Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

“Plaza 33” Will Return This Year, But a Ped-Friendly 32nd Street Won’t

By David Meyer | Feb 23, 2016 | 23 Comments

“Plaza 33,” the temporary public space that opened up the eastern end of 33rd Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue for a few months last year, will be back in August and this time there are no plans to remove it once the weather turns colder. The other pedestrian improvement by Penn Station that real estate giant Vornado […]

What’s Up With the Short Raised Bike Lane By Times Square?

By David Meyer | Feb 12, 2016 | 18 Comments

New curb-protected raised bike lane 7th Av/46th in Times Sq – sadly it’s only 1 block, w weak connexns to N & S pic.twitter.com/nPIzbMCUu4 — Jon Orcutt (@jonorcutt) January 21, 2016 Yes, there is now a short segment of raised bike lane on Seventh Avenue at Times Square. TransitCenter’s Jon Orcutt tweeted the picture above last […]

What’s Next for 6th Ave Protected Bike Lane and Crosstown Routes on UES

By David Meyer | Feb 4, 2016 | 36 Comments

Two Manhattan bike projects went before community boards last night. The CB 8 transportation committee heard from DOT about the agency’s plan for crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side, and CB 4 endorsed the protected lane on Sixth Avenue, which DOT plans to install in the fall. The crosstown painted lanes would span the width of the Upper East […]

Charges Reduced in Manhattan Hit-and-Run Death of Charity Hicks

By Brad Aaron | Feb 4, 2016 | 8 Comments

Charges have been reduced against a driver who allegedly killed a woman on a Manhattan sidewalk and fled the scene. On May 31, 2014, Thomas Shanley drove a Dodge SUV onto the curb on 10th Avenue near W. 34th Street, striking a pole that fell on Charity Hicks, according to a criminal court complaint and Gothamist. Hicks, […]

CB 4 Transpo Committee Endorses Sixth Ave Protected Lane

By David Meyer | Jan 21, 2016 | 17 Comments

DOT is set to move forward with a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue from 8th Street to 33rd Street after members of the Community Board 4 transportation committee gave the project a thumbs-up last night. In November, the committee declined to support the proposal because members felt the new design did not do enough to protect pedestrians […]

Shutting the Midtown Stables Won’t Do Zilch for Manhattan Traffic

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 19, 2016 | 16 Comments

Mayor de Blasio’s newest rationale for his deal to shutter the horse-carriage stables in the West 50s is that it will alleviate traffic congestion in Midtown. At an MLK Day event yesterday in Brooklyn, the mayor told reporters: The value we’re getting here for the people is to address the congestion issue, again when the […]

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