Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Queens Community Board Chairs Care About Parking More Than Housing

By Ben Fried | Nov 17, 2015 | 54 Comments

Give it up for Queens community board chairs. Thanks to a vote last night, we now have a crystal clear expression of their priorities. Nothing is more important than parking. In a city without enough housing to go around, where rising rents are squeezing people in more neighborhoods every year, the community board chairs have taken a bold […]

CB 7 Members, Upper West Siders Back Amsterdam Ave Protected Bikeway

By David Meyer | Nov 11, 2015 | 41 Comments

The room was packed last night for DOT’s long-awaited plan for a protected bike lane and pedestrian islands on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side [PDF], with about 120 people turning out at the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee meeting. Most residents and committee members praised the plan, though no vote was held. DOT says it […]

CB 12 Committee Backs Road Diet, Bike Lanes on St. Nicholas Ave

By Stephen Miller | Sep 11, 2015 | 25 Comments

A DOT proposal for a road diet and bike lanes St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights got a vote of support last night from the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee. The project could get striped next spring. The bike lanes will connect with newly-installed bike lanes near the High Bridge in Washington Heights, and to a […]

CB 12: Proposed Building on Top of 1 Train Is Too Big, Needs More Parking

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2015 | 16 Comments

Community Board 12 members voted against a proposal for a new apartment building in Washington Heights, to be built on top of the 1 train, in part because they want the developers to build more parking, according to DNAinfo coverage of the Wednesday meeting. HAP Investment Developers wants to build a 16-story, 241-unit residential building at […]

Resolved: Manhattan Community Board 10 Rejects Bradhurst Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Sep 3, 2015 | 13 Comments

It was loud. It was messy. And in the end, Manhattan Community Board 10 decided against turning a short section of Macombs Place in Harlem into a car-free public space. Supporters of the proposal spent years trying to get CB 10’s backing but came up a few votes short last night. DOT won’t proceed with the project without […]

This Is What Harlem Plaza Supporters Will Be Up Against at CB 10 Tonight

By Stephen Miller | Sep 2, 2015 | 19 Comments

Neighbors have fought for years to get Manhattan Community Board 10 to support creating a small plaza by Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 150th Street. Tonight that proposal is up for a vote at a general board meeting of CB 10 for the first time. Bradhurst Plaza would convert a short one-way “slip lane” segment of Macombs Place, […]

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