Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hell’s Kitchen

CB 4 Committee Says Yes to West Side Protected Bike Lanes Up to 59th Street

By Noah Kazis | Sep 22, 2011 | 16 Comments

DOT’s plan to extend the protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenues from the low 30s north to 59th Street won unanimous approval from the transportation committee of Community Board 4 last night. With the exception of two blocks of Eighth Avenue in front of the Port Authority, the lanes will be fully protected […]

Top Traffic Cops Promise Pedestrians-First Enforcement at West Side Forum

By Noah Kazis | May 19, 2011 | 12 Comments

Top NYPD brass expressed surprise at West Side residents’ unhappiness with the department’s traffic enforcement policies and vowed to do better at a meeting of Manhattan CB 4’s transportation committee last night. They also announced a new citywide “pedestrians first” policy for the department. Four officers attended the CB 4 meeting, according to committee co-chair […]

Applications for Special Parking Permits Keep Rolling in to City Planning

By Noah Kazis | Oct 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

With two days until the City Planning Commission votes on the parking-heavy Riverside Center mega-project, the commissioners had a chance yesterday to ask any final questions about the project before the vote. As it happened, they didn’t bring up parking at that section of the meeting, but parking was a hot topic elsewhere on the […]

DOT Plans to Bring NYC’s First Separated Busway to 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Mar 2, 2010 | 101 Comments

What the 34th Street transitway might look like between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Image: NYCDOT When DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan hinted last Tuesday that bolder ideas were on the way for bus rapid transit in New York City, she apparently meant "next week." The DOT website now displays an updated plan for the next phase […]

Student Killed on Ninth Ave. Is Fourth City Pedestrian Fatality in Five Days

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2009 | 20 Comments

Seth Kahn, pictured here with late TV pitchman Billy Mays. Photo via Facebook Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen was the site of another pedestrian death Wednesday. Around 8:44 a.m., Seth Kahn was crossing Ninth at W. 53rd Street when he was hit by an out-of-service bus. He died a short time later at Roosevelt Hospital. […]

Fallen Pedestrians Memorialized in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Jun 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Christine Berthet of CHEKPEDS speaks at Ninth and 40th, where Susanne M. Schnitzer was killed in April. At left are Manhattan DA candidates Cy Vance and Richard Aborn. State Senator Tom Duane, who also spoke, stands at right. On Saturday, over 50 people, including several local electeds and candidates, joined bereaved family members for a […]

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