Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Washington Heights

Livable Streets Group Makes Pitch to CB12 Tonight

By Ben Fried | | 1 Comment
Upper Manhattanites plotted their street improvements on a map for tonight’s meeting with CB12. A few weeks ago my colleague Brad Aaron wrote about the ways Inwood residents are making great use of the groups feature on the Livable Streets Network. Tonight, the group Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets is taking its ideas to […]

Keeping Cars Out of Greenmarkets

By Brad Aaron | | 4 Comments
The Inwood Greenmarket, on Isham Street, can tolerate a handful of parked cars … In August, the Manhattan Times reported that the city’s Greenmarket program was considering a new location at W. 185th Street, near Bennett Park, in Washington Heights. It seems the effort was started by Heights resident and cyclist Marisa Panzani, who was […]

In the Heights: City Aims to Make 181st a Complete Street

By Brad Aaron | | 16 Comments
Buses and trucks jockey for position on 181st Street in Washington Heights Less parking; safer conditions for pedestrians and cyclists; fewer buses; improved traffic enforcement; designated commercial loading zones; control over street vendors; more parking. Those were among the top suggestions offered to DOT staff and consultants last Thursday at a forum for planned improvements […]

Free Parking Addicts Resort to Placard Smash-and-Grabs

By Brad Aaron | | 14 Comments
The New York Post believes a rash of car break-ins in Washington Heights and the Bronx may be related to the recent Bloomberg administration parking placard crackdown. Thieves desperate for highly coveted city parking permits have gone on a window-smashing spree in The Bronx and Washington Heights, breaking into at least 10 firefighters’ cars and […]

Eyes on the Street: 34th Precinct Leads by Example

By Brad Aaron | | 13 Comments
As seen outside Wednesday’s 34th Precinct Community Council meeting. The driver of this livery cab stopped on Broadway, backed 90 degrees into the crosswalk, drove forward (about halfway across the crosswalk) to straighten out, then backed up again, taking up a good share of the disabled access curb ramp in the process. Then he and […]

34th Precinct Promises Action on Broadway and Dongan

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
This spiffy new illuminated bus stop shelter replaces another destroyed by a  motorist at Broadway and Dongan Place, near the border of Inwood and Washington Heights. The 34th Precinct says it will enact new enforcement measures to cut down on reckless driving along a crash-prone stretch of Broadway in Northern Manhattan. As promised, residents of […]
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