Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about High Bridge

Speak Up for an Accessible Car-Free High Bridge

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2007 | 3 Comments

In other parks news, as reported on Streetsblog in June, the car-free High Bridge is poised to undergo a long-awaited restoration. Built as part of the Croton Aqueduct, the bridge connects Washington Heights in Manhattan with the Bronx neighborhood of High Bridge, near Yankee Stadium. In April, during his PlaNYC unveiling, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the city would be […]

City: Commuter Needs Will Factor into High Bridge Plan

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2007 | 7 Comments

A restored High Bridge will be open to commuting cyclists and pedestrians, but access time could be limited, officials said last week. The occasion was a "listening session" hosted by the Department of Parks & Recreation, when dozens of uptowners filed into the High Bridge Park Recreation Center at 173rd Street and Amsterdam to share […]

Gov’t Employee Parking at the High Bridge Rec Center

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 21, 2007 | 3 Comments

A tipster sends along this snapshot of the parking lot… I mean, sidewalk, outside the High Bridge Recreational Center prior to the meeting last night to discuss plans for the revitalized High Bridge. The talk inside, she says, "was much more encouraging" than the government employee parking situation outside.

Will the Revitalized High Bridge be Bike-Friendly?

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 19, 2007 | 43 Comments

This is a guest post by Susan Murray, author of the Urban Naturalist. The High Bridge, a graceful stone and steel bridge, reminiscent of the great Roman aqueducts, spans the Harlem River between parks in Washington Heights and the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx. Erected in 1848, decades before the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, it […]