Eve Kessler

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Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn is a successful open street, but too many others have challenges. It will take a city focus on public space management to ensure that people-centered placemaking thrives. File photo: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management

By Eve Kessler | Jun 8, 2021 | No Comments

A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.

The three StreetsPAC-endorsed borough president candidates (from left): Mark Levine (Manhattan), Antonio Reynoso (Brooklyn) and Donovan Richards (Queens).

BEEP BEEP! StreetsPAC Makes its Picks in Three Borough President Races

By Eve Kessler | Jun 3, 2021 | No Comments

Let's meet the lucky three who have earned the street safety bump: Mark Levine (Manhattan), Antonio Reynoso (Brooklyn) and Donovan Richards (Queens).

The 34th Avenue Open Street. File photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Thursday’s Headlines: ‘Miracle on 34th Avenue’ Edition

By Eve Kessler | Jun 3, 2021 | No Comments

A video's anniversary prompts reflections on Jackson Heights's need for a linear park. And all the other news.

Thursday’s Headlines: What’s on Tap? Edition

By Eve Kessler | May 27, 2021 | No Comments

Did reporters take a breather at local bars? Seems that way. Here's the headlines.

Yang on an elevated subway platform this past winter. Photo: Yang Campaign

Thursday’s Headlines: Yang’s Subway Stumble Edition

By Eve Kessler | May 20, 2021 | No Comments

A mayoral hopeful's unhelpful MTA presser. And all the other news.

STREETS WEEK! De Blasio Announces Fairly Ambitious Bike and Bus Lane Plans in Lame Duck Push

By Eve Kessler | May 11, 2021 | No Comments

Hizzoner revealed five "bike boulevards," plus the intention to finish 30 miles of protected bike lanes and 28 miles of dedicated bus lanes — both records.

Candidates to succeed Margaret Chin include (clockwise from top left) Susan Damplo, Jacqueline Gross, Susan Lee, Gigi Li, Jenny Low, Tiffany Winbush, Denny Salas, Chris Marte and Maud Maron.

DECISION 2021: Nine Candidates Vie To Represent Lower Manhattan

By Eve Kessler | May 7, 2021 | No Comments

There's a rock ’em sock ’em Democratic primary to represent the oldest part of the city — which presents candidates with some thorny street-safety issues.

The offending photo: The Jonathan Cohens behind JOCO (New York Cohen, left, London Cohen, right) show off their bike on W. 36th Street. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Thursday’s Headlines: DOT’s Mojo (and Lawyers) Are Working Edition

By Eve Kessler | May 6, 2021 | No Comments

The Corporation Counsel finds a use for Streetsblog! And all the other news.

Oh, the humanity: The Daily News's April 28 wood.

Thursday’s Headlines: How the Tabloids Tell It

By Eve Kessler | Apr 29, 2021 | No Comments

More details emerge on a drunken driver's killing of a cop. Plus all the other news.

The so-called dead end path below the Hudson River Greenway south of Dyckman Street would no longer be a dead end if the city could use federal money to connect it to the existing greenway. Photo: Eve Kessler

Manhattan Panel Backs Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Lane

By Eve Kessler | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments

Getting to the Empire State Trail from the Hudson River Greenway is quite the climb! Could a bike lane be the answer — and to a greenway closure, too?

Thursday’s Headlines: Knives Out at the MTA Edition

By Eve Kessler | Apr 22, 2021 | No Comments

The NYPD's Transit Bureau chief sticks the agency for fearmongering on subway crime. Plus all the other news.

Our AirTrain montage puts money at the center — because that's what it it is about!

LaGuardia AirTrain Documents Raise Questions About Parking, Development

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2021 | No Comments

The Port Authority hasn't disclosed enough about ancillary plans around its AirTrain project, critics say.

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