Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Upper Manhattan’s First Protected Bike Lane Goes Green [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jun 1, 2015 | 6 Comments

Update: The Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee will consider an agenda item tonight that would call on DOT to remove the Fort George Hill bike lane. Yes, really. The meeting will be held at the Isabella Geriatric Center, 515 Audobon Avenue, at 7 p.m. Here are more photos from reader Jonathan Rabinowitz of Upper […]

DOT Proposes Road Diets for Two Uptown Avenues

By Stephen Miller | May 8, 2015 | 8 Comments

Two dangerous uptown avenues could get road diets and bike lanes this summer under a DOT plan presented to the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee on Monday [PDF]. A plan for Sherman Avenue received the committee’s support, while a design for St. Nicholas Avenue is headed for at least one more month of review. There were 25 serious […]

Eyes on the Street: Upper Manhattan’s First Protected Bike Lane in Progress

By Brad Aaron | Apr 13, 2015 | 22 Comments

Reader Jonathan Rabinowitz sent this photo of Upper Manhattan’s first protected bike lane, now under construction on Fort George Hill, a one-way street that connects Dyckman Street in Inwood with Fairview Avenue to the south, along the western border of Harlem River Park. This project will give cyclists a north-south route between Inwood and Washington Heights by allotting 11 feet of […]

Will Rodriguez and Brewer Reappoint CB 12 Crank Jim “Honey Child” Berlin?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 6, 2015 | 4 Comments

City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer can remove a barrier to safer streets in Upper Manhattan by relieving Jim Berlin of his spot on Community Board 12, which covers Washington Heights and Inwood. As Stephen Miller reported Thursday, Berlin and fellow CB 12 member Anita Barberis voted against a DOT […]

The New York City Parking Rule That Makes Intersections More Dangerous

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2015 | 45 Comments

We’ve reported before how certain New York City parking rules are designed to cram a little more free car storage onto the street at the expense of pedestrian safety. In 2009, DOT removed parking restrictions on unmarked crosswalks at T intersections, and the city allows drivers with disability permits to block curb ramps that were […]

Eyes on the Street: New 215th Step-Street, With Bike Ramp, Taking Shape

By Brad Aaron | Jan 7, 2015 | 11 Comments

It’s been a year since we checked up on the 215th Step-Street in Inwood, where the northern section of the long, steep stairway looks to be nearly finished — complete with bike ramp. These stairs serve as a car-free street between Broadway and the 1 train and residential blocks that make up the northwest corner […]

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