The 111th Street Safety Project Has Changed, But Queens CB 4 Has Not
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If DOT is going to implement a safer design of 111th Street in Corona, it won't be thanks to the local community board.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parks
Tonight: Testify Before CB 7 Votes on Riverside Park Greenway Detour
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A late addition to the calendar: Manhattan Community Board 7 will vote on the Parks Department’s proposal to route cyclists away from the waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. If you want to preserve access to the flatter, straighter, better-lit waterfront path during the majority of the year when crowding is not an issue, […]
CB 7 Parks Committee Votes for Hilly Greenway Detour in Riverside Park
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Manhattan Community Board 7’s Parks and Environment Committee voted 4 to 1 last night in favor of the Parks Department’s proposal to route cyclists away from from Riverside Park’s waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. The plan would direct cyclists inland at 72nd Street through a hilly wooded path passing through the 79th Street Rotunda, which has a particularly steep incline. […]
Illegally-Parked and Abandoned Cars Plague Queensbridge Houses, Greenway
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A bicycle and pedestrian greenway that connects protected bike paths on the waterfront to Queens Plaza and Queens Boulevard has become a parking lot, with private and government-placarded cars lining its southern curb for months. The Parks Department knows about the vehicles parked in the path and “has been ticketing when they are observed,” according agency spokesperson Meghan […]
New Riverside Park Master Plan May Send Greenway Cyclists on Hilly Detours
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The waterfront greenway in Riverside Park is one of New York’s most popular places to bike and walk. During the summer, it can get crowded — so crowded that the Parks Department is proposing new detour routes to divert cyclists away from the waterfront path. Those routes are hillier and poorly lit, however, and advocates are worried that the department will compel […]
Peds, Cyclists Fend for Themselves While Parks Department Fixes Bronx Paths
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The Parks Department is making much-needed repairs to the Pelham Parkway malls, but the city has failed to provide good detours for walking and biking paths that are now blocked, creating hazards for pedestrians and cyclists. The Bronx Times reports that both the north and south sections of the malls are closed off east of White […]