Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Eyes on the Street: Inwoodites Enjoy Closed Street, Until Workers Go Home

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

At this moment I hear two things through my apartment windows: a singer practicing his scales and the "beep beep beep" of construction equipment on nearby Isham Street at Park Terrace West, in Inwood. The city is currently replacing sidewalks on these two streets, which is nice. During some of the times when construction workers […]

CB12 Committee Hot for Parking, Cautious on Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 9, 2008 | 19 Comments

To increase the number of spots, angled parking may be coming to both sides of Dyckman Street. The Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 12 last night welcomed new bike racks in Upper Manhattan, but took a pass on endorsing other livable streets initiatives, including a separated bike path on Dyckman/200th Street that would […]

Livable Streets Group Makes Pitch to CB12 Tonight

By Ben Fried | Sep 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

Upper Manhattanites plotted their street improvements on a map for tonight’s meeting with CB12. A few weeks ago my colleague Brad Aaron wrote about the ways Inwood residents are making great use of the groups feature on the Livable Streets Network. Tonight, the group Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets is taking its ideas to […]

Keeping Cars Out of Greenmarkets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Inwood Greenmarket, on Isham Street, can tolerate a handful of parked cars … In August, the Manhattan Times reported that the city’s Greenmarket program was considering a new location at W. 185th Street, near Bennett Park, in Washington Heights. It seems the effort was started by Heights resident and cyclist Marisa Panzani, who was […]

Inwoodites Promised Rehab of Dilapidated 215th Step-Street

By Brad Aaron | Aug 28, 2008 | 5 Comments

Here’s a dispatch from one of New York’s little-known pedestrian-only streets. Residents of Inwood may see a decade of lobbying pay off over the next year, as the city last week announced the upcoming rehabilitation of the hazardous 215th Step-Street, a block-long staircase connecting Broadway to residential blocks at the northern tip of the neighborhood, […]

Change Your City With Livable Streets Groups

By Brad Aaron | Aug 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

Inwood: Lots of cyclists, precious few bike racks. Discuss. Have you joined a Livable Streets group yet? Groups are a great way to connect with other activists on a specific project (like this one), or to discuss livable streets issues in your area. Don’t see a group dedicated to your subject of choice? Start one! […]

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