Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about West Harlem

DOT Weakened Riverside Drive Plan to Appease Manhattan CB 9 [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2015 | 53 Comments

DOT watered down and delayed an already half-hearted plan to make Riverside Drive safer for walking in deference to opposition from Manhattan Community Board 9. Riverside is a neighborhood street, lined by apartment buildings and parks. It also ranks in the top third of Manhattan streets in terms of the number of collisions, which is supposed to mean […]

DOT Is Finally Bringing Riverside Drive in Line With 25 MPH City Speed Limit

By Brad Aaron | Dec 4, 2015 | 21 Comments

When the new citywide 25 miles per hour speed limit took effect a year ago, DOT carved out some exceptions, retaining speed limits of 30 or 35 mph on some surface streets. One of those streets was Riverside Drive, where last November DOT installed 30 mph speed limit signs at locations north of 100th Street. […]

West Harlemites Put Bike Lanes Back in the Picture for Broadway Redesign

By Eric Jankiewicz | Nov 6, 2015 | 20 Comments

West Harlem residents succeeded in getting NYC DOT to consider adding bike lanes to a road diet project for Broadway between W. 153rd and W. 135th. But they had to fight for it during Thursday night’s Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. DOT had shown a design for the street this summer with wider medians and parking lanes, fewer […]

Momentum Builds For Safety Improvements on Broadway in West Harlem

By David Meyer | Nov 5, 2015 | 42 Comments

West Harlem residents are rallying support for safety improvements on Broadway between 135th Street and 153rd Street ahead of a vote on a DOT redesign proposal at tonight’s Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. The plan, which DOT presented publicly in July, calls for a road diet on Broadway, going from three lanes in each direction to two, with extra-wide […]

Construction Begins on New 151st Street Bridge to Hudson River Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Aug 28, 2015 | 148 Comments

The state broke ground this month on a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge linking West Harlem with the Hudson River Greenway. For cyclists, the bridge will provide stair-free access between the greenway and the intersection of 151st Street and Riverside Drive, spanning the Henry Hudson Parkway and the Amtrak line that runs along the Hudson. Right now […]

Eyes on the Street: West 125th Street Gets Its Bus Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Aug 19, 2015 | 7 Comments

It’s finally happening. More than a year after bus lanes were installed on 125th Street east of Lenox Avenue, the first signs have appeared that DOT will soon be painting red bus-only lanes in West Harlem. The first round of camera-enforced bus lanes, from Lenox to Second Avenue, have helped speed local buses on 125th Street between 7 and […]

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