Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

These two derelict RVs have been parked in front of 551 W. 178th St. for a long time — the one on the left apparently since 2016, locals have complained. Photo: Eve Kessler

UPDATED: EYES ON THE STREET: Dereliction of Duty in the Heights and Inwood

By Eve Kessler | Mar 14, 2022 | No Comments

How many trashed cars, vans and RVs can uptown neighborhoods take? DSNY and NYPD are inflicting an unnatural experiment on two low-income, Latino areas.

A motorist invades the bike lane at the precise spot where a Baldor truck driver mowed down two people last month. The city has fixed the hydrant the driver squashed, but not the defective lane. Photo: Liam Jeffries

EYES ON THE STREET: East Side Bike Lane Where Driver Killed Two Remains Unfixed

By Liam Jeffries | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments

Where's Ydanis? A month after a preventable tragedy, long-noted flaws persist.

A lane and the sidewalk are closed for repairs on the southbound side of the Broadway Bridge in upper Manhattan. Photo: Eve Kessler

Eyes on the Street: The Broadway Bridge Construction is a Clusterf—k

By Eve Kessler | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

Long-term unsafe conditions will continue on the Broadway Bridge spanning the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Inwood and Marble Hill as the city rehabs the key Harlem River crossing.

A driver deciding to take the Jay Street Busway could face a higher fine under Gov. Hochul's executive budget. Photo: Dave Colon

Eyes on the Street: The Jay Street Busway is Being Undermined by Illegal Car Traffic

By Dave Colon | Oct 26, 2021 | No Comments

One year after the Jay Street Busway was boosting bus speeds for almost 50,000 daily riders, commutes for long-suffering bus riders are slowing as more drivers flout the basic rule, "No cars allowed."

Garbage lane? Sometimes the new Brooklyn Bridge bike path is full of trash. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Drivers, Pedestrians are Already Trashing the Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

The newly opened Brooklyn Bridge bike path is being defiled with garbage that's either cascading down from the pedestrian path or tossed by drivers over the short fence from the car lanes. But DOT is on it!

Look, ma, no cars! This is what a safe street looks like. File photo: Angela Stach

DOT Deploys Planters to Beautify and Secure City’s ‘Gold Standard’ Open Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 3, 2021 | No Comments

The agency said the planters were installed "in response to concerns we heard from local residents."

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