Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Tonight: Voices of Support Needed for Midtown Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2012 | 8 Comments

Anyone who rides a bike in Midtown Manhattan, or plans to once bike-share comes online this summer, should be interested in tonight’s Community Board 6 meeting. A full board vote is scheduled this evening on four new pairs of crosstown bike lanes planned for 39th to 55th Streets. Though the lanes would consist of no […]

Eyes on the Street: New Manhattan Bikeways in Progress

By Ben Fried | Jun 7, 2012 | 8 Comments

Photo contributor extraordinaire Jacob-uptown has uploaded a new batch to the Streetsblog Flickr pool, taking us on a tour of the major new bikeways DOT is implementing in Manhattan. The extension of the First Avenue bike lane from the Queensboro Bridge up to 72nd Street is nearly complete. It’s the first protected bike infrastructure on […]

Midtown Bike Lanes to Be Interpersed With Sharrows, Will End at Eighth Ave.

By Noah Kazis | Jun 5, 2012 | 27 Comments

DOT has proposed painting four new pairs of crosstown bike lanes through the heart of Midtown, an exciting statement and a necessary move in preparation for the launch of bike-share. The lanes would be tightly spaced, located on 39th and 40th Streets, 43rd and 44th, 48th and 51st, and 54th and 55th. But the design […]

DOT Plans Four Pairs of Midtown Bike Lanes in Time for Bike-Share

By Noah Kazis | May 31, 2012 | 19 Comments

Has any district in New York City ever seen the kind of bike infrastructure transformation coming to Midtown in 2012? The heart of Manhattan — the biggest business district in the county — is getting dozens of bike-share stations. On one eight-block stretch of Broadway, there will be over 200 docks for the new public […]

Putting the Public Back in Midtown’s Privately Owned Public Spaces

By Jake Schabas | May 22, 2012 | 18 Comments

“It’s a private property with public access,” a security guard explained after stopping me from taking photos of a mid-block passageway through the Metropolitan Tower on 56th Street. The space in question, which connects 56th to 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, is one of more than 150 privately owned public spaces in central Midtown, many of which […]

Eyes on the Street: Eighth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Heads North

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2012 | 14 Comments

Reader Niles Ray sends in this bird’s-eye view of bike lane construction on Eighth Avenue at 37th Street. The extension of protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenues was proposed by DOT last year, and won subsequent community board approval. The lanes and pedestrian islands will provide safer passage for cyclists and pedestrians north […]

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