Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Henry Hudson Bridge Walkway Set to Re-Open After Three Years

By Brad Aaron | Mar 23, 2010 | 16 Comments

Pedestrians and cyclists should again have access to the Henry Hudson Bridge walkway this summer, almost three years after it was closed for construction. Photo: Jo Sef Gray/Flickr A spokesperson with MTA Bridges and Tunnels told Streetsblog Monday that, barring further weather delays, work started on the lower deck of the bridge in 2007 should […]

Saturday: Input Wanted on Inwood Waterfront Esplanade

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2010 | 7 Comments

Photo via NYCEDC For years, the New York City Economic Development Corporation intended to have the Sherman Creek area in eastern Inwood rezoned for higher-density residential and commercial development. That effort was ultimately abandoned when stakeholders couldn’t come to terms, but as the Manhattan Times reports, plans survive for a waterfront esplanade along the Harlem […]

DOT Announces Spring Forum on Dyckman Greenway Connector

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

Proposed Dyckman Street redesign presented by residents to the CB12 transpo committee in February ’08 Is the city finally taking action on a citizen proposal to connect Manhattan’s east- and west-side Greenways with a safer Dyckman Street? In December, Upper Manhattan advocates were disappointed to learn that DOT had no plans to study a cycle […]

Dyckman Cycle Track Proposal Still in Limbo After Two Years

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

After almost two years of waiting for DOT analysis of a proposed cycle track for Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan, advocates this week were promised … more waiting. Dyckman at Nagle Ave. Photo: Dry Fly Guy/Flickr At Monday’s meeting of the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee, bike path supporters expected a short update […]

DOT Says Inwood Bike Shelter Didn’t Get Enough Use

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2009 | 8 Comments

Impromptu bike parking on Dyckman Street after the de-installation of a bike shelter, which for a year stood on the fresh patch of concrete in the background. Photo: Brad Aaron A brief follow-up to our earlier story on Inwood’s disappearing Dyckman Street bike shelter. According to DOT, while it was located near a bike shop […]

Eyes on the Street: The Case of the Vanishing Bike Shelter

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

Now you see bike infrastructure, now you don’t. Photos: Brad Aaron Last October, DOT installed Inwood’s first bike shelter on Dyckman/200th Street at Broadway. A little over a week ago, it disappeared without a trace. According to a blurb in the Manhattan Times, a spokesperson with DOT said the shelter was removed due to lack […]

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