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Eyes on the Street: The Columbus Avenue Bike Lane, Part Two

By Ben Fried | Jul 22, 2013 | 12 Comments

The Columbus Avenue protected bike lane won’t be a disconnected stub much longer. DOT is striping extensions of the bike lane south from 77th Street and north from 96th Street this summer, following a supportive vote from Manhattan Community Board 7 in February. Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton sent in this shot looking south from 76th […]

Eyes on the Street: Adam Clayton Powell Now Safer, With or Without CB 10

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2013 | 12 Comments

Harlem’s Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, connecting Macombs Dam Bridge to Central Park, has long been a dangerous speedway. DOT clocked drivers traveling as fast as 52 mph on the six-lane divided road, with up to two-thirds of evening drivers going above the 30 mph speed limit. Between 2006 and 2012, twelve pedestrians were killed on the […]

Eyes on the Street: Bus Lanes Are Coming to Webster Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Jun 26, 2013 | 4 Comments

The Bronx is set to receive its second Select Bus Service route along Webster Avenue and Melrose Avenue. Within a quarter-mile of the route, 61 percent of residents commute by transit, according to DOT, and nearly three-quarters of households are car-free. While buses won’t run in the center lanes — an alignment that Chicago is […]

Eyes on the Street: New Pedestrian Spaces Pop in Financial District

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2013 | 34 Comments

Clarence snapped these photos of painted sidewalk expansions on Water Street, where DOT and the Downtown Alliance are working to revitalize street life in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The top photo shows one end of the newly car-free Coentis Slip, between Water and Pearl Street. A couple of weeks ago the City Council cleared […]

Eyes on the Street: Converting the Sidewalk to Private Parking in the Bronx

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2013 | 29 Comments

Looking to park at 3059 Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx? There are plenty of options. The property has a garage, not to mention the free on-street parking. But that wasn’t enough for the owner of this property, who decided to commandeer some of the public sidewalk, pave it over with asphalt, fence it in, and use […]

Eyes on the Street: No Parking in the Low Post

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

Streetsblog reader Susan Donovan, a.k.a. Futurebird, posted this pic on Instagram yesterday. It’s a DIY basketball court on Walton Avenue near Joyce Kilmer Park, a few blocks from Yankee Stadium. Writes Donovan: Creative traffic calming in the Bronx! My neighbors have painted a basketball shooting zone on the street near the bike lane and hydrant […]

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