Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about SoHo

Et Tu, Mister Softee?

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 14, 2008 | 49 Comments

Mister Softee set up shop on the Prince Street bike lane near the corner of Broadway this weekend. Note the pedestrians squeezing through the narrow strip of sidewalk between the ice cream truck and the subway railing. Prince Street, you may recall, was slated to go car-free on Sunday’s all summer long until the SoHo […]

Eyes on the Street: Fresh Paint on Prince

By Brad Aaron | May 15, 2008 | 20 Comments

A tipster sends this shot from earlier today of a newly-painted bike lane on Prince Street. After the jump, DOT bike program coordinator Josh Benson answers a question from a City Room reader about painted lanes.

Streetfilm: Grading Your Bike Locks, Part II

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2008 | 30 Comments

Here’s some levity for a dreary Monday — and an appropriate way to kick off bike month. Following up on a video from 2003, Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson recently took to the streets with bike mechanic Hal Ruzal of Bicycle Habitat, checking up on how effective city cyclists are in securing their rigs. Writes Clarence: As […]

Could “Open Sundays” Help Solve Prince Problems?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2008 | 10 Comments

| View | Upload your own Here is the slide show outlining the DOT proposal to open Prince Street to pedestrians on summer Sundays. As we reported yesterday, the plan isn’t popular with some SoHo residents, who say it will turn Prince into another Mulberry Street. But Community Board 2’s Ian Dutton, a supporter of […]

Mime Threat Overshadows Car-Free Prince Street Proposal

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 7, 2008 | 81 Comments

If you read the comments on the previous post, then you know something interesting is in the works for Prince Street. Next Tuesday, Community Board 2’s Transportation Committee will consider a proposal to turn a six-block stretch of Prince Street, from Lafayette to West Broadway, into a car-free zone on Sundays from 11am to 6pm. […]

Prince Street Bike Lane Has Arrived

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 15, 2007 | 16 Comments

After months of debate including criticism from cyclists who want a physically-separated bike lane built on dangerous Houston Street and local car owners who want to protect their right to cheap on-street parking, a freshly painted green bike lane was spotted on Prince Street late last night at the corner of Mott. As Ariel Sharon […]

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