Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sidewalks

Eyes on the Street: Keeping Trash Off the Sidewalks in Buenos Aires

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2014 | 28 Comments

Clarence Eckerson has been following our #sidewalkhogs competition while in South America. He sends this photo from Buenos Aires. “Not only have I seen very few cars parked on sidewalks,” writes Clarence, “there are hundreds of spaces in the city where trash pick up is located in the street in what were once parking spaces.” This […]

Eyes on the Street: Whole Foods Takes the Whole Bike Lane (and Sidewalk)

By Stephen Miller | May 2, 2014 | 23 Comments

The huge surface parking lot and inward-facing, suburban-style design were bad enough. Now the Gowanus Whole Foods Market is taking over the Third Avenue bike lane and sidewalk as a private loading zone. Doug Gordon of Brooklyn Spoke snapped a photo of a Whole Foods forklift and piles of pallets using the Third Avenue buffered bike […]

DOT Proposes Crosswalk Fix Where Renee Thompson Was Killed

By Stephen Miller | Jan 15, 2014 | 8 Comments

In September, 16-year-old Renee Thompson was walking to the subway after getting off work just after 10 p.m., when, crossing Third Avenue at 60th Street, she was hit and killed by a turning truck driver. Now DOT is proposing shorter crossing distances at the intersection, but Community Board 8’s transportation committee wants the agency to […]

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Eyes on the Street: NYC Keeps Rolling Out the Bioswales in Queens

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 4, 2013 | No Comments

It’s fair to say that I’ve been geeking out over streetscape improvements in NYC that incorporate plantings to manage stormwater runoff (here, here, and here). These sidewalk expansions are popping up all over the place near my apartment in Jackson Heights. Recently, I was on Junction Boulevard between the Long Island Expressway and Queens Boulevard […]

Eyes on the Street: Converting the Sidewalk to Private Parking in the Bronx

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2013 | 29 Comments

Looking to park at 3059 Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx? There are plenty of options. The property has a garage, not to mention the free on-street parking. But that wasn’t enough for the owner of this property, who decided to commandeer some of the public sidewalk, pave it over with asphalt, fence it in, and use […]

Positively 3rd Street

By Alex Marshall | Jan 25, 2013 | 12 Comments

Strolling up 3rd Street in Park Slope from 7th Avenue toward Prospect Park, it’s easy to see this is one of the most magnificent streets in what is, let’s face it, one of the prettiest neighborhoods in the city. The homes, built in the late 19th century and often clad in white stone, are set […]