Eyes on the Street: The Beginning of a Beautiful Bike Lane

By Ben Fried
Oct 17, 2008

Snapped by Streetsblog regular Ian Dutton this afternoon: Crews prep Grand Street for the city’s first physically-protected crosstown bike lane [PDF]. Stretching from Varick to Chrystie, the Grand Street cycle track features some new design touches on account of its placement on the right side of a narrow street. The guys on the crew say the finished markings will be in place by next Tuesday.

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A painted bike lanes on the Grand Concourse. Sanchez would like the lanes to be protected. Photo: Erwin Figueroa

Eyes on the Street: The Grand Concourse Bike Lanes Get an Upgrade

By David Meyer | Aug 29, 2017

DOT has realigned the bike lanes on a section of the Grand Concourse and painted them green. It's not as good as the physical protection local advocates are after -- the city plans to redesign the Concourse with protected bike lanes later -- but it's an upgrade on one of the Bronx's major north-south routes.

Eyes on the Street: It’s Not Easy, Being the Right Shade of Green

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2014

With construction on the massive Third Water Tunnel shifting east along Grand Street, the section of the street through Soho, Little Italy, and Chinatown is getting repaved for the first time in years. Along with the new surface comes restoration of Grand Street’s protected bike lane — this time with a twist: Unlike other NYC bike […]

The new two-way protected bike lane on South 4th Street, looking east from Roebling Street. Photo: David Meyer

Eyes on the Street: A Safer Biking Connection to the Williamsburg Bridge

By David Meyer | Aug 24, 2017

DOT crews have made significant progress this week on a project to improve bike access to the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn. Striping and plastic bollards for a two-way bike lane on South 4th Street are now in place.

Eyes on the Street: Incredible Reappearing Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Mar 30, 2012

We’ve been featuring this item from Streetsblog Flickr pool contributor ddartley on the sidebar for a few days, and it’s time for a promotion. On the First Avenue bike lane by 25th Street, construction has temporarily wiped out the parking-protected bike lane, and in its place is a highly-functional buffered bike lane. Bike traffic keeps […]

The mayor calls this a protected bike lane. Do you? Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

FACT CHECK: City Did Not Build 20.9 Miles of ‘Protected’ Bike Lanes This Year

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 20, 2018

The Department of Transportation said it uses a definition of "protected bike lane" that allows a route to be called "protected" even if there is no physical barrier.

The Clinton Street bike lane is back at last. Photo: Jon Orcutt

Clinton Street Protected Bike Lane Returns After Two-Month Hiatus

By David Meyer | Feb 2, 2018

The two-way bike lane had vanished between Grand Street and East Broadway after DOT repaved the street at the end of November.