Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Broadway Speed Limit to Drop to 25 MPH From Columbus Circle to Inwood

By Brad Aaron | May 1, 2014 | 13 Comments

The speed limit will be lowered to 25 miles per hour on eight miles of upper Broadway this summer, DOT announced today. Motorists have killed 22 pedestrians on Broadway from Columbus Circle to W. 220 Street in Inwood since 2008, according to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, who was flanked by NYPD officials, city and state […]

DOT: Improvements to Broadway at Dyckman Street Coming in May

By Brad Aaron | Apr 23, 2014 | 5 Comments

DOT should begin work next month on long-awaited improvements to a dangerous Broadway intersection in Inwood. Pedestrians are forced to negotiate long crossings while watching for drivers coming from different directions simultaneously where Broadway meets Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive. There were 128 crashes there from 2010 to 2012, resulting in injuries to three cyclists, five pedestrians, and […]

Upper Manhattan Poised to Get Its First Protected Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Apr 8, 2014 | 25 Comments

DOT will install Upper Manhattan’s first protected bike lane this summer, pending an endorsement from Community Board 12. The parking-protected lane would run north-south on Fort George Hill, which is one-way southbound for drivers, between Fairview Avenue and Dyckman Street/Nagle Avenue. Its installation would be part of a slate of new bike facilities and refurbishments […]

Eyes on the Street: Rehab of Inwood’s 215th Step-Street Finally Underway

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2014 | 4 Comments

After years of delays, work began today to rebuild the 215th Step-Street in Inwood. These stairs, which technically serve as a car-free street, connect residential blocks in northwest Inwood with shops on Broadway, and they are a link for commuters headed to the 1 train. The step-street is quite steep, with cracked stairs and broken lamps. The […]

CB 12 Endorses Pedestrian Improvements for Broadway at Dyckman in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Nov 27, 2013 | No Comments

Manhattan Community Board 12 last night endorsed proposed improvements to a hazardous Broadway intersection in Inwood. At Broadway at Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive, pedestrians currently must negotiate long crossings while watching for drivers coming from different directions simultaneously. There were 128 crashes at the intersection from 2010 to 2012, according to DOT, resulting in injuries to three […]

CB 12 Committee Endorses Ped Improvements at Chaotic Inwood Intersection

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2013 | 9 Comments

Long-awaited improvements to a hazardous Broadway crossing in Inwood could be implemented next year, if Community Board 12 passes a resolution that cleared the board’s transportation committee this week. The committee and around 50 residents gathered Monday night to hear DOT’s proposals for the intersection of Broadway, Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive [PDF], where pedestrians must […]

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