Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hell’s Kitchen

Applications for Special Parking Permits Keep Rolling in to City Planning

By Noah Kazis | Oct 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

With two days until the City Planning Commission votes on the parking-heavy Riverside Center mega-project, the commissioners had a chance yesterday to ask any final questions about the project before the vote. As it happened, they didn’t bring up parking at that section of the meeting, but parking was a hot topic elsewhere on the […]

DOT Plans to Bring NYC’s First Separated Busway to 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Mar 2, 2010 | 101 Comments

What the 34th Street transitway might look like between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Image: NYCDOT When DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan hinted last Tuesday that bolder ideas were on the way for bus rapid transit in New York City, she apparently meant "next week." The DOT website now displays an updated plan for the next phase […]

Student Killed on Ninth Ave. Is Fourth City Pedestrian Fatality in Five Days

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2009 | 20 Comments

Seth Kahn, pictured here with late TV pitchman Billy Mays. Photo via Facebook Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen was the site of another pedestrian death Wednesday. Around 8:44 a.m., Seth Kahn was crossing Ninth at W. 53rd Street when he was hit by an out-of-service bus. He died a short time later at Roosevelt Hospital. […]

Fallen Pedestrians Memorialized in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Jun 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Christine Berthet of CHEKPEDS speaks at Ninth and 40th, where Susanne M. Schnitzer was killed in April. At left are Manhattan DA candidates Cy Vance and Richard Aborn. State Senator Tom Duane, who also spoke, stands at right. On Saturday, over 50 people, including several local electeds and candidates, joined bereaved family members for a […]

Saturday: Hell’s Kitchen to March for Pedestrian Safety

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2009 | No Comments

CHEKPEDS, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association and Transportation Alternatives will hold a march tomorrow in honor of pedestrians killed on Ninth Avenue. The march will begin at 2:00 p.m. on the west side of Ninth at 45th Street and will proceed to 36th Street. Along the way, commemorative plaques will be installed for six pedestrians […]

TSTC to Port Authority: Bus Service Across Hudson Needs to Improve, Fast

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2009 | 4 Comments

Average weekday eastbound trips, 2008. Source: TSTC/Port Authority of NY & NJ. The Lincoln Tunnel Express Bus Lane is a congestion-busting powerhouse, moving 62,000 riders into Manhattan during the morning rush every day and enticing huge numbers of commuters to leave their cars at home. It is now "the most efficient roadway in the country," […]

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