Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

The Hudson River Greenway has developed a sinkhole just months after Parks patched it up. Photo: Danny Pearlstein

UPTOWN SUNK: Parks Dept’s Poor Work on Hudson River Greenway is Already Caving In

By Kevin Duggan | May 31, 2023 | No Comments

"The patch-and-paste didn’t take," said one user. "Especially at night, it comes upon you pretty abruptly — it can throw somebody off their bike."

The city is eyeing 10th Avenue in Inwood for a protected bike lane that would help fill the gap of the Manhattan greenway at the northern tip of the borough. Photo: Tipster

City to Install Protected Bike Lane Beneath Inwood’s Elevated Subway — in 2027

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

Well, here's one reason to hope Mayor Adams gets a second term.

Closed for repairs: The Hudson River Greenway entrance at Dyckman Street. Photo: Kevin Duggan

EYES ON THE STREET: City’s Uptown Greenway Detour is Unacceptably Dangerous

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 8, 2022 | No Comments

The city's detour for the Hudson River Greenway uptown is a dangerous mess through hilly and dangerous Washington Heights streets with little to no bicycle infrastructure to speak of.

Parents triple parked at dismissal, creating a traffic jam in front of the Amber Charter School (at left) in Inwood on Oct. 25. Photo: Eve Kessler

Traffic from Car-Driving Charter School Parents Vexes Upper Manhattan; City Provides No Oversight

By Eve Kessler | Nov 1, 2022 | No Comments

And it is about to get worse as two new charters are planning to open in the area.

A sinkhole on the Hudson River Greenway, looking south above 183rd Street. Photo: Inwood Owners Association (with help from the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk)

SETBACK: Parks Dept. Will Dump Bikers onto Dangerous Roads During Greenway Fix

By Eve Kessler | Aug 11, 2022 | No Comments

After four months of delay over safety questions, a northern Manhattan project will proceed without many changes.

A sinkhole on the Hudson River Greenway, looking south above 183rd Street. Photo: Inwood Owners Association

UPDATED: Parks Dept. Halts Greenway Repair to Mull Creating Safe Detour for Cyclists

By Eve Kessler | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Parks was set to start a four-month closure of the greenway last Monday ... until Streetsblog started covering it, that is.

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