Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Tonight: Two Chances to Turn Out for Safer Manhattan Streets

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2009 | No Comments

There are two opportunities tonight to get behind livable streets efforts in Manhattan. Among the items on Community Board 8’s October agenda is a resolution in support of protected bike lanes on the Upper East Side. As we heard from Transportation Alternatives yesterday, neighborhood involvement has propelled this once-unlikely measure to this point, and friendly […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Crash in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2009 | 17 Comments

This was the scene at Seaman Avenue and 207th Street in Inwood at around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. It appeared that the cyclist — a white male in his 40s or 50s — was doored by the driver of the Toyota 4Runner. The cyclist was elevating his hand, which was bleeding pretty heavily, before medics arrived. […]

Upper Manhattan Council Candidates Take a Pass on Livable Streets Survey

By Brad Aaron | Aug 27, 2009 | 14 Comments

Decrepit subway stations, like the shuttered 1 train stop at 181st St., is just one of the issues Upper Manhattan City Council candidates don’t care to talk about. Photo: Daily News When I set out to summarize responses to the Transportation Alternatives Candidate Survey from City Council contenders in Washington Heights and Inwood, I expected […]

Renovation of Crumbling, Dangerous 215th Step-Street Delayed [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jul 1, 2009 | 9 Comments

Residents of Inwood were excited by last year’s news that the 215th Step-Street — a block-long staircase linking Broadway to residential blocks in the northern reaches of the neighborhood — would soon be receiving a long-awaited rehab. But officials announced last week that the project will again be delayed. The 215th Step-Street: still broken. Photo: […]

Adriano Espaillat Reaffirms Love of Traffic, Distaste for Tolls

By Brad Aaron | Jun 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

We wondered a few months back why Upper Manhattan Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat, a supporter of congestion pricing, would side with the usual suspects in opposing Ravitch-backed East and Harlem River bridge tolls. At the time, Espaillat told Streetsblog readers that new tolls would place an unfair burden on his district, and blamed MTA financial […]

Wednesday: Public Meeting With NYPD About Upper Manhattan Lawless Driving

By Brad Aaron | Jun 2, 2009 | 5 Comments

Tomorrow night, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer will join the Community Board 12 Public Safety Committee and NYPD officials for a public meeting on out-of-control drivers in Inwood and Washington Heights. Motorcycles confiscated by the 34th Precinct in Upper Manhattan. Photo: Manhattan Times Reckless driving isn’t new or unique to Upper Manhattan, of course, but […]

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