Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

Car Crash in Harlem Kills Pedestrian, Hospitalizes Five Others

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2011 | 9 Comments

One person is dead and at least five others have been hurt after a pick-up truck and livery cab collided at 145th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem this afternoon. After impact, the truck driver jumped a curb and careened into an elderly woman and the man she was pushing in a wheelchair, […]

CB 11 Committee Approves Safety Fixes for Harlem River Park Access

By Noah Kazis | Oct 6, 2010 | 5 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 11’s transportation committee voted in favor of a slate of safety improvements along the Harlem River waterfront last night, a project that will give New Yorkers better access to the underutilized Harlem River Park. Changes like pedestrian refuge islands, sidewalk extensions, and leading pedestrian intervals got a thumbs up from committee members, […]

Eyes on the Street: 28th Precinct Loves the St. Nicholas Ave Bike Lane

By Noah Kazis | Sep 8, 2010 | 34 Comments

If you get around on a bicycle in Upper Manhattan, the St. Nicholas Avenue bike lanes are essential. They’re the only on-street lanes in the borough between 120th Street and 160th Street. Many cyclists don’t even bother with the lanes, though, because they’re routinely filled with parked cars. Normally one might ask the NYPD to […]

DOT Proposes Safety Fixes to Help People Reach Harlem River Park

By Noah Kazis | Aug 20, 2010 | 5 Comments

Bridge traffic and very wide streets make the intersection of 135th and Madison difficult for pedestrians to cross, impeding access to the Harlem River Park. Image: Google Street View One of the biggest planning stories of the last decade is undoubtedly the opening of the New York City waterfront to the public. Across much of […]

Big Box Mall’s Giant Parking Garage a Predictable, Preventable Waste

By Noah Kazis | Jul 8, 2010 | 43 Comments

Despite copious subsidized parking at East River Plaza, most customers still walk or take transit to get there. Who could have seen that coming? Image: Curbed In a surprise to few, the wannabe-suburban East River Plaza big box mall can’t fill its 1,428 space parking lot. As the Wall Street Journal reported this week, Manhattan […]

East Harlem to Bloomberg: Protected Bike Lanes Must Extend Uptown

By Noah Kazis | Jun 10, 2010 | 36 Comments

East Harlem will only be getting a bike lane upgrade on First Avenue this year (top). Protected lanes like those slated for downtown (bottom) have not been guaranteed. East Harlem residents are outraged by the city’s backtracking on plans to bring protected bike lanes to their neighborhood. At a public meeting about the re-design of […]

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