Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Lower East Side

Grassroots Coalition Crafts Action Plan for Lower East Side Cycling

By Noah Kazis | Jun 4, 2012 | 1 Comment

After a year and a half of grassroots activism, last week the Lower East Side’s Local Spokes coalition released a wide-ranging action plan to improve cycling in the neighborhood [PDF]. The plan includes both actions that Local Spokes member organizations plan to undertake, like developing a bicycle safety curriculum for area residents and organizing businesses to […]

EDC Wants 500 Parking Spots at Long-Awaited Lower East Side Development

By Noah Kazis | May 15, 2012 | 30 Comments

The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, or SPURA, is the largest undeveloped, city-owned area south of 96th Street. Located along the south side of Delancey Street at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge, SPURA currently consists of five empty lots, the leftovers of a 1967 slum clearance project. Though mid-century towers-in-a-park style housing was built […]

Prepping for July Bike-Share Launch, DOT Shows Prelim Station Sites to CB 3

By Ben Fried | Apr 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

After several months of public meetings and online feedback on bike-share station siting, NYC DOT is beginning to tour community boards with preliminary station maps in preparation for launching North America’s most expansive bike-share system this July. Yesterday evening, NYC DOT Policy Director Jon Orcutt walked the transportation and public safety committee of Manhattan Community […]

Community Board 3 Approves Delancey Street Safety Improvements

By Ben Fried | Mar 29, 2012 | 6 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 3 signed off on a package of safety improvements for deadly Delancey Street Tuesday night, according to State Senator Daniel Squadron’s office. The plan, presented by NYC DOT in February, narrows the crossing distance at 14 out of 19 intersections between the Williamsburg Bridge and the Bowery, but doesn’t substantially alter signal […]

Eyes On The Street: Cyclists Ticketing Cyclists

By Noah Kazis | Feb 23, 2012 | 32 Comments

Via Bowery Boogie, two photos of bike-riding NYPD officers writing up two other cyclists for running red lights at the corner of Bowery and Delancey. The Good: NYPD officers on bikes are not a sight you see every day. Bicycles can help police get around better in heavily congested areas and break down officers’ windshield […]

DOT Shortens Pedestrian Crossings on Delancey, Doesn’t Touch Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Feb 9, 2012 | 2 Comments

The crosswalks will be getting shorter on Delancey Street — one of the city’s deadliest corridors — thanks to a new safety plan from the Department of Transportation [PDF]. At 14 of 19 crossings between Clinton Street and the Bowery, neckdowns will extend the sidewalk into the street, making the distance across the extremely wide […]

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