Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

This Is What Harlem Plaza Supporters Will Be Up Against at CB 10 Tonight

By Stephen Miller | Sep 2, 2015 | 19 Comments

Neighbors have fought for years to get Manhattan Community Board 10 to support creating a small plaza by Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 150th Street. Tonight that proposal is up for a vote at a general board meeting of CB 10 for the first time. Bradhurst Plaza would convert a short one-way “slip lane” segment of Macombs Place, […]

Eyes on the Street: West 125th Street Gets Its Bus Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Aug 19, 2015 | 7 Comments

It’s finally happening. More than a year after bus lanes were installed on 125th Street east of Lenox Avenue, the first signs have appeared that DOT will soon be painting red bus-only lanes in West Harlem. The first round of camera-enforced bus lanes, from Lenox to Second Avenue, have helped speed local buses on 125th Street between 7 and […]

WE ACT Climate Plan Calls for Better Upper Manhattan Bicycling, Walking

By Stephen Miller | Aug 7, 2015 | 1 Comment

While most of Northern Manhattan escaped the harshest ravages of Hurricane Sandy, there was some flooding along the waterfront, including inside the 148th Street subway station. Next time around, a severe storm could take a different turn and things could be worse for waterfront areas in Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. WE ACT for Environmental Justice has developed a […]

Want Safer Biking and Walking Across the Harlem River? Tell DOT Your Ideas

By Stephen Miller | Jun 17, 2015 | 1 Comment

Residents from the Bronx and Manhattan told DOT last night how they want to improve walking and biking across the Harlem River bridges. It was the second of four Harlem River bridges workshops this month. DOT is looking to improve access at all 16 bridges along the Harlem River, including the soon-to-open Randall’s Island Connector. Streets up to […]

CB 7 Committee Asks DOT for Amsterdam Protected Bike Lane “Immediately”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2015 | 7 Comments

On Tuesday, the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee unanimously passed a resolution asking DOT to immediately install a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue in the neighborhood. DOT has built out a southbound protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue from 110th Street almost to Columbus Circle over the past five years, but the city has not created a […]

Harlem Bus Lane Foes: Good Streets for Bus Riders “Trampling Our Liberties”

By Stephen Miller | Apr 15, 2015 | 34 Comments

Community board meetings in central Harlem have officially gone off the deep end. A DOT plan to extend bus lanes and add turn restrictions on 125th Street was shouted down last night by the same hecklers who have filibustered street safety improvements at Community Board 10 for years. Noticeably absent from last night’s meeting: People who ride the bus on 125th Street. […]

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