Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

Is an NYPD Bike Crackdown Underway?

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Even before the NYPD identified a hooded cyclist as the this morning’s likely Times Square bomber, two reports of bike commuters being ticketed and harassed by the police have already hit the Streetsblog inbox. Perhaps it’s just that the weather’s getting nicer and more people happen to be out on bikes but at least one […]

Greenway Killer is Sentenced 3½ to 10½ Years

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Portraits of cyclists killed on the streets of New York, Eric Ng, Keith Powell, Andre Anderson, and Carl Nacht by artist Christopher Cardinale. Yesterday was the sentencing for Eugenio Cidron, the driver who killed bicyclist Eric Ng on the Hudson River Greenway thirteen months ago and pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in November. Leaving the […]

Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Comes to Life

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The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, a citizen-driven project that began with a handful of insane visionaries picking up trash and planting flowers beside a BQE off-ramp, is taking shape on Columbia Street. Notice the space for greenery between the sidewalk and the curb. Plans call for the park to connect Greenpoint to Red Hook. Photos: Clarence […]