Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chelsea

The block of W. 26th Street where Dan Hanegby was killed. Photo: Google Maps

After Cyclist Deaths, Manhattan CB 4 Presses DOT for Protected Crosstown Bikeways

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2017 | 18 Comments

After drivers killed two cyclists in the district last month, Manhattan Community Board 4 is reiterating its request for DOT to install protected bike lanes on crosstown streets in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen.

Seventh Avenue at W. 29th Street, where a bus driver killed Michael Mamoukakis Saturday. Image: Google Maps

Michael Mamoukakis, 80, Second Cyclist Killed by Charter Bus Driver in Chelsea in One Week

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2017 | 32 Comments

The driver hit Mamoukakis while turning onto W. 29th Street, where buses are prohibited by city traffic rules. No charges have been filed by NYPD or Manhattan DA Cy Vance.

The project will repurpose one general traffic lane to make room for a curbside parking-protected bike lane. Image: NYC DOT

NYC DOT Plans Protected Bike Lane for 24 Blocks of 7th Ave

By David Meyer | Apr 20, 2017 | 57 Comments

DOT aims to install a protected bike lane on Seventh Avenue from 30th Street to Charlton Street by the end of the year. Agency staff presented a portion of the project at last night's Manhattan Community Board 4 transportation committee meeting.

Checking in With People Cycling on the New Sixth Ave Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 9, 2016 | 13 Comments

The Sixth Avenue protected bike lane is just about finished between 8th Street and 33rd Street, except for the pedestrian islands. The redesign is still in that awkward transitional phase where people are figuring out how to use it, so today Streetsblog checked in with a few of the thousands of people who bike Sixth Avenue daily to see […]

Eyes on the Street: The Emergent Sixth Avenue Bikeway

By Brad Aaron | Jul 19, 2016 | 13 Comments

6th Ave finally got its bike lane! #bikenyc pic.twitter.com/5yYF9SaxkL — Jesse Chan-Norris (@jcn) July 19, 2016 Work has started on the Sixth Avenue bikeway. The pic in the above tweet is at Sixth and 18th Street. The photo below, sent to us by a reader, was taken at 16th Street. Sixth Avenue is one of the […]

NYC Needs a Car-Free 14th Street When the L Closes — And When It Returns

By David Meyer | Jun 23, 2016 | 20 Comments

In 2019, the L train west of Williamsburg will be shut down so the MTA can repair Sandy-related damage to subway tunnels under the East River. Hundreds of thousands of people will have to find other ways to get around, and there’s no conceivable way to do that without dedicating a lot of street space […]

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