Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Victim-Blaming Commences After Bruckner Boulevard Claims Another Life

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2016 | 20 Comments

A motorist struck and killed a man last night on Bruckner Boulevard, a Bronx street designed to facilitate speeding and one of the borough’s most dangerous places to walk. The victim was attempting to cross Bruckner near East 149th Street at around 12:30 a.m. Monday when he was hit by the driver of a BMW […]

NYC Motorists Killed Four People Walking and Biking This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2016 | 23 Comments

New York City motorists killed four people walking and biking this weekend. One of the victims was struck in a Midtown crosswalk while crossing with the right of way, but NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance haven’t filed charges against the driver. Po Chu Ng was crossing Sixth Avenue at W. 30th Street at […]

First Look at DOT’s Concept for Better Grand Concourse Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 2, 2016 | 13 Comments

In February, DOT said it would upgrade the bike lanes on the Grand Concourse service roads, and last night the agency showed what it has in mind for the mile-long stretch between 166th Street and 175th Street [PDF]. The first step will be to shift the bike lanes to run along the median instead of the […]

Car-Free “Boogie on the Boulevard” Opens Up the Grand Concourse for Play

By David Meyer | May 31, 2016 | 9 Comments

Sunday marked the first car-free “Boogie on the Boulevard” of 2016, and for a few hours on a few blocks, the center lanes of the Grand Concourse were full of people. From May through August this year, on the last Sunday of each month, a few blocks of the Concourse north of 162nd Street will be a […]

To Improve Walking and Biking Across the Harlem River, DOT’s Thinking Big

By David Meyer | May 17, 2016 | 11 Comments

There are 16 bridges linking Manhattan and the Bronx, but if you walk or bike between the boroughs, safe, convenient routes are still scarce. That could change if DOT follows through on ideas the agency released this spring to improve walking and biking access over the Harlem River bridges [PDF]. Currently, 13 of the 16 bridges along the […]

Driver Kills Toddler in the Bronx as NYPD and the Press Declare “Accident”

By Brad Aaron | May 16, 2016 | 78 Comments

Update: WPIX identified the victim as Mariam Dansoko. WPIX and other outlets are reporting that the driver, a 21-year-old man, was turning left from Gerard Avenue onto E. 164th Street when he hit her. A driver killed a 3-year-old girl in the Bronx this morning. NYPD filed no charges and almost immediately told the press […]

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