Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: What’s Up With the 8th Ave Bike Lane at Penn Station?

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2014 | 7 Comments

Yesterday the Tri-State Transportation Campaign tweeted this photo of the new Eighth Avenue bike lane alignment between 31st Street and 33rd Street. On this stretch, there’s no longer physical protection for cyclists, and motorists can double-park in the bike lane. What gives? It turns out this is not about clearing room for NYPD’s rush-hour parking […]

Eyes on the Street: City Can’t Keep Up With Snowy Sidewalk Complaints

By Brad Aaron | Feb 10, 2014 | 45 Comments

New Yorkers are told to notify 311 about sidewalks that need to be cleared of snow and ice. That’s what I did after I came across the 214th Street steps on Saturday, but as of today my request has yet to be acted on. Over two days after what was at the time the most […]

Eyes on the Street: Rehab of Inwood’s 215th Step-Street Finally Underway

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2014 | 4 Comments

After years of delays, work began today to rebuild the 215th Step-Street in Inwood. These stairs, which technically serve as a car-free street, connect residential blocks in northwest Inwood with shops on Broadway, and they are a link for commuters headed to the 1 train. The step-street is quite steep, with cracked stairs and broken lamps. The […]

Eyes on the Street: 78th Precinct Clears the Bergen Street Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2014 | 12 Comments

The story of the Bergen Street bike lane, and the 78th precinct, keeps getting better. Your eyes are not deceiving you. Reader N. Wayne Bailey sent in these photos of NYPD officers — including CO Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri — shoveling the Bergen Street lane, which for over a year now has been protected by […]

Eyes on the Street: How Snow Makes the Case for Traffic Calming

By Stephen Miller | Jan 3, 2014 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog asked and you delivered. Earlier we sent out a call for photos of snowy streets where drivers or plows had cleared a path while leaving much of the remaining the asphalt untouched. It’s an easy way to visualize the opportunities for permanent sidewalk extensions like like neckdowns and bulb-outs — but you have to […]

Eyes on the Street: Safer Crossings in North Corona

By Stephen Miller | Nov 27, 2013 | 2 Comments

When we last checked in on the intersection of 114th Street and 34th Avenue in September, construction was about to start on a new pedestrian island and crosswalk leading to an existing path next to the Whitestone Expressway [PDF]. Now, work is nearly complete as winter sets in, and pedestrians and cyclists have a safer crossing to […]

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