Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

NYC’s First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in the Bronx

By Brad Aaron | Mar 25, 2008 | 16 Comments

L-R: Assembly Members José Rivera and Adriano Espaillat, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, MTA CEO Lee Sander and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión at Fordham Plaza today Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning unveiled details of the city’s first Bus Rapid Transit project, called "Select Bus Service," to debut on the Bx12 line, which […]

Citizens Propose Cycle Track Greenway Connector in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Feb 15, 2008 | 29 Comments

Broadway at Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive: a confusing, foreboding free-for-all Livable streets advocates in Northern Manhattan are proposing a cycle track, similar to the one on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea, to link the Hudson River and Harlem River Greenways at 200th/Dyckman Street in Inwood. Dyckman currently has bike lanes at its east and west […]

Inwoodites Want Changes at Deadly Broadway Intersection

By Brad Aaron | Sep 20, 2007 | 5 Comments

Broadway at Dongan Place in Northern Manhattan. The bus shelter in the far background replaces another that was recently demolished when a vehicle left the road. Residents near the border of Inwood and Washington Heights have seen enough crashes on Broadway at Dongan Place, and are pressuring officials to do something about it. Last week, […]

New York: A “Drivers’ Paradise”

By Brad Aaron | Sep 19, 2007 | 35 Comments

Move over, biker babes. A presumably tongue-in-cheek article in the Observer heralds the "Californication of New York," thanks to the proliferation of automobiles in "young, lifestyle neighborhoods" like Williamsburg, Astoria and Inwood. According to the piece, a growing number of suburban transplants see auto reliance as a comforting reminder of home. "I didn’t realize how […]

Garages Yield to Human-Oriented Development

By Brad Aaron | Sep 13, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Sun reported recently that Midtown parking garage owners are finding there are more valuable uses for their property than auto storage. Later this month, the final bids are due for the sales of six prime Midtown Manhattan parking garages comprising a portion of the Central Parking New York City portfolio. Located between 37th and […]

MTA Marks 75 Years of A Train Service

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2007 | 6 Comments

As previewed in today’s New York Times, the MTA this morning held a ceremony commemorating the 75th birthday of the A line, originally known as the IND 8 Ave, which made its first run on September 10, 1932. After a two-man jazz combo played Billy Strayhorn’s "Take the A Train" for the media types clustered at Inwood’s 207th Street Station, […]

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