Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Eyes on the Street: Waiting for Crosswalks on Katonah Avenue in the Bronx

By Stephen Miller | Mar 25, 2013 | 9 Comments

In early February, DOT repaved Katonah Avenue in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx, leaving a smooth black surface with no markings. Shortly after a nearby resident called 311 a few weeks ago, a crew was sent out to mark where the crosswalks should be, and the double-yellow stripe was installed. Residents are still waiting for […]

Sook-Ja Kim Killed by Motorist in Mosholu Parkway Median; No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2013 | 6 Comments

A woman was struck and killed by a driver who jumped the curb and drove across a field near the Bronx Botanical Garden last weekend. Sook-Ja Kim, 63, was in a wide grassy median that serves as a park area on Mosholu Parkway near Bainbridge Avenue when she was hit from behind by a motorist […]

Sheridan Alternatives Offer Hope for Surface Road in Place of Expressway

By Stephen Miller | Mar 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

While the city’s refusal to remove the Sheridan Expressway left South Bronx advocates frustrated, the fight to transform the under-used highway continues, with the city’s federally-funded planning study on track for completion in June. A presentation to community partners last week [PDF] shed new light on options the city is considering, offering some hope that the highway’s […]

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 […]

Enthusiasm Builds for Slow Zone as DOT Stonewalls on Bronx Park Safety Fix

By Stephen Miller | Jan 30, 2013 | 1 Comment

Residents of the Bronx’s Norwood section have long dealt with missing sidewalks and crosswalks on the street encircling Williamsbridge Oval Park, the neighborhood’s central green space. After getting stonewalled by DOT’s Bronx Borough Office, neighborhood leaders are now hoping a Slow Zone application will get DOT to take action. Since 2009, advocates have been asking for basic […]

Details Scarce on First Reported Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths of 2013

By Brad Aaron | Jan 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

We have updates on the year’s first reported pedestrian and cyclist fatalities, which occurred in Manhattan and the Bronx on January 4 and 5. NYPD was not ready to release the identity of either victim as of Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, it remains unclear what caused last Friday’s collision between a cyclist and a private sanitation […]

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