Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Washington Heights

This is what opponents of the Haven Avenue plaza want to preserve. Photo: Google Maps

CB 12 Member Tries to Derail Washington Heights Plaza to Preserve Parking

By Brad Aaron | Oct 11, 2017 | 24 Comments

A board member looking to stoke outrage over a proposed public plaza at a health care campus says the 70 percent of car-free households in the district don't have a stake in how the street is used, since they don't need parking.

Jonatan Segura hit two people at 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in January 2016, killing Jorge Encarnacion. Image: Google Maps

Driver Pleads to Manslaughter for Killing Washington Heights Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | May 4, 2017 | 1 Comment

At around 4:15 a.m. on January 30, Jonatan Segura was driving a BMW sedan on 181st Street near Amsterdam Avenue when he hit a pickup truck and struck Jorge Encarnacion and an unidentified 46-year-old woman.

A proposal from former New York Cycle Club president Neile Weissman would put 10-foot bike paths below existing paths on the GWB, which would be reserved for pedestrians. Image: Neile Weissman/Joseph Lertola

There’s Still Time to Ask the Port Authority For Wider GWB Paths

By David Meyer | Feb 14, 2017 | 4 Comments

On Thursday, the Port Authority board will vote on the agency's $32 billion, 10-year capital plan -- which currently does not include widening the walking and biking paths on the GW Bridge. The paths are much narrower than engineering standards recommend, and with cycling numbers increasing at a rapid clip, the space crunch will only get worse.

Broadway and 180th Street, where an allegedly unlicensed driver killed Abrehet Hagos last weekend. Broadway in Upper Manhattan is a Vision Zero priority corridor, but NYC mainly relies on speed enforcement, which is sporadic, to slow motorists. Image: Google Maps

Unlicensed Driver Kills Abrehet Hagos on Broadway in Washington Heights

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2016 | No Comments

A woman allegedly driving without a valid license stuck and killed a man in Washington Heights last weekend.

Eyes on the Street: Much of the 158th St. Greenway Connector Is Missing

By Brad Aaron | Jul 15, 2016 | 20 Comments

A utility crew ripped up 158th Street where a two-way bike lane connects to the Hudson River Greenway and hasn’t re-installed the bike lane after patching up the asphalt. A reader sent us photos of the bikeway, which is supposed to be a green, two-way route between Broadway and the Henry Hudson Parkway, separated from car traffic by plastic posts. A […]

Truck Driver Kills Maria Minchala, 63, in Washington Heights Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Feb 11, 2016 | 6 Comments

A truck driver killed a woman in a Washington Heights crosswalk Wednesday night — the second pedestrian fatally struck by New York City motorists yesterday. Maria Minchala was crossing at Broadway east to west at W. 165th Street, near New York-Presbyterian Hospital, at around 8:45 p.m. when the driver, turning right onto Broadway, struck her with a flatbed truck, […]

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