Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

Uptown Bike Network Gets Safer With New Buffered Path in Harlem

By Ben Fried | Apr 20, 2009 | 8 Comments

A new buffered bike path on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard will create a safer connection to Central Park. Compared to downtown Manhattan, the bike network in Harlem is on the patchy side, with only a few on-street lanes. Safer streets are on the way, however. Last week, DOT presented plans for a buffered bike […]

Impromptu Shared Space Calms Soho Intersection

By Ben Fried | Mar 5, 2009 | 6 Comments

Reader Tim Koelle sends this report of a busted traffic signal gone terribly right at the intersection of West Broadway and Grand yesterday morning: I watched for an hour while cars, trucks and pedestrians shared this space quietly… with civility! Little honking, no aggressive driving, no traffic cop. Why? Because the light was out. No […]

Streetfilms: The New Madison Square

By Brad Aaron | Feb 13, 2009 | 4 Comments

Taking advantage of the beautiful mid-week weather, the Streetfilms crew headed over to Madison Square to find scores of New Yorkers enjoying a newly transformed public space. They also managed to catch up with the city staffers and community folks who made it happen. Writes Clarence: I’ve started to forget what an ugly nightmare that […]

Two Pedestrians Killed Today in Separate Hit-and-Run Crashes

By Ben Fried | Oct 24, 2008 | No Comments

More grim news today: Gothamist and Fox 5 are reporting that a man was killed when he was struck by a big rig on Bowery and Grand. The truck driver continued over the Manhattan Bridge and was stopped by police on the BQE, according to Gothamist. And in Dyker Heights this morning, a driver killed […]

Plenty of Changes Underway on Chrystie and Forsyth (But No Cycle Track)

By Gideon Shapiro | Oct 14, 2008 | 9 Comments

New pedestrian space borders Sara Roosevelt Park on Forsyth Street. (The buffered zone is for parking, not biking.) Redesigns of Chrystie and Forsyth Streets have started to materialize, giving cyclists and pedestrians a glimpse of changes to come. New bicycle lanes on Chrystie Street may be the most widely anticipated aspect of DOT’s planned changes […]

Ninth Avenue Bike Path Expands Northward

By Brad Aaron | Oct 3, 2008 | 28 Comments

The Open Planning Project’s Lily Bernheimer snapped these shots of the Ninth Avenue separated bike path, now being extended from 23rd Street to 31st. Plastic bollards separate bikes from car and truck traffic at W. 23rd. Pedestrian island under construction at 29th.

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