Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Lower East Side

TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT SPECIAL: Bad Day for a President, Great Day for Cyclist in Lower Manhattan

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 4, 2023 | No Comments

All it took was the historic arraignment of a former President of the United States to get the NYPD and the state court system to keep the Centre Street bike lane clear.

A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit citing the new so-called green amendment against the controversial Two Bridges project.

State’s ‘Green Amendment’ Evoked in Lawsuit Against Two Bridges Mega-Development

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 22, 2022 | No Comments

Will the court rule against urban development — which by definition is far more polluting than, say, an open field of trees — or rule in favor of it on the grounds that dense housing is better for the environment than sprawl?

Opening Broadway was a no-brainer. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Two More Miles of Open Streets Coming Tomorrow: Broadway, Lower East Side and 34th Ave. in Queens

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 6, 2020 | No Comments

"We're ready to go into higher gear," the mayor said on Wednesday, announcing just 1.9 more miles of open streets.

A rendering from the city's East Side Coastal Resiliency plan shows the East River waterfront.

STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION! City Mulls Protected Bike Lanes on Lower East Side

By Eve Kessler | Nov 15, 2019 | No Comments

Move would create alternative routes as the East Side Greenway is closed for flood protection.

Greenway Through East River Park Will Be Partly Open During Coastal Revamp

By Eve Kessler | Oct 3, 2019 | 6 Comments

Portions of the greenway — a favorite of cyclists — will stay accessible during construction, the city says.

Bowery Flowers — The Green Spark Behind NYC’s 1980s Bicycle Revival

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 16, 2019 | 18 Comments

Remembering Carl Hultberg, a great, unsung figure at the start of the livable streets movement.

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