Ninth Avenue: Community-Designed Street Plan Comments Session

By Aaron Donovan
Apr 10, 2007

— Select a Street Design —

The Hells Kitchen Neighborhood Association will hold its spring public session, and then at 6:45, Chekpeds will kick off the next installment of the Ninth Avenue Renaissance Project.

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The redesign of Ninth Street in Park Slope has created protected bike lanes on both sides, albeit tighter lanes than others in the city. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Ninth Street Protected Bike Lane Taking Shape, Albeit With Narrower-Than-Normal Bike Lanes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 23, 2018

Overall, however, the roadway will be much safer, city officials said.

The crash site on Ninth Street, where Sarah Schick (inset) was killed by a truck driver. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk (main photo has been slightly altered)

DOT Unveils ‘Concepts’ For Deadly Ninth Street, But Advocates Want Something Bolder

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 28, 2023

The Department of Transportation will finally add a protected bike lane to a dangerous Brooklyn strip that it had left out of previous redesigns despite its well-known danger — a decision that likely led to the death in January of 37-year-old Sarah Schick, who was killed on a Citi Bike.

What Happened to the Pedestrian Islands on Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen?

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2017

A few readers have written in asking about the disappearing pedestrian islands on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen. The concrete islands next to the bike lane shorten crossing distances and slow drivers turning onto Ninth Avenue. A few weeks ago, the city started tearing them out.

CB 4 Wants On-Street Bike Parking for Ninth Avenue

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2008

CHEKPEDS reports that Community Board 4 voted last week for the creation of on-street parking spots for bikes along Ninth Avenue: DOT had sent the board a list of bike racks to install on our sidewalks. After an extensive review, it became apparent that in many locations there is not enough space to accommodate both […]

Eyes on the Street: Cops With Placards Turn Ninth Avenue Into Parking Lot

By Brad Aaron | Jun 14, 2016

Illegally converting left-turn lane for placard parking creates a dangerous hooking situation for cyclists @NYC_DOT pic.twitter.com/7PnlbsbrPw — placard corruption (@placardabuse) June 14, 2016 Well, this is a pretty brazen display of entitlement from the placarded class. Parking watchdog @placardabuse tweeted these photos of private vehicles parked in a turn lane on Ninth Avenue at 34th […]

Ninth Avenue Bike Path Expands Northward

By Brad Aaron | Oct 3, 2008

The Open Planning Project’s Lily Bernheimer snapped these shots of the Ninth Avenue separated bike path, now being extended from 23rd Street to 31st. Plastic bollards separate bikes from car and truck traffic at W. 23rd. Pedestrian island under construction at 29th.