Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hell’s Kitchen

No Charges Filed as Six Are Killed by NYC Drivers in Seven Days

By Brad Aaron | Mar 14, 2013 | 6 Comments

A Brooklyn woman who was struck by a truck driver in Red Hook Wednesday was the latest victim among six city pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the last week. At approximately 6:40 a.m. yesterday, Lillian Cruz, 60, was crossing Hamilton Avenue at Court Street when the signal changed and the driver of a tractor-trailer, westbound […]

CB 4 Still Pushing DOT for Time to Cross Deadly Hell’s Kitchen Intersections

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2013 | 1 Comment

Manhattan Community Board 4 has renewed its call for safety improvements at the Hell’s Kitchen crossing where an elderly woman was killed by a driver last week. The request comes five years after a resolution that asked for exclusive crossing time for pedestrians at the deadly intersection, and is the latest episode in a years-long, […]

Shu Ying Liu, 69, Killed by Hit-and-Run Truck Driver in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Feb 6, 2013 | No Comments

The driver of a private dump truck accused of killing an elderly woman in Hell’s Kitchen Tuesday has been charged with leaving the scene. Shu Ying Liu, 69, was crossing 41st Street at Ninth Avenue at around 10:00 a.m. yesterday when she was hit by Jack Montelbano, who was making a right turn from Ninth to […]

Proposal for New Park Near Lincoln Tunnel Endorsed by CB 4

By Brad Aaron | Jan 3, 2013 | No Comments

A community-driven proposal to create a new public space on a street near the Lincoln Tunnel was endorsed by Manhattan Community Board 4 Wednesday. The plan, as reported by DNAinfo in December, is to convert three lane-widths of leftover asphalt on Dyer Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets into a park. That stretch of Dyer […]

Wild, Wild West Side Has Its Own Vigilante Traffic Cop

By Noah Kazis | Jul 30, 2012 | 4 Comments

You’ve got to already be a little bit crazy to choose to drive into Midtown for work each day (as the record-breaking ridership numbers on the PATH train attest). Sitting in traffic, dodging the even crazier driver next to you — perhaps the only thing worse than driving near the Lincoln Tunnel is trying to […]

Eyes on the Street: Lines Forming for Ninth Ave Protected Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2012 | 31 Comments

Construction on Midtown protected bike lanes continues apace. Reader Hilda Cohen sends in the above shot from Ninth Avenue, where she says “contractors are out marking lines between 47th and 39th.” “Traffic was already moving smoother,” writes Hilda. On Twitter, @andrewneidhardt posted this photo of Ninth at 38th. Regular Streetsblog readers may know that I […]

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