Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Kips Bay

Progress for Safer Streets From Queens and Manhattan Community Boards

By Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2013 | 4 Comments

Last night, the full board of Manhattan Community Board 6 passed a resolution in support of a DOT plan that would fill in a gap between two sections of Second Avenue’s protected bike lane by replacing a car travel lane with parking from 23rd Street to 14th Street. Across the East River, Queens CB 1’s […]

Tonight: Kips Bay and Astoria Community Boards Consider Complete Streets

By Stephen Miller | Oct 9, 2013 | No Comments

There are two community board meetings tonight on complete streets plans in Manhattan and Queens. The full board of Manhattan CB 6 is considering a resolution, passed by its transportation committee on Monday, to support a DOT plan to fill in a gap on the Second Avenue protected bike lane. Currently, the avenue from 23rd […]

DOT Proposes Filling the Gap in Second Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Sep 17, 2013 | 49 Comments

If you ride on the Second Avenue protected bike lane through Kips Bay, you know it can get a little hairy on the way downtown: The section between 23rd Street and 14th Street has no physical protection. On this stretch, the barrier of parked cars yields to a narrow painted buffer, creating an opportunity for […]

Eyes on the Street: Driver Careens Onto Kips Bay Sidewalk, Smashes Store

By Stephen Miller | Apr 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

Yesterday at approximately 6:00 p.m., the driver of a silver Volkswagen involved in a two-car crash barreled onto the sidewalk at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and 23rd Street, crashing into the front door of a Duane Reade pharmacy. FDNY tells Streetsblog that two people were transported to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Witnesses […]

Developer J.D. Carlisle Yanks Support for Kips Bay Plaza, Killing Project

By Stephen Miller | Mar 28, 2013 | 9 Comments

A two-block pedestrian plaza for a Second Avenue service road in Kips Bay, which was on track for implementation this summer, has been indefinitely delayed after adjacent property owner J.D. Carlisle sent a letter to DOT last week saying that it opposed the project. DOT, which had hosted two public design workshops for the plaza, […]

Curb-Jumping Drivers Kill Women in Manhattan and Brooklyn; No Charges

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2013 | 20 Comments

Two pedestrians have been killed by curb-jumping drivers since Friday in Manhattan and Brooklyn. On Friday evening at approximately 5:40, Martha Atwater was struck by the driver of a Honda truck after she stepped out of Atlantic Bagels Cafe at the corner of Clinton Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights. The unidentified motorist was […]

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