Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Street Renaissance Antics on Atlantic Avenue

By Ethan Kent | Sep 18, 2006 | 2 Comments

Yesterday was the Atlantic Antic, the annual, day-long festival along Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue, in its 32nd year now. What a beautiful day. You’d be hard-pressed to find a place where as diverse a range of people and activities are brought together in such a natural and comfortable way: This is what Atlantic Avenue looked like […]

Eyes on the Street

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 18, 2006 | 8 Comments

Jim Holt asks: What percentage of the ambulances that blare their sirens to go through red lights are actually carrying patients? Less than 50 percent based on my observations of ambulances arriving at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village. And in no case have I seen the ambulance driver behave with any urgency in getting […]

Eyes on the Street: Hudson River Greenway Crash

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 6 Comments

Sproule Love wrote: Yesterday I saw yet another peice of evidence that drivers are out of control in NYC… A NY Waterway bus hit a cyclist crossing an entryway that intersects with the West Side bike path at 40th Street. The cyclist seemed OK, not fatally wounded, but it is still a horrible sight to see […]

Binghamton Revitalizing Around Livable Downtown

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 11, 2006 | No Comments

Binghamton, in New York’s depressed, de-industrialized southern tier is undergoing a major revitalization effort to bring residents, businesses, shoppers and tourists back to its historic downtown area. After years of watching residents and businesses leave the city’s core for the suburbs in New York and other states entirely, Binghamton is trying to win back its […]

Midtown’s Mini-Plaza

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 8, 2006 | 13 Comments

This is one of my favorite little spots near where I work. Seems almost too hip for Midtown-East. Comments? Thoughts? What other pedestrian plazas do other folks like?

Super Staten Solar Stop Signs

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 7, 2006 | No Comments

New LED Flashing Stop Sign (with Solar Power Source) I found this Stop sign on the corner of Kissel Avenue and Snug Harbor Road near the entrance to Snug Harbor Little League. It appears to be a test model of a new generation of Stop signs that blink LED lights to be more visible to motorists […]

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