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Temporary Red Hook Greenway Plan Looks Better Than the Permanent One

By Amanda Meth | Oct 16, 2015 | 12 Comments

Eventually, New York City intends to build a biking and walking path along the Red Hook waterfront, one link in the longer Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. It’s going to be several years before that project gets built, so in the meantime DOT plans to make streets a few blocks inland safer for biking and walking. The […]

Empire Boulevard Reconstruction Will Create Two Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Sep 18, 2015 | 1 Comment

Dangerous intersections at each end of Empire Boulevard, which stretches east-west across the southern edge of Crown Heights, are set for some major new pedestrian space. A street reconstruction project will reconfigure the area where Empire Boulevard, East New York Avenue, Remsen Avenue, and Utica Avenue converge. There, DOT will reroute traffic, creating a new pedestrian plaza. Similar changes […]

Eyes on the Street: New 215th Step-Street, With Bike Ramp, Taking Shape

By Brad Aaron | Jan 7, 2015 | 11 Comments

It’s been a year since we checked up on the 215th Step-Street in Inwood, where the northern section of the long, steep stairway looks to be nearly finished — complete with bike ramp. These stairs serve as a car-free street between Broadway and the 1 train and residential blocks that make up the northwest corner […]

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

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2014 | 18 Comments

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 […]

City Begins to Reclaim Space for Pedestrians at Fordham Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Aug 28, 2014 | 5 Comments

The multi-year project to improve Fordham Plaza in the Bronx — a critical transit hub — entered its latest phase yesterday with the groundbreaking for a bigger and better public space for pedestrians. Each day, more than 80,000 pedestrians flow through Fordham Plaza, the crossroads of a dozen bus lines (including two Select Bus Service […]

Eyes on the Street: Rehab of Inwood’s 215th Step-Street Finally Underway

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2014 | 4 Comments

After years of delays, work began today to rebuild the 215th Step-Street in Inwood. These stairs, which technically serve as a car-free street, connect residential blocks in northwest Inwood with shops on Broadway, and they are a link for commuters headed to the 1 train. The step-street is quite steep, with cracked stairs and broken lamps. The […]

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