Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about South Bronx

DOT Plans Safer Walking and Biking Routes to Bronx River Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Mar 6, 2013 | 16 Comments

The Bronx River Greenway, threaded along the waterfront between expressways, railroad tracks and busy arterial avenues, is difficult to access for many of the surrounding South Bronx residents. A proposal from DOT [PDF] would improve park access while providing some order to the area’s streets. “It’s hard for folks in the neighborhood to get to […]

Bronx River Advocates Petition State and City to Fix Greenway Gap

By Stephen Miller | Jan 7, 2013 | 2 Comments

While a network of parks continues to sprout along the banks of the Bronx River, a dangerous gap between two parks could fester for years, preventing the creation of a continuous, safe walking and biking route for local residents. Advocates have launched a petition asking the city and state to overcome bureaucratic hurdles to complete the […]

Deferred, Not Defeated: Sheridan Teardown Advocates Move Ahead

By Stephen Miller | Dec 6, 2012 | 5 Comments

In the wake of the city’s refusal to consider removing the Sheridan Expressway, advocates from the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance gathered last night at a town hall meeting to revise their game plan. Although the long-term vision of removing the highway lives on, the discussion focused on other potential improvements along the Sheridan corridor. “We started […]

You Can Drive a Truck Through the Gaps in City’s Refusal to Remove Sheridan

By Stephen Miller | Jun 28, 2012 | 17 Comments

Last month, the Bloomberg administration unexpectedly ruled out the option of removing the Sheridan Expressway and replacing it with housing and parks, telling South Bronx advocates that added truck traffic projected for local streets was a “fatal flaw” in the highway teardown. After a closer look at that truck traffic analysis, however, the coalition calling […]

City Abruptly Rejects Sheridan Teardown; Serrano and Advocates Fight Back

By Ben Fried | Jun 8, 2012 | 28 Comments

The Bloomberg administration has abruptly ruled out the possibility of tearing down the lightly-trafficked Sheridan Expressway and replacing it with mixed-use development, jobs, and parks. Neighborhood advocates and electeds are vowing to fight the decision, which they say fails to follow through on the comprehensive analysis the city promised to conduct as part of a […]

The House That EDC Built: A 9,000-Car Complex With 8,930 Empty Spaces

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2012 | 9 Comments

In case you’re just tuning in, all that taxpayer-subsidized parking built for the new Yankee Stadium has failed beyond anyone’s wildest expectations. In today’s Daily News, Juan Gonzalez reports that Bronx Parking Development Company LLC is expected to default this year on the $200+ million in triple-tax-exempt bonds issued by the New York City Industrial […]

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