Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: First Signs of the New Corona Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Aug 22, 2012 | 10 Comments

A pedestrian plaza that garnered support from local business, a unanimous vote at Queens Community Board 4 in June, and the backing of City Council Member Julissa Ferreras is being installed in Corona. The project is on the site of a service road that functioned as a parking lot for moving trucks. Now the space is host to […]

Eyes on the Street: The Not-So-Barren Jackson Heights Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Aug 22, 2012 | 8 Comments

Business owners in Jackson Heights have done more than just take over maintenance of the plaza on 37th Road. They’ve rechristened it “Diversity Plaza,” and they staged a community celebration that concluded on Monday to mark Eid-ul-Fitr, the breaking of fast at the end of Muslim holy month Ramadan. It seems the plaza was anything […]

Eyes on the Street: Safety Upgrades Come to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.

By Stephen Miller | Aug 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

Although the project covers only half to the distance initially proposed thanks to foot-dragging by the local community board (the other half may be implemented next year), safety enhancements along 19 blocks of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard are in place and giving pedestrians more room to cross the street. When complete, the boulevard between 134th and […]

Eyes on the Street: New and Improved Allen Street Bikeway and Plazas

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2012 | 25 Comments

The construction barriers are down and the tables and chairs are out on Allen Street in Chinatown. While there’s still some planting and other work left to be done, the public spaces are already magnets for people. The median bikeway on the three-block stretch between Hester and Delancey is also open and rideable again. The […]

Eyes on the Street: The Bus Bulb at the Nexus of the Universe

By Ben Fried | Jul 27, 2012 | 8 Comments

Thanks to @J_uptown for tipping us off to this transit enhancement in the making (and providing the Seinfeld-inspired headline). The fresh sidewalk addition here is a bus bulb for Select Bus Service on First Avenue. When it’s in working order, bus drivers won’t have to pull over to the curb to pick up and drop off […]

Eyes on the Street: Guerrilla Bike Lane Separation on Bergen Street

By Ben Fried | Jul 19, 2012 | 22 Comments

Streetsblog reader and former Manhattan Community Board 2 standout Ian Dutton has hit upon a low-cost way to keep the Bergen Street bike lane clear of NYPD squad cars. The short piece of Bergen between Sixth Avenue and Flatbush is routinely blocked by the 78th Precinct’s vehicles, so Ian took advantage of some idle Con-Ed […]

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