Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about West Village

Woman Killed by Truck Driver in West Village This Morning [Second Update]

By Brad Aaron | Aug 27, 2012 | 46 Comments

A pedestrian was struck and killed by the driver of a tractor trailer in the West Village this morning. The victim, a 58-year-old woman, was riding a foot scooter at Sixth Avenue and Houston Street when she was struck at approximately 8:55 a.m., according to NYPD, FDNY and published reports. NBC cited a crossing guard […]

NYPD Won’t Confirm West Village Pedestrian Fatality

By Brad Aaron | May 7, 2012 | 5 Comments

Last week, a reader wrote to tell us that a woman hit by a cab driver in the West Village on May 2 had died of her injuries. According to the Daily News, the woman was crossing Jane Street near Hudson Street with her dog when she was hit by the driver of a yellow […]

CB 2 Committee Endorses Parking-Protected Hudson St. Bike Lane

By Noah Kazis | Nov 9, 2011 | 7 Comments

The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 2 voted unanimously on Tuesday to endorse a community-generated plan to upgrade the Hudson Street bike lane to a parking-protected lane. Right now, Hudson Street has a buffered bike lane. It’s one of the oldest in the city according to Ian Dutton, a former vice chair of the […]

Drivers Kill Four Pedestrians in Six Days, Two Flee Scene

By Noah Kazis | Oct 12, 2010 | 10 Comments

Four pedestrians have lost their lives on New York City streets since Thursday. Two of the crashes were hit-and-runs and a third killed a four-year-old child. A cyclist is also in critical condition after a man who wasn’t licensed to operate the tractor trailer he was driving struck her on a Bushwick street Friday morning. […]

The Hudson River Park Bike Seizure: Why’d They Do It?

By Noah Kazis | Aug 18, 2010 | 22 Comments

Though there’s a rule forbidding parking bikes to objects that aren’t racks, it’s easy to miss unless you already know what to look for. Photos: Noah Kazis Last Saturday, ten cyclists returned to where they had parked their bikes in Hudson River Park to find them gone. They had been attached to a railing along […]

A Safer Carmine Street? Break Out the Pitchforks!

By Ben Fried | Nov 11, 2009 | 54 Comments

Plans for a protected bike path on a short stretch of Carmine Street are in jeopardy following a public hearing held by Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee last night. The proposal enjoys unanimous support from committee members and has already won approval from both the full CB and the local block association. But the […]

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