Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chinatown

Monday: Rally for Traffic Justice at Manhattan DA’s Office

By Ben Fried | Mar 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

We’re re-posting the notice for this demonstration, which is back on for Monday after being postponed due to the snowstorm earlier this week. Note that the rally is on for noon, not earlier in the day as previously scheduled. The families of Hayley Ng and Diego Martinez, the two preschoolers killed by a van while […]

Rally at DA’s Office Postponed

By Ben Fried | Mar 1, 2009 | No Comments

The families organizing the demonstration at the Manhattan DA’s office, which was planned for Monday morning, are postponing the event due to the snowstorm hitting the city. The rally is tentatively re-scheduled for next Monday, March 9. We’ll let you know when the date has been finalized.

Monday: Support Safer Chinatown Streets

By Ben Fried | Feb 20, 2009 | 10 Comments

Since 1997, three pedestrians have been killed and dozens injured in collisions near Chatham Square, according to CrashStat. In November 2006, Manhattan Community Board 3 voiced support for "a comprehensive, community-inclusive initiative to study, identify and build consensus around strategies to improve the safety and connectivity of walking, bicycling and public transportation." Now there’s a […]

Tonight: Support Major Ped and Bike Improvements at CB3 Meeting

By Ben Fried | Feb 11, 2009 | 5 Comments

Pedestrian plazas would reclaim six intersections connecting the Allen and Pike Street malls. Apologies for the last-minute heads up, but livable streets supporters in Chinatown and the Lower East Side won’t want to miss this action at Community Board 3 tonight. A DOT project to expand pedestrian space and add center median protected bike paths […]

Grieving Chinatown Families to Morgenthau: We’re Not Going Away

By Brad Aaron | Feb 5, 2009 | 6 Comments

Relatives of Hayley Ng and Diego Martinez, two preschoolers struck and killed by a van in Chinatown on January 22, continue to demand justice from Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. On WCBS television this week, Hayley’s aunt, Wendy Cheung, reiterated both families’ call for citizens to contact Morgenthau’s office and demand further action in the […]

Stringer, Squadron, and Silver Call for Safer Chinatown Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 23, 2009 | 25 Comments

Will Silver follow through in Albany to make streets safer for his Chinatown constituents? In response to the crash that killed two young children on a Chinatown sidewalk yesterday, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and State Senator Daniel Squadron have released a nine-point plan to improve safety on the neighborhood’s streets. From Stringer’s press release: […]

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