Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Seaman Ave. Has a Bike Lane and Sharrows, But It’s Still a Speedway

By Brad Aaron | Apr 22, 2016 | 17 Comments

The thermoplast is down on the new northbound Seaman Avenue bike lane — but it’s really a bike lane and sharrows. Unless DOT makes a bolder move and puts a protected bike lane next to Inwood Hill Park, not much is going to change on this important Upper Manhattan bike route I’ve written about this project, which […]

Eyes on the Street: Outlines Appear for Seaman Avenue Bike Lane, Sharrows

By Brad Aaron | Apr 1, 2016 | 16 Comments

Preliminary markings for a bike lane and sharrows appeared on Seaman Avenue in Inwood yesterday, nearly two years after DOT resurfaced the street. Seaman Avenue runs from Dyckman/200th Street to W. 218th Street. The only north-south through street in Inwood west of Broadway, Seaman serves as a bike connection between the Hudson River Greenway and the Bronx, in addition […]

Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2016 | 35 Comments

Over a decade after the project’s first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood’s 215th Step-Street is complete. West 215th Street crosses the width of Manhattan island’s northernmost neighborhood, from Inwood Hill Park to the Harlem River. Between Park Terrace East and Broadway, W. 215 is a step-street — one of many car-free street segments in Upper Manhattan and other parts of […]

Eyes on the Street: Safer Crossing Shaping Up at Broadway and Sherman

By Brad Aaron | Nov 23, 2015 | 4 Comments

Earlier this year DOT put Inwood’s Sherman Avenue on a road diet, reducing the number of lanes for motor vehicles and adding bike lanes along the length of the street, from Broadway to 10th Avenue. That plan included a redesign of the intersection of Sherman at Broadway that now looks close to complete. The most significant change is at […]

34th Precinct Cracks Down on Drivers Double-Parked in Inwood Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Sep 28, 2015 | 11 Comments

When DOT installed new bike lanes on Sherman Avenue in Inwood a few weeks back, it didn’t take long before they were blocked by double-parked drivers. Sherman is one of many Inwood streets that effectively has four parking lanes. This isn’t good for anyone, as it makes it dangerous to walk and bike, and creates aggravation for drivers — which, […]

DOT to Replace Seaman Ave. Bike Lanes With Wider Bike Lane and Sharrows

By Brad Aaron | Sep 16, 2015 | 20 Comments

Last week DOT told Community Board 12 that bike lanes on Seaman Avenue in Inwood, which were wiped out when most of the street was resurfaced in 2014, won’t be coming back on both sides of the street because the old 4-foot wide lanes didn’t comply with agency guidelines. DOT told Streetsblog yesterday that a 5-foot lane will be striped on northbound […]

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