Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Washington Heights

It’s Elementary: Kids Offer Livable Streets Advice to 44

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

As seen on this weekend’s Uptown Treasures tour: At the American Academy of Arts and Letters in Washington Heights, K-5 students from Hamilton Heights Academy and P.S. 28 (along with at least one parent or guardian) added a livable streets flavor to the "If I Were President" display.

CB12 Transpo Committee Avoids Action on Dyckman, Everything Else

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Proposed Dyckman Street redesign, presented by citizens to the CB12 Transpo Committee last February For the third time this year, residents of Inwood and Washington Heights Monday night presented the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee with a vision for a traffic-calmed Dyckman Street. One with a separated bike lane connecting the Henry Hudson […]

Tonight: Dyckman Greenway Connector Presented to Stringer Staff

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2008 | No Comments

At tonight’s Community Board 12 Transportation Committee meeting, Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets will present suggestions for a traffic-calmed Bennett Avenue, and are expected to discuss the proposed Dyckman Greenway Connector with Paimaan Lodhi, urban planner with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s office. Bennett Avenue, which runs parallel to Broadway for roughly ten blocks […]

CB12 Derails Greenmarket, Approves Parking Request Unanimously

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2008 | 18 Comments

More parking means more cars, congestion and noise for Dyckman Street. Says CB12: "Bring it." Citing fears that it would disrupt the neighborhood and rouse illegally parked motorists from their beds on Sunday mornings, Community Board 12 Tuesday night tabled a recommendation for a new Greenmarket in Washington Heights. Minutes later, without discussion, the board […]

CB12 Committee Hot for Parking, Cautious on Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 9, 2008 | 19 Comments

To increase the number of spots, angled parking may be coming to both sides of Dyckman Street. The Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 12 last night welcomed new bike racks in Upper Manhattan, but took a pass on endorsing other livable streets initiatives, including a separated bike path on Dyckman/200th Street that would […]

Livable Streets Group Makes Pitch to CB12 Tonight

By Ben Fried | Sep 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

Upper Manhattanites plotted their street improvements on a map for tonight’s meeting with CB12. A few weeks ago my colleague Brad Aaron wrote about the ways Inwood residents are making great use of the groups feature on the Livable Streets Network. Tonight, the group Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets is taking its ideas to […]

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