Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about South Bronx

South Bronx Greenway Takes Shape on Food Center Drive

By Stephen Miller | Jun 15, 2015 | 7 Comments

A decade in the making, the South Bronx Greenway segment along Food Center Drive in Hunts Point is almost complete. The loop, which will provide a protected path along a busy truck route past some of the region’s largest food and beverage distributors, is set to open this fall. First proposed by the city in the 2005 Hunts Point […]

Creating Safer Streets Linking the South Bronx to Randall’s Island

By Stephen Miller | Apr 14, 2015 | 6 Comments

The South Bronx neighborhoods of Port Morris and Mott Haven are a stone’s throw from 480-acre Randall’s Island, but a ring of highways and industry separates residents from all that parkland. Now, the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) is working with local advocates and health researchers to create better walking and biking connections between the South Bronx and Randall’s […]

Bruckner Boulevard Protected Bikeway Clears Bronx CB 2 Committee

By Stephen Miller | Mar 13, 2015 | 4 Comments

A DOT plan to add pedestrian space and create a two-way protected bikeway along a key half-mile stretch of Bruckner Boulevard received a unanimous thumbs-up from Bronx Community Board 2’s economic development committee Wednesday night [PDF]. “Bruckner Boulevard is a very wide, multi-lane boulevard,” said DOT project manager Kimberly Rancourt. “It has lots of traffic but […]

Bronx Beep Ruben Diaz Calls on State DOT to Transform Sheridan Expressway

By Stephen Miller | Feb 19, 2015 | 12 Comments

The effort to transform the Sheridan Expressway got a boost this morning from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who in his State of the Borough address called on the Cuomo administration to take action. The 2013 proposal from the Department of City Planning would turn the little-used stub highway in the South Bronx into a boulevard, opening […]

DOT Proposes Roundabout for Dangerous Longwood Intersection

By Stephen Miller | Feb 17, 2015 | 19 Comments

New York seemingly has a traffic signal on every corner. To improve safety at one Bronx intersection, DOT is going with something different: a roundabout. The proposal is part of a larger road diet for Intervale Avenue in Longwood [PDF]. The plan was supported by a Bronx Community Board 2 committee in a 7-1 vote earlier […]

The Search Is on for Healthy Food Vendors to Serve This South Bronx Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Jan 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

In the Meatpacking District, people can grab a seat and buy healthy prepared food from a vendor in a bustling plaza. But New Yorkers who live in less affluent neighborhoods tend not to have the same options — at least not yet. A new effort aims to bring several vendors to a plaza under construction in […]

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