Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

Brooklynites Suggest Park Circle Safety Fixes

By Ben Fried | Feb 20, 2009 | 8 Comments

The west side of Park Circle viewed from Coney Island Avenue. About 40 Brooklynites turned out last night for a CB7-sponsored meeting to discuss the future of Park Circle, the asphalt expanse where Prospect Park meets traffic headed to and from the Prospect Expressway, Ocean Parkway, and the Fort Hamilton Parkway. There are two projects […]

Tonight: Opposition to Kent Ave Bike Lane Expected at CB1 Meeting

By Brad Aaron | Nov 12, 2008 | 13 Comments

New bike facilities on Kent Avenue are expected to be the subject of protest tonight from motorists angry about the removal of on-street parking. E-mails circulating in advance of this evening’s meeting of the Brooklyn Community Board 1 transportation committee are calling for officials to suspend installation of the Kent Avenue bike lane in lieu […]

Tonight: CB12 Committee to Consider Dyckman Greenway Connector Reso

By Brad Aaron | Nov 3, 2008 | No Comments

Manhattan Community Board 12’s Traffic and Transportation Committee will consider a resolution tonight requesting that DOT "test the feasibility of creating a greenway connector along Dyckman Street," in Inwood. Tonight will mark the fourth time the Dyckman Greenway Connector has come before the committee since members of Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets, who originated […]

Eyes on the Street: Dyckman Bike Shelter Hints at What Could Be

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2008 | 6 Comments

Inwood recently got its first city bike shelter, by the A train station at the corner of Broadway and Dyckman/200th Street. It wasn’t getting a lot of use when I snapped this shot, probably because it was Sunday morning. Still, in the couple of minutes I was there quite a few cyclists passed by, most […]

Another Interruption Planned for Hudson Greenway

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2008 | 19 Comments

Just after the long-awaited off-road link from Inwood to Battery Park was completed, Streetsblog got word of a pending Hudson River Greenway detour due to planned work by the Port Authority on the Manhattan tower of the George Washington Bridge. According to the signage plan [PDF], cyclists and ped traffic will be rerouted to Broadway […]

The Tease Is Over: Greenway Link Delivers Delayed Gratification

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2008 | 14 Comments

We received two reports last night that the West Harlem Piers bike path — a critical link in the Hudson River Greenway — is finally open after several months of puzzling delay. (NYCEDC informed Streetsblog last week that the hold up was indeed due to problems securing materials for a safety rail.) Now the construction […]

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