Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Melissa Mark-Viverito

In Low-Income Neighborhoods, Children Face Extra Risk From Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Jan 19, 2012 | 6 Comments

Children growing up in Manhattan’s low-income communities are at significantly higher risk of being seriously injured or killed in traffic than their neighbors in wealthier districts, a new study from Transportation Alternatives finds [PDF]. Intersections near public housing appear to be particularly dangerous for children trying to cross the street. In East Harlem and on […]

Mark-Viverito: Misinformation Won’t Stop East Harlem Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Nov 17, 2011 | 34 Comments

After a misinformation campaign by two local business owners, East Harlem’s Community Board 11 rescinded its vote in support of plans for protected bike lanes along First and Second Avenue Tuesday night. The board will soon vote again on the project, which has the backing of local Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito. Community Board 11 has […]

PlaNYC Program Will Bring 1,000 Sleek New Benches to City Sidewalks

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2011 | 16 Comments

Joined by East Harlem seniors, advocates and City Council members, transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today kicked off a program to provide new and improved sidewalk seating. CityBench, a product of PlaNYC 2.0, will bring 1,000 shiny steel benches to locations across the five boroughs. The first two were installed outside the Leonard Covello Senior Center […]

Community Board 11 Approves East Harlem Protected Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Sep 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

The full board of Community Board 11 voted to approve protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues last night. The news was first reported by Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson over Twitter this morning. When complete, the bike lanes and pedestrian refuge islands will run from 96th Street to 125th Street on both avenues. Construction […]

Protected Bike Lanes Coming to East Harlem, Tweets Mark-Viverito

By Noah Kazis | Aug 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

Could complete streets finally be coming to East Harlem? The neighborhood has been calling out for the city to keep its promise and build protected bike lanes along First and Second Avenues, bringing safer cycling and traffic calming to an area badly in need of both. Even at the peak of the bikelash last year, […]

Everyone’s On Board for East Harlem Bike Lanes — Except NYCDOT

By Noah Kazis | Apr 29, 2011 | 12 Comments

Is there any neighborhood in New York City that has asked for more and received less, in terms of safe street improvements, than East Harlem? In 2010, days after it was announced that the First and Second Avenue protected bike lanes were on hold between 34th Street and 125th Street, Community Board 11 members blasted […]

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