Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Washington Heights

Eyes on the Street: Disrespect, and Defiance, at the Bus Stop

By Brad Aaron | Nov 2, 2009 | 11 Comments

This was the scene in Washington Heights Friday evening, after this guy, along with two others, parked their gigantic rental truck directly in front of a trio of elderly people waiting for the M4 at W. 187th Street and Fort Washington Avenue. Rather than sit passively with the spewing behemoth a few feet from their […]

Tonight: Two Chances to Turn Out for Safer Manhattan Streets

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2009 | No Comments

There are two opportunities tonight to get behind livable streets efforts in Manhattan. Among the items on Community Board 8’s October agenda is a resolution in support of protected bike lanes on the Upper East Side. As we heard from Transportation Alternatives yesterday, neighborhood involvement has propelled this once-unlikely measure to this point, and friendly […]

Manhattan CB 12 Still Obsessed With Greenmarket Traffic Disruptions

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2009 | 12 Comments

The intersection of Ft. Washington Ave. and W. 168th St. may soon be a little calmer for a few hours each week. But don’t tell CB 12. Months after Community Board 12 killed plans for a Washington Heights Greenmarket over concerns about parking, a scaled-down market is set to open at a location further south. […]

Upper Manhattan Council Candidates Take a Pass on Livable Streets Survey

By Brad Aaron | Aug 27, 2009 | 14 Comments

Decrepit subway stations, like the shuttered 1 train stop at 181st St., is just one of the issues Upper Manhattan City Council candidates don’t care to talk about. Photo: Daily News When I set out to summarize responses to the Transportation Alternatives Candidate Survey from City Council contenders in Washington Heights and Inwood, I expected […]

Space-Hogging Drivers, CB 12 Kill Washington Heights Greenmarket

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2009 | 18 Comments

CB 12 traded a Greenmarket for 24/7 parking privileges on 185th Street, which holds 19 cars. Photo: Brad Aaron Last September, Manhattan Community Board 12 tabled a resolution in support of a new Greenmarket for W. 185th Street in Washington Heights. The effort to locate the market was community-driven — a neighborhood resident gathered 1,000 […]

Mapped: Hudson River Greenway to the George Washington Bridge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2009 | 17 Comments

Spurred by comments following yesterday’s post on Greenway access in Washington Heights, a reader put together this map [download the full size version] of how to get from the Greenway to the George Washington Bridge. It’s no straight shot by any means. If the arrows are a little hard to follow, here are the directions: […]

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