Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Union Square

Union Square Skateboarder Was Killed on Rejected Pedestrian Plaza Space

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2012 | 39 Comments

The crash that killed a skateboarder near Union Square yesterday occurred on a block that DOT intended to use as a part-time pedestrian plaza until the agency capitulated to neighborhood NIMBYs. At around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, the 24-year-old victim, whose name had not been released as of this morning, was run over by the driver […]

NYPD: No Video of Driver Who Killed Roxana Sorina Buta

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2012 | 25 Comments

The woman killed by a hit-and-run truck driver at Union Square last week has been identified as Roxana Sorina Buta. Last Thursday at approximately 1:30 a.m., Buta, 21, was walking east across Broadway at 14th Street, in the crosswalk and with the light, when an eastbound dump truck driver made a right turn and ran her […]

Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Truck Driver at Union Square This Morning

By Brad Aaron | May 24, 2012 | 25 Comments

A 21-year-old woman was killed by the driver of a dump truck in a hit-and-run crash at Union Square early today. According to reports the woman was walking east across Broadway at 14th Street, in the crosswalk and with the light, when the truck driver, also heading east, made a right turn. The driver continued […]

One Year Later, Businesses and Residents Back Safer Union Square

By Noah Kazis | Sep 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

It’s been a year since DOT made more room for pedestrians and cyclists around Union Square, and a recent survey shows a neighborhood happy with its new public spaces. Feedback from businesses and residents led DOT to back away from its original proposal to, among other things, close two blocks of Union Square West to […]

It’s Opening Day for the Newest Stretch of Broadway’s Green Ribbon

By Noah Kazis | Sep 22, 2010 | 21 Comments

One of Manhattan’s premier public spaces is now safer, roomier, and livelier. DOT officially opened its improvements to the Union Square area today, including new pedestrian plazas and a continuation of the Broadway bike lane into a contraflow lane on the north side of the square. Several pieces of the re-design were already in heavy […]

Eyes on the Street: Union Square’s Public Space Makeover Underway

By Ben Fried | Sep 1, 2010 | 17 Comments

Reader Holly Hudson sends this picture of the north side of Union Square earlier today. Orange construction barrels are lined up here and around the corner on Broadway, as crews get ready to add new pedestrian spaces and extend Broadway’s protected bike lane, which will run against the flow of traffic on this particular block. […]

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