Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

Inwoodites Want Changes at Deadly Broadway Intersection

By Brad Aaron | Sep 20, 2007 | 5 Comments

Broadway at Dongan Place in Northern Manhattan. The bus shelter in the far background replaces another that was recently demolished when a vehicle left the road. Residents near the border of Inwood and Washington Heights have seen enough crashes on Broadway at Dongan Place, and are pressuring officials to do something about it. Last week, […]

New York: A “Drivers’ Paradise”

By Brad Aaron | Sep 19, 2007 | 35 Comments

Move over, biker babes. A presumably tongue-in-cheek article in the Observer heralds the "Californication of New York," thanks to the proliferation of automobiles in "young, lifestyle neighborhoods" like Williamsburg, Astoria and Inwood. According to the piece, a growing number of suburban transplants see auto reliance as a comforting reminder of home. "I didn’t realize how […]

Garages Yield to Human-Oriented Development

By Brad Aaron | Sep 13, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Sun reported recently that Midtown parking garage owners are finding there are more valuable uses for their property than auto storage. Later this month, the final bids are due for the sales of six prime Midtown Manhattan parking garages comprising a portion of the Central Parking New York City portfolio. Located between 37th and […]

MTA Marks 75 Years of A Train Service

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2007 | 6 Comments

As previewed in today’s New York Times, the MTA this morning held a ceremony commemorating the 75th birthday of the A line, originally known as the IND 8 Ave, which made its first run on September 10, 1932. After a two-man jazz combo played Billy Strayhorn’s "Take the A Train" for the media types clustered at Inwood’s 207th Street Station, […]

Eyes on the Street: Umbrella/Sombrilla in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | May 10, 2007 | No Comments

City Council Member Robert Jackson, foreground, participates in the "Umbrella/Sombrilla" celebration, held in Inwood last Sunday. The Dyckman Street festival involved neighborhood residents simultaneously waving and twirling dozens of umbrellas to symbolize the birth of the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, an umbrella organization (see?) founded to promote uptown art and artists. Umbrella/Sombrilla kicks off the […]