Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson River Greenway

Cops on Scooters Trail Greenway Cyclists

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2009 | 14 Comments

May’s Bike Month Critical Mass reportedly drew more participants than usual, and NYPD responded by handing out a passel of trumped-up summonses. No surprise there, but as this video (from glassbeadian via Gothamist) shows, officers on scooters went so far as to follow riders down the Hudson River Greenway. Barbara Ross of Time’s Up thinks […]

Washington Heights Greenway Segment Re-Opens

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2009 | 12 Comments

Hudson River Greenway detour signage is on its way out. Photo: BikeSeens/Flickr It took four months longer than expected, but here’s good news from the Port Authority, care of The Manhattan Times, regarding the greenway detour between W. 158th and 181st Streets: The pathway in the park near the George Washington Bridge has been reopened […]

Uptown Hudson River Greenway Detour in Effect

By Brad Aaron | Dec 5, 2008 | 6 Comments

A temporary detour along the Hudson River Greenway in Washington Heights went into effect Thursday. The closure, related to work on the George Washington Bridge, will reroute cyclists to Broadway and Ft. Washington Avenue between 158th and 181st Streets. According to a Port Authority flier [PDF], pedestrians may access the park and riverfront through the […]

Hudson Greenway “Cherry Walk” Still Dark and Dangerous

By Brad Aaron | Nov 26, 2008 | 21 Comments

Streetsblogger Jacob-uptown: "You can see many of the street lamps on Henry Hudson Parkway are burned out. This makes the greenway completely unlit, except for oncoming car headlights." Last December, Washington Heights resident Lars Klove alerted us to night-time conditions on a segment of the Hudson River Greenway known as Cherry Walk, which lies roughly […]

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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