Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Eyes on the Street: When Will Inwood Get Its Scarce Bike Lanes Back?

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2014 | 27 Comments

As Streetsblog readers know, Inwood is the Manhattan neighborhood where DOT periodically and without warning takes away bike infrastructure. So locals were pleased when in 2013 DOT announced a handful of modest bike projects for Inwood and Washington Heights, including Upper Manhattan’s first protected bike lane, and the rehabbing of bike lanes on Seaman Avenue, which […]

Motorist With NYC Disability Placard Blocks Curb Ramp With Car — Legally

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2014 | 6 Comments

I’ve taken up the early morning walk habit, and my route takes me through the intersection of Seaman Avenue and W. 214th Street, in Inwood. It’s a T intersection with an unmarked crosswalk and curb cuts. I wrote a few months back about how DOT basically did away with a lot of unmarked crosswalks by […]

Eyes on the Street: Time for Automated Turn Ban Enforcement in Inwood?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 3, 2014 | 5 Comments

Motorists are ignoring new turn restrictions intended to keep pedestrians safe at a revamped Broadway intersection in Inwood. Over the summer, DOT added pedestrian space and implemented turn prohibitions where Broadway meets Dyckman Street and Riverside Drive, a five-spoked intersection that sees a lot of crashes. The four left turn bans are meant to keep motorists […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Channel on Inwood Hill Park Rail Bridge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2014 | 14 Comments

Reader Kimberly Kinchen tweeted this photo of a new bike channel on the stairs of the bridge over train tracks that separate Dyckman Fields, on the Hudson River, from the rest of Inwood Hill Park, to the east. “It’s only on the second flight so far,” wrote Kinchen. “I assume they’ll install them on the […]

Will Curb Extensions and Signs Do the Job at Broadway and Dyckman?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2014 | 2 Comments

It won’t be long before pedestrians will have shorter crossing distances at Broadway, Dyckman Street, and Riverside Drive in Inwood. Last we checked, work was just getting underway on curb extensions, following the installation of signs prohibiting left turns for motorists approaching the intersection from all directions. As of this afternoon, the southeast curb extension […]

Eyes on the Street: Ped Improvements Take Shape at Broadway and Dyckman

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

DOT has begun work on pedestrian improvements at Broadway, Dyckman Street, and Riverside Drive in Inwood. With long crossings that required pedestrians to watch for drivers coming from different directions simultaneously, the five-legged intersection was the site of 128 crashes from 2010 to 2012, according to DOT. Last fall Community Board 12 endorsed a DOT plan for a mix of […]

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