Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Here They Are: Meet Some of NYC’s Worst Sidewalk Hogs

By Brad Aaron | Jul 14, 2014 | 15 Comments

We asked for photos of NYC’s worst sidewalk-hogging businesses, and readers responded. We relaxed our guidelines a little to make room for government agencies. In the arena of public institutions that show no respect for people on foot, the United States Postal Service and employees of Metro-North in Harlem deserve special recognition. Not surprisingly, car-related […]

Eyes on the Street: Keeping Trash Off the Sidewalks in Buenos Aires

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2014 | 28 Comments

Clarence Eckerson has been following our #sidewalkhogs competition while in South America. He sends this photo from Buenos Aires. “Not only have I seen very few cars parked on sidewalks,” writes Clarence, “there are hundreds of spaces in the city where trash pick up is located in the street in what were once parking spaces.” This […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Channel on Inwood Hill Park Rail Bridge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2014 | 14 Comments

Reader Kimberly Kinchen tweeted this photo of a new bike channel on the stairs of the bridge over train tracks that separate Dyckman Fields, on the Hudson River, from the rest of Inwood Hill Park, to the east. “It’s only on the second flight so far,” wrote Kinchen. “I assume they’ll install them on the […]

Who Are NYC’s Worst Sidewalk Hogs? Keep Those Tweets Coming

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2014 | 8 Comments

There’s still time to submit your photos of sidewalk-hogging businesses. Inspired by Clarence Eckerson’s pics of a car dealership that swallowed a new sidewalk extension in Sunnyside, we’re looking for other examples across the city. Readers who tweet the most shameless #sidewalkhogs shots will be rewarded with Streetfilms DVDs. Be sure to include location info […]

Eyes on the Street: Tweet Us Your Pics of Sidewalk-Hogging Businesses

By Brad Aaron | Jul 3, 2014 | 35 Comments

Clarence shot the above photo of a common sight in NYC: car-oriented businesses that illegally commandeer sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to walk around parked cars or pushing people into the street. He writes: I just snapped these photos of a brand new curb extension in Sunnyside, on 37th Street and Queens Boulevard, and a car dealership […]

Eyes on the Street: More Pedestrian Space at Deadly UES Intersection

By Stephen Miller | Jun 24, 2014 | 7 Comments

Last September, 16-year-old Renee Thompson was struck and killed by a turning truck driver at the intersection of Third Avenue and 60th Street. Now, the crowded intersection has painted curb extensions on two of the intersection’s four corners that shorten crossing distances and tighten turns. A DOT proposal in January to Community Board 8 had them on […]

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