Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Meatpacking District

The goal of the redesign is to narrow the wide one-way street at the southern end of 10th Avenue south of the Whitney Museum, so that it is more inviting and safer. Photo: Google

DOT to Beautify Another Meatpacking District Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 9, 2022 | No Comments

The current overly wide 10th Avenue terminus will be transformed with shared-street markings, tables, chairs, a bike lane and new pedestrian zones and crosswalks to get walkers from the area around the Whitney Museum to the Hudson River Greenway.

Among the livable-street improvements the Meatpacking BID is proposing is a simplified intersection at 14th Street and 10th Avenue with safety infrastructure for all users. Rendering: Meatpacking BID

Meatpacking BID Plans Pedestrian ‘Oasis’ Near Hudson River

By Eve Kessler | Oct 11, 2022 | No Comments

A new "Vision Plan" proposes to make the area near the High Line and West Street a "front porch" for the waterfront.

The Meatpacking Business Improvement District turned Little West 12th Street between Washington and Greenwich streets into a true open street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District

By Eve Kessler | Dec 1, 2021 | No Comments

See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.

Eyes on the Street: Meatpacking Biz Group Has Seen the ‘Future’ of Public Space

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 12, 2020 | No Comments

They unpaved paradise and created a great open street.

More please, says the Council. File photo: Dave Colon

SMILE! M14 Ridership Is Up As More Camera Enforcement Comes to the Busway

By Dave Colon | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

The Busway just keeps rolling, and car owners are staying on the run.

West Side and Sunset Park Community Boards Advance Bike Lanes and Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Feb 21, 2013 | 7 Comments

Last night, two community boards in Sunset Park and Manhattan’s West Side voted to support bike lanes, bike parking and permanent pedestrian plazas. As a result, Sunset Park will be receiving shared lane markings on Fifth Avenue, the permanent reconstruction of a plaza at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street will move ahead, and bike lanes and […]

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