Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Tonight: CB12 Committee to Consider Dyckman Greenway Connector Reso

By Brad Aaron | Nov 3, 2008 | No Comments

Manhattan Community Board 12’s Traffic and Transportation Committee will consider a resolution tonight requesting that DOT "test the feasibility of creating a greenway connector along Dyckman Street," in Inwood. Tonight will mark the fourth time the Dyckman Greenway Connector has come before the committee since members of Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets, who originated […]

Eyes on the Street: Dyckman Bike Shelter Hints at What Could Be

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2008 | 6 Comments

Inwood recently got its first city bike shelter, by the A train station at the corner of Broadway and Dyckman/200th Street. It wasn’t getting a lot of use when I snapped this shot, probably because it was Sunday morning. Still, in the couple of minutes I was there quite a few cyclists passed by, most […]

Eyes on the Street: MTA Trailer Planted on Broadway Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2008 | 4 Comments

For months, graffiti-laden MTA Capital Construction trailers have been parked curbside on Broadway north of Isham Street, in Inwood, presumably due to ongoing work on the A line. Yesterday we snapped this shot of one trailer’s new position, on the sidewalk alongside Isham Park. Not to jump to conclusions, but given the lust for parking […]

CB12 Transpo Committee Avoids Action on Dyckman, Everything Else

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Proposed Dyckman Street redesign, presented by citizens to the CB12 Transpo Committee last February For the third time this year, residents of Inwood and Washington Heights Monday night presented the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee with a vision for a traffic-calmed Dyckman Street. One with a separated bike lane connecting the Henry Hudson […]

Tonight: Dyckman Greenway Connector Presented to Stringer Staff

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2008 | No Comments

At tonight’s Community Board 12 Transportation Committee meeting, Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets will present suggestions for a traffic-calmed Bennett Avenue, and are expected to discuss the proposed Dyckman Greenway Connector with Paimaan Lodhi, urban planner with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s office. Bennett Avenue, which runs parallel to Broadway for roughly ten blocks […]

CB12 Derails Greenmarket, Approves Parking Request Unanimously

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2008 | 18 Comments

More parking means more cars, congestion and noise for Dyckman Street. Says CB12: "Bring it." Citing fears that it would disrupt the neighborhood and rouse illegally parked motorists from their beds on Sunday mornings, Community Board 12 Tuesday night tabled a recommendation for a new Greenmarket in Washington Heights. Minutes later, without discussion, the board […]

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