Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

Video: Drivers Endanger Lives on Morningside Avenue as CB 10 Dithers

By Brad Aaron | Jan 21, 2014 | 5 Comments

While Manhattan Community Board 10 fails to take action, proposed measures to make Morningside Avenue safer for pedestrians continue to languish. Among other changes, DOT has proposed restriping Morningside between 116th Street and 126th Street from two lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction with a center striped median, concrete pedestrian islands and […]

Harlem CBs Look to Weaken Safety Plan; Levine: DOT Should Move Ahead

By Stephen Miller | Jan 13, 2014 | 14 Comments

A 10-block road diet proposed for Morningside Avenue in Harlem continues to face resistance from Manhattan Community Board 10. In the latest development, it seems the transportation committee chair of CB 10 is trying to convince neighboring Community Board 9, which contains the west side of the avenue, to amend its vote in favor of […]

Harlem’s CB 10 Continues Assault on Safer Streets and Better Buses

By Stephen Miller | Dec 12, 2013 | 11 Comments

According to Harlem’s Community Board 10, there is apparently no such thing as a street redesign worth pursuing. Over the course of two-and-a-half hours Tuesday night, members of the board’s transportation committee declined to support a road diet for Morningside Avenue, attacked a community-based street safety plan installed on Mount Morris Park West, and asked […]

Tonight: CB 10 Committee Set to Vote on Morningside Ave Improvements

By Brad Aaron | Dec 10, 2013 | 4 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 10 has scheduled a committee vote for this evening on proposed pedestrian improvements to Morningside Avenue in Harlem. The item appeared on a parks and transportation committee agenda sent out this afternoon. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. DOT has proposed restriping Morningside between 116th Street and 126th Street from two lanes […]

Three People Killed by Motorists in Manhattan and Brooklyn This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | Nov 25, 2013 | 1 Comment

Three people were killed by motorists in separate crashes in Manhattan and Brooklyn over the weekend. At around 10:00 Sunday morning, Willie Zachary, 65, was struck on St. Nicholas Avenue in the vicinity of W. 131st Street by an alleged drunk and unlicensed driver. According to reports, Prince Julien, 23, was traveling south on St. Nicholas […]

Tonight: Manhattan CB 9 Set to Vote on Morningside Avenue Traffic Calming

By Stephen Miller | Nov 21, 2013 | No Comments

A plan to slow drivers and provide safer crossings for pedestrians along Morningside Avenue in Harlem is on the agenda for Manhattan Community Board 9’s full board meeting tonight. A positive vote would set the stage for CB 10, which also covers the project area and has a history of stalling livable streets projects, to take action. […]

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