Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Union Square’s Public Space Makeover Underway

By Ben Fried | Sep 1, 2010 | 17 Comments

Reader Holly Hudson sends this picture of the north side of Union Square earlier today. Orange construction barrels are lined up here and around the corner on Broadway, as crews get ready to add new pedestrian spaces and extend Broadway’s protected bike lane, which will run against the flow of traffic on this particular block. […]

Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Discovered on Columbus Ave

By Ben Fried | Aug 23, 2010 | 10 Comments

Felix Morales tries out the freshly painted lane on his scooter. Photo: Ken Coughlin After a lot of great advocacy from the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance and a down-to-the-wire vote at Community Board 7 this spring, DOT crews are laying down the first on-street protected bikeway above 34th 59th Street, on Columbus Avenue between […]

Eyes on the Street: Blast of Thermoplast on Flushing

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2010 | 3 Comments

John Del Signore at Gothamist got this shot of Flushing Avenue this morning. Looks like phase one of the Flushing bikeway is getting striped, creating a continuous link between North Brooklyn and the Manhattan Bridge. A refresher: The two-way, jersey barrier-separated path on Williamsburg Street West will extend to Washington Avenue on the north side […]

Eyes on the Street: Sidewalk Sinkhole in Sunset Park

By Ben Fried | Jul 14, 2010 | 4 Comments

A reader sent in these photos of a sidewalk cave-in next to the office of Assembly member Felix W. Ortiz, on Fourth Avenue and 55th Street in Sunset Park: Over the weekend, a bunch of neighbors called in the ominous crack in the sidewalk to 311 (resulting in tape! And a safety horse!), and this […]

Eyes on the Street: If You Build It, They Will Sit

By Noah Kazis | Jul 2, 2010 | 3 Comments

A Soho shopper takes a break on a new bench between the sidewalk and the bus bulb. Construction’s still underway on this block. Photo: Paco Abraham A couple weeks ago, we showed how the bus bulbs on Lower Broadway were being integrated with the sidewalk next to them. For drainage reasons, a small gap and […]

Eyes on the Street: Bus Bulbs on Broadway, Protected Lanes on Second Ave

By Noah Kazis | Jun 18, 2010 | 16 Comments

With drainage grates being installed, Broadway’s bus bulbs can lose their fences. All images: Clarence Eckerson. Bus bulbs are one of the most versatile tools in the livable streets toolkit. By extending the sidewalk out into the street, you can send a calming signal to through traffic, spare buses the trouble of pulling to the […]

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