Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Denny Farrell

The pedestrian and bicycle bridge connecting 151st Street to the Hudson River Greenway opened last week.

Behold Denny Farrell’s $24 Million Greenway Bridge

By David Meyer | Sep 14, 2017 | 18 Comments

In New York, who knows if you'll ever get usable greenways or reliable transit. The one thing that's certain is you'll get to use edifices named after your local political barons.

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 […]

Denny Farrell Says We Got His Street Safety Rant Wrong; Here’s the Audio

By Stephen Miller | Aug 12, 2015 | 30 Comments

Assembly Member Denny Farrell, chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, played a key role in the death of congestion pricing. More recently, he’s been a regular at Upper Manhattan community board meetings, where he inveighs against traffic safety projects. Now, he’s spending his time writing letters to bloggers. Last month, Farrell attended a Community […]

Will CB 9 Take Its Cues From a Denny Farrell Rant Against a Safer Broadway?

By Stephen Miller | Jul 10, 2015 | 53 Comments

Council Member Mark Levine and the local precinct commander spoke in support of a traffic safety plan [PDF] for a deadly stretch of Broadway last night at a Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. Then Denny Farrell, chair of the New York State Assembly’s powerful ways and means committee, let loose with a nonsensical rant against the plan. The project […]

155th Street Ped Safety Fixes Clear Three Uptown Community Board Votes

By Stephen Miller | Oct 15, 2014 | 3 Comments

The Manhattan side of the 155th Street Bridge is a complex intersection where pedestrians are too often forgotten within a swirl of turning vehicles and impatient drivers. The intersection is also on the border of three community boards, adding extra layers of review for DOT efforts to improve safety. As of last night, transportation committees […]

CBs Eye Safety Tweaks on 155th Street Through Denny Farrell’s Windshield

By Stephen Miller | May 23, 2014 | 8 Comments

A dangerous Upper Manhattan intersection could get pedestrian safety upgrades [PDF], if three community boards can agree on a plan. Wednesday evening, DOT invited neighborhood residents and members of Community Boards 9, 10, and 12 to a meeting that resulted in some consensus, though implementation remains about a year away. As at last year’s meeting, however, […]

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