Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

The East Bronx Doubles Down on Traffic-Oriented Development

By Stephen Miller | May 18, 2015 | 19 Comments

The East Bronx is on track to get new Metro-North service, but developers are building unwalkable, traffic-generating projects near the stations, fueled by state and city funding for highway ramps and expansions. Unless things change, the new rail service will be marooned in a sea of car-centric sprawl and traffic congestion. The biggest development site, sandwiched between […]

DOT Redesign of 165th Street in the Bronx: Road Diet and Painted Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | May 12, 2015 | 16 Comments

A section of E. 165th Street near the Grand Concourse is set to get a road diet, bike lanes, and concrete pedestrian islands under a DOT plan to cut down on traffic injuries [PDF]. While the redesign would be a big improvement over the status quo, it doesn’t take advantage of the widest sections to […]

Eyes on the Street: State DOT Squeezes Van Cortlandt Park Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Apr 21, 2015 | 11 Comments

The walls are closing in on people who walk or bike on the Van Cortlandt Park greenway in the Bronx. A state Department of Transportation highway construction project has narrowed the shared bicycle and pedestrian path to just four feet, while leaving adjacent car lanes and a golf cart path almost entirely untouched. The cause of the greenway pinch […]

Neighborhood Residents Ask DOT to Tame Deadly Mosholu Parkway

By Stephen Miller | Apr 8, 2015 | 4 Comments

With its rolling curves and park-like setting, Mosholu Parkway might look pretty to people sitting behind a windshield. But for people on foot, it’s a roaring Robert Moses-era surface highway, up to eight lanes wide, running between Norwood and Bedford Park in the Bronx. The road divides the park and provides few places to safely cross. Now, residents are asking DOT to make some changes. The […]

After a Fatal Crash, NYPD’s Initial Version of Events Often Turns Out Wrong

By Ben Fried | Apr 6, 2015 | 23 Comments

Yesterday, the 24-year-old driver of a U-Haul van struck and killed a 43-year-old cyclist at the Grand Concourse and 158th Street in the Bronx. Police investigators have made a preliminary determination that the van driver had the right of way, according to NYPD, but the agency has yet to reveal the basis for that conclusion. NYPD’s public […]

Another Pedestrian Killed on Nightmarish Bronx Broadway Stretch

By Brad Aaron | Feb 24, 2015 | 24 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a pedestrian last night on a stretch of Broadway in the Bronx with a history of fatalities, and where motorists injured one person walking per week last year. Daniel Cabrera was attempting to cross Broadway at W. 225th Street in Marble Hill at around 7 p.m. yesterday when he was struck by […]

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