Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about West Harlem

Community Board 9 Endorses Car-Free Park Trial, Reverses Committee Vote

By Noah Kazis | Jun 17, 2011 | No Comments

Manhattan Community Board 9 became the latest to endorse a car-free Central Park trial last night. By a vote of 32-9 with five abstentions, the board overwhelmingly overturned the 2-1 vote of its transportation committee, which had been the only committee in the borough not to endorse the plan thus far. CB 9 is the […]

Will Two CB 9 Members Be Enough to Derail Car-Free Central Park Trial?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 3, 2011 | 4 Comments

Despite the impressive shows of support from three Manhattan community boards over the last two weeks, the effort to take cars off of the Central Park loop for a summer-long trial hit a major snag last night. In a resounding vote of two to one with two abstentions, the transportation committee of CB 9 voted […]

Support for Congestion Pricing, Not Harlem River Tolls, at SD 31 Debate

By Noah Kazis | Sep 8, 2010 | 11 Comments

Five candidates vying to become Upper Manhattan’s next state senator met in the 168th Street Armory last night to make their case to the car-free voters of Riverdale, Inwood, Washington Heights, West Harlem, and the Upper West Side. At a debate sponsored by Transportation Alternatives and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, important differences emerged over […]

This Week: Upper Manhattan Candidates Debate Transportation

By Noah Kazis | Sep 7, 2010 | 20 Comments

Labor Day and the Jewish high holidays make this an abbreviated week, but with the critical primary elections just seven days away, the state’s political world is going full-tilt. Tonight, at least three of the four candidates running to replace Eric Schneiderman in the State Senate will meet at a debate co-sponsored by Transportation Alternatives, […]

Harlem NYPD Chase Ends in Another Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Jun 22, 2010 | 35 Comments

Photo: 1010 WINS An elderly woman was killed and at least two other bystanders were injured when suspects fleeing police slammed into another vehicle in Harlem this morning. According to reports from City Room, 1010 WINS and WCBS, officers had pulled over a minivan at Lenox Avenue and W. 141st Street in connection with a […]

The Tease Is Over: Greenway Link Delivers Delayed Gratification

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2008 | 14 Comments

We received two reports last night that the West Harlem Piers bike path — a critical link in the Hudson River Greenway — is finally open after several months of puzzling delay. (NYCEDC informed Streetsblog last week that the hold up was indeed due to problems securing materials for a safety rail.) Now the construction […]

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