Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Parking

Eyes on the Street: Jackson Heights’ Beautiful New Bike Corral

By Stephen Miller | May 9, 2013 | 9 Comments

Spring has sprung, and with it came a new on-street bike corral on 82nd Street in Jackson Heights, near Roosevelt Avenue. Clarence from Streetfilms sent over these great pictures. The corral, which replaces one car parking space, has seven racks (for 14 bikes) and two planters. It is maintained by the 82nd Street Partnership business […]

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A Bike-Parking Protected Bike Lane Grows in Manhattan

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 18, 2013 | No Comments

A few years ago, it was a pretty big deal when on-street bike parking was installed in any city. Though it is always welcome news, today it hardly merits a mention. But you can find another milestone on the protected bike lane on Ninth Avenue (which was NYC’s first), where three bike corrals have been installed between […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Corrals Protect Ninth Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Apr 5, 2013 | 9 Comments

Bike parking corrals adjacent to a protected bike lane — a first for New York City, and perhaps the nation — have been installed along Ninth Avenue in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. Check out these pics from Clarence, snapped on Thursday. First requested by Community Board 4 in fall 2011, and receiving a supportive 11-0 […]

West Side and Sunset Park Community Boards Advance Bike Lanes and Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Feb 21, 2013 | 7 Comments

Last night, two community boards in Sunset Park and Manhattan’s West Side voted to support bike lanes, bike parking and permanent pedestrian plazas. As a result, Sunset Park will be receiving shared lane markings on Fifth Avenue, the permanent reconstruction of a plaza at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street will move ahead, and bike lanes and […]

How Bike Corrals Expand New Yorkers’ Access to Businesses

By Ben Fried | Jan 16, 2013 | 5 Comments

A quick note about the new bike corral on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, which got a vote of approval from the local community board after hundreds of signatures were gathered in support of it. The Prospect Heights Patch reports that two local residents see the on-street bike parking as a symbol of gentrification and […]

NYC DOT Prepares for 12,000 Parking Meter-to-Bike Rack Conversions

By Ben Fried | Jan 9, 2013 | 7 Comments

The Post reported some good news this morning: NYC DOT has contracted with Louis Barbato Landscaping to make 12,000 bike racks that can be affixed to defunct single-space parking meter poles. A few years ago, when DOT started phasing out single-space meters en masse and replacing them with Muni meters, it seemed like there was […]

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