Stephen Miller | Apr 12, 2013 | 66 Comments

NYPD is ticketing cyclists riding on the Hudson River Greenway after 1:00 a.m., which is the Parks Department’s citywide closing time, according to a reader who was stopped by police on the greenway last night. A Streetsblog reader who gave her name as Ellen says she was commuting home at around 1:30 a.m. early this […]

DOT Plans Safer Walking and Biking Routes to Bronx River Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Mar 6, 2013 | 16 Comments

The Bronx River Greenway, threaded along the waterfront between expressways, railroad tracks and busy arterial avenues, is difficult to access for many of the surrounding South Bronx residents. A proposal from DOT [PDF] would improve park access while providing some order to the area’s streets. “It’s hard for folks in the neighborhood to get to […]

Let There Be Light: Notorious Dark Patch of West Side Greenway Gets Bright

By Stephen Miller | Mar 1, 2013 | 9 Comments

New lights appeared earlier this week on the Hudson River Greenway between 59th and 72nd Streets, on a notoriously dark stretch beneath an elevated section of the West Side Highway. Although a few patches remain dark, sources tell us it’s a vast improvement. Word is that DOT is responsible for installing these lights, which are […]

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