Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Plazas

MAS Survey: Bike/Ped Projects Popular; Many Neighborhoods Lag in Livability

By Noah Kazis | Oct 13, 2011 | 6 Comments

The Municipal Art Society’s second annual survey on livability, released today, provides still more opinion data showing that New Yorkers want to see more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. They’re more conflicted, however, when it comes to new, large-scale development. The MAS poll, a survey of 1,000 residents performed by the Marist Institute, found that a […]

Eyes on the Street: New Public Plaza Coming to Jackson Heights

By Ben Fried | Oct 6, 2011 | 1 Comment

Clarence sends over this photo of the newly car-free block of 37th Road between 73rd Street and 74th Street in Jackson Heights. Since this picture was taken, the asphalt on this block has been coated with an epoxy-and-gravel surface, and it looks like a two-way bike path will be striped on one side of the […]

Design For Permanent Times Square Plazas Released

By Noah Kazis | Sep 27, 2011 | 20 Comments

By taking out a troublesome diagonal from the Manhattan grid, the Green Light for Midtown program improved street safety and retail business while creating new public space at one of New York City’s most iconic locations. Pedestrian injuries are down 35 percent and injuries to motorists are down 63 percent, even while traffic is flowing […]

Clinton Hill Celebrates Putnam Plaza With Dance Party

By Noah Kazis | Sep 27, 2011 | 3 Comments

Last Monday, DOT workers laid down gravel and epoxy on top of the asphalt on a block of Putnam Avenue, transforming the area between Fulton Street and Grand Avenue from through street to public space. On Sunday, Clinton Hill came out to celebrate. The opening weekend block party was captured by local documentary maker Adele […]

Doctors’ Note Says Complete Streets Are Vital to New York’s Health

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2011 | 4 Comments

Transportation Alternatives and the New York Chapter of the American Association of Family Physicians today released a letter to Mayor Bloomberg, signed by 140 medical professionals from a broad spectrum of specialties, praising the city’s bike and pedestrian infrastructure as essential to the health of New Yorkers. It’s a solid counterweight to the hysteria surrounding […]

Eyes on the Street: Witness the Birth of Putnam Plaza

By Ben Fried | Sep 19, 2011 | 4 Comments

Meet the city’s newest public space: Putnam Plaza. The epoxy and gravel surface just went down on the block of Putnam Avenue between Fulton Street and Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill. Seating and tables should arrive before the week is out. NYC DOT is implementing this pedestrian plaza in partnership with the Fulton Area Business […]

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