Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Eyes on the Street: MTA Trailer Planted on Broadway Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2008 | 4 Comments

For months, graffiti-laden MTA Capital Construction trailers have been parked curbside on Broadway north of Isham Street, in Inwood, presumably due to ongoing work on the A line. Yesterday we snapped this shot of one trailer’s new position, on the sidewalk alongside Isham Park. Not to jump to conclusions, but given the lust for parking […]

CB12 Transpo Committee Avoids Action on Dyckman, Everything Else

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Proposed Dyckman Street redesign, presented by citizens to the CB12 Transpo Committee last February For the third time this year, residents of Inwood and Washington Heights Monday night presented the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee with a vision for a traffic-calmed Dyckman Street. One with a separated bike lane connecting the Henry Hudson […]

Tonight: Dyckman Greenway Connector Presented to Stringer Staff

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2008 | No Comments

At tonight’s Community Board 12 Transportation Committee meeting, Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets will present suggestions for a traffic-calmed Bennett Avenue, and are expected to discuss the proposed Dyckman Greenway Connector with Paimaan Lodhi, urban planner with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s office. Bennett Avenue, which runs parallel to Broadway for roughly ten blocks […]

CB12 Derails Greenmarket, Approves Parking Request Unanimously

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2008 | 18 Comments

More parking means more cars, congestion and noise for Dyckman Street. Says CB12: "Bring it." Citing fears that it would disrupt the neighborhood and rouse illegally parked motorists from their beds on Sunday mornings, Community Board 12 Tuesday night tabled a recommendation for a new Greenmarket in Washington Heights. Minutes later, without discussion, the board […]

Eyes on the Street: Inwoodites Enjoy Closed Street, Until Workers Go Home

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

At this moment I hear two things through my apartment windows: a singer practicing his scales and the "beep beep beep" of construction equipment on nearby Isham Street at Park Terrace West, in Inwood. The city is currently replacing sidewalks on these two streets, which is nice. During some of the times when construction workers […]

CB12 Committee Hot for Parking, Cautious on Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 9, 2008 | 19 Comments

To increase the number of spots, angled parking may be coming to both sides of Dyckman Street. The Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 12 last night welcomed new bike racks in Upper Manhattan, but took a pass on endorsing other livable streets initiatives, including a separated bike path on Dyckman/200th Street that would […]

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