Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson River Greenway

After 8 Years, DOT Finally Has a Bike Plan for Dyckman St. CB 12: Not So Fast.

By David Meyer | Jun 24, 2016 | 28 Comments

Eight years after uptown advocates first called for a bike connection across Inwood, linking greenways along the Hudson River and the Harlem River, DOT has a bike lane plan for Dyckman Street. Between Broadway and Nagle Avenue, the redesign would convert the current four-lane design into DOT’s standard road diet template — a general traffic lane and a five-foot-wide un-protected bike lane in […]

Happy Bike Month! Cyclists Must Dismount on Greenway, No One Knows Why

By Brad Aaron | May 26, 2016 | 97 Comments

3/3 Closing essential, safe #bikenyc infrastructure midday NOT an option anymore, @HudsonRiverPark. #visionzero pic.twitter.com/h8uZnYrh6Q — Joanna Oltman Smith (@jooltman) May 26, 2016 Update: The Parks Department sent us this statement Thursday evening: “Ensuring the safety of all during the holiday weekend, in preparation of increased pedestrian traffic during Fleet Week, NYC Parks has posted signs […]

Parks Department Proposes 9-Block Bike Detour on Hudson River Greenway

By David Meyer | Jan 14, 2016 | 44 Comments

Cyclists could be forced to take a winding, hilly detour away from the Hudson River Greenway between 73rd Street and 82nd Street, thanks to a proposal from the Parks Department that has the support of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. As DNAinfo reported, Parks landscape architect Margaret Bracken presented the plan at Monday’s Manhattan Community Board 7 […]

Eyes on the Street: 8-Year Downtown Greenway Detour Finally Ends

By Ben Fried | Nov 30, 2015 | 32 Comments

Since 2007, people biking on the Hudson River Greenway in Lower Manhattan have had to take a circuitous detour into Battery Park City. Not anymore. This weekend, the shuttered greenway segment reopened, providing a straight shot to and from the Battery. @DataVizier called our attention to these photos he took of the reconstructed greenway at […]

Downtown Greenway Segment Closed Since 2007 to Reopen in November

By Stephen Miller | Sep 28, 2015 | 15 Comments

An eight-year Hudson River Greenway detour is set to conclude in less than two months, restoring a direct bike route along West Street near the World Trade Center site. Since 2007, the greenway has been closed near Brookfield Place, the office and retail complex on the west side of West Street formerly known as the World Financial […]

A driver on the greenway? No way! Photo: Shelly Mossey

Eyes on the Street: Parks Officers Ignore Driver on Greenway [Updated]

By Stephen Miller | Sep 15, 2015 | 51 Comments

A driver cruised down the Hudson River Greenway Sunday afternoon, passing park enforcement patrol officers who waved him into a parking garage at Pier 40. When Streetsblog reader Shelly Mossey asked why they didn’t ticket him, the officers pleaded ignorance. Mossey was biking south on the Hudson River Greenway, on his way home to Battery Park City […]

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