Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Washington Heights

NYC Motorists Kill 2 Pedestrians and Critically Injure 2 Others in 3 Days

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2016 | 5 Comments

In four separate crashes since Thursday, at least two people have been struck and killed while walking, and two others were critically injured. Last Thursday afternoon Giovani Romano hit 56-year-old Alfiya Djuraeva with a Buick while turning left at 20th Avenue and Bath Avenue in Bath Beach, according to the Daily News and WNBC. Djuraeva suffered […]

Trottenberg Announces Plaza Equity Program at Plaza de Las Americas Reveal

By Brad Aaron | Nov 23, 2015 | 13 Comments

Just eight months after the groundbreaking ceremony, officials held a ribbon-cutting this morning at Plaza de Las Americas, an impressive new public space in Washington Heights. Also today, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced a City Hall initiative to assist plazas in neighborhoods without the resources of a major business improvement district. Plaza de Las Americas reclaims one block of […]

Eyes on the Street: Flex Posts Keep Drivers Out of 158th Street Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2015 | 25 Comments

Reader Alec Melman sent these before-and-after pics of the bikeway on 158th Street in Manhattan, which is now protected with flex posts. The lane is part of a package of Upper Manhattan bike improvements intended to make biking and walking safer between the Hudson River Greenway and the High Bridge. As you can see in the photo below, […]

CB 12 Committee Backs Road Diet, Bike Lanes on St. Nicholas Ave

By Stephen Miller | Sep 11, 2015 | 25 Comments

A DOT proposal for a road diet and bike lanes St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights got a vote of support last night from the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee. The project could get striped next spring. The bike lanes will connect with newly-installed bike lanes near the High Bridge in Washington Heights, and to a […]

CB 12: Proposed Building on Top of 1 Train Is Too Big, Needs More Parking

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2015 | 16 Comments

Community Board 12 members voted against a proposal for a new apartment building in Washington Heights, to be built on top of the 1 train, in part because they want the developers to build more parking, according to DNAinfo coverage of the Wednesday meeting. HAP Investment Developers wants to build a 16-story, 241-unit residential building at […]

WE ACT Climate Plan Calls for Better Upper Manhattan Bicycling, Walking

By Stephen Miller | Aug 7, 2015 | 1 Comment

While most of Northern Manhattan escaped the harshest ravages of Hurricane Sandy, there was some flooding along the waterfront, including inside the 148th Street subway station. Next time around, a severe storm could take a different turn and things could be worse for waterfront areas in Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. WE ACT for Environmental Justice has developed a […]

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