Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Financial District

Will NYPD Charge Driver Who Rammed Woman on Sidewalk and Left Scene?

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2015 | 45 Comments

A motorist who deliberately drove down a Manhattan sidewalk, rammed a pedestrian, left the scene and reportedly hit a second person in Brooklyn might not be charged with a crime, according to one of the victims. Heather Hensl was walking on Beekman Street near William Street on April 13 when a motorist struck her, knocking her to the ground, lacerating her head and fracturing […]

City May Turn Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Ramp Into Pedestrian Space

By Brad Aaron | Feb 13, 2015 | 9 Comments

A nice-sized pedestrian space is shaping up in the Financial District, thanks to the Downtown Alliance, City Council Member Margaret Chin, and Community Board 1. Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza is separated from Trinity Plaza by a redundant exit ramp for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. The Broadsheet Daily reports that the Alliance wants the city to close […]

Shared Space: The Street Design NYC’s Financial District Was Made For

By Stephen Miller | Jul 3, 2014 | 39 Comments

For people in cars, the Financial District is a slow-speed maze. For everyone else, it is one of the city’s most transit-rich destinations. Despite this, most of the street space in the area is devoted to cars. The Financial District is an ideal candidate for pedestrianization, but while it has seen redesigns on a handful of streets, it […]

Eyes on the Street: New Pedestrian Spaces Pop in Financial District

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2013 | 34 Comments

Clarence snapped these photos of painted sidewalk expansions on Water Street, where DOT and the Downtown Alliance are working to revitalize street life in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The top photo shows one end of the newly car-free Coentis Slip, between Water and Pearl Street. A couple of weeks ago the City Council cleared […]

New Plazas Could Reclaim Two Blocks in the Financial District

By Stephen Miller | Mar 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

With painted curb extensions expanding the pedestrian realm on Broadway and Whitehall Street in the Financial District, public space projects are now expected to spread around the corner to Water Street. The area is also on track to receive a first-in-the-city rule rule change making it easier to host public events in privately-owned off-street plazas. […]

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