Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

The Hudson River Greenway has developed a sinkhole just months after Parks patched it up. Photo: Danny Pearlstein

UPTOWN SUNK: Parks Dept’s Poor Work on Hudson River Greenway is Already Caving In

By Kevin Duggan | May 31, 2023 | No Comments

"The patch-and-paste didn’t take," said one user. "Especially at night, it comes upon you pretty abruptly — it can throw somebody off their bike."

Ocean Parkway was closed off at Avenue R, but there was no safe detour. Photo: Jon Orcutt

Ocean Parkway Bike Lane Fixes Finally Begin After Years of Delays

By Kevin Duggan | May 4, 2023 | No Comments

Repairs have finally started on the busted-up bike lane.

The Harlem River looking north from the High Bridge. Just imagine a greenway here one day. Photo: Kevin Duggan

20-20 Vision Zero: Mayor Adams Wants to Create a Harlem River Greenway

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 22, 2023 | No Comments

Mayor Adams wants to build a seven-mile greenway along the Harlem River in the Bronx, turning the borough's wasteland western waterfront into a safe route for Boogie Down bicyclists and pedestrians from Van Cortlandt Park to Randalls Island.

A cyclist on an e-bike rolls over the bumps on Ocean Avenue near Avenue N on Dec. 12. Photo: Kevin Duggan

EYES ON THE STREET: Ocean Parkway Remains A Cracked Ruin As Parks Dept. Delays

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 16, 2022 | No Comments

The Ocean Parkway bike lane is worse than it's ever been, and cycling advocates are fed up.

Council Member Shekar Krishnan rallies on Dec. 6, 2022 for a set of bills to improve Parks projects.

Council Wants to Speed Up Parks Projects (Like Those Much-Delayed Greenways!)

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 8, 2022 | No Comments

The department has been a poor steward of its bike infrastructure that provide crucial links in the city's cycling network — like Ocean Parkway. And Council Member Shekar Krishnan wants to change that.

The city is eyeing 10th Avenue in Inwood for a protected bike lane that would help fill the gap of the Manhattan greenway at the northern tip of the borough. Photo: Tipster

City to Install Protected Bike Lane Beneath Inwood’s Elevated Subway — in 2027

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

Well, here's one reason to hope Mayor Adams gets a second term.

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