Eyes on the Street: Occupied Territory
Here is a vehicle up in the Bronx that is too large for its driveway. So its owner just takes the sidewalk.
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Eyes on the Street: Converting the Sidewalk to Private Parking in the Bronx
By Stephen Miller |
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: Randall’s Island Connector to Open in “Coming Weeks”
By Stephen Miller |
The Randall’s Island Connector, a greenway link between the South Bronx and Randall’s Island, is almost complete. Bronxites are anticipating a ribbon-cutting any day now from the city’s Economic Development Corporation, which is building the project. The new path crosses the Bronx Kill, a narrow waterway separating Randall’s Island from the Bronx. Without it, the only way to bike or walk […]
Eyes on the Street: Bronx River Greenway Access Streets Get Upgrades
By Stephen Miller |
The Bronx River Greenway has given many South Bronx residents a place to feel comfortable biking, but the streets nearby are often filled with speeding drivers navigating sometimes-confusing intersections. A project adding bike lanes, curb extensions, and lane striping aimed to fix that — and since the end of the summer residents have seen some […]
Eyes on the Street: Above the Cross Bronx ‘Expressway’
By Aaron Donovan |
Saturday, July 29, 2006, at the Jesup Avenue bridge over the Cross Bronx "Expressway." I called 311 to get the city to tow that abandoned car away, but the operator needed an address or an intersection to locate this vehicle. An address would be a stretch, and the computer didn’t accept "Jesup Avenue and the Cross Bronx ‘Expressway’" as a […]
Eyes on the Street: This Year’s First “Street Seats” Have Begun to Sprout
By Stephen Miller |
It’s Street Seats season — the time of year when curbside seating replaces parking to reclaim some space for people, at least for the summer. Street Seats are installed by DOT. The seats, which fold up at night, are maintained by an adjacent sponsoring business and are open to the public. DOT received 22 applications for Street Seats […]
Eyes on the Street: Protection for Cyclists on Bruckner Boulevard
By Ben Fried |
DOT crews were out on Bruckner Boulevard yesterday putting in Jersey barriers to protect a new two-way bike lane. The bikeway will run for half a mile between Hunts Point Avenue and Longwood Avenue, the first phase in what should eventually be a link between the Bronx River Greenway and Randall’s Island. For the time being, it will terminate […]