Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Super-Sized Ped Space at Deadly Sixth and Houston

By Stephen Miller | Dec 19, 2014 | 9 Comments

Jessica Dworkin, 58, was on a push scooter at Sixth Avenue at Houston Street when a tractor-trailer truck driver turned into her path and crushed her in August 2012. After Dworkin’s death, local residents clamored for safety fixes. Now more than two years later, and 18 months after proposing the changes to Manhattan Community Board […]

Eyes on the Street: The Fourth Avenue Protected Police Staging Area

By Stephen Miller | Dec 15, 2014 | 43 Comments

Nearly two weeks ago, a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict an NYPD officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Since then, protestors have taken to the street on a near-daily basis. To prepare for protests near Union Square, a popular demonstration spot, the NYPD has, for the past two weeks, diagonally parked […]

Eyes on the Street: The Part of Central Park That’s Only for Cars

By Stephen Miller | Dec 1, 2014 | 90 Comments

The Central Park loop now has a 20 mph speed limit, new lane markings, and shorter pedestrian crossings during car-free hours. The changes, implemented last week, came in response to two pedestrian fatalities in separate bicycle collisions over the summer. The park’s traffic signals remain unchanged, and the park is still a shortcut for taxis […]

Motorist With Now-Expired NYC Disability Placard Still Blocking Curb Ramp

By Brad Aaron | Nov 25, 2014 | 35 Comments

And now back to Seaman Avenue. A few weeks ago we noted that motorists who obtain disability permits from the city can basically park wherever they want, even in “no parking” zones with curb ramps for pedestrians with disabilities. An unmarked crosswalk at Seaman and W. 214th Street, in Inwood, is a favorite spot for […]

More Arterial Carnage: Driver Seriously Injures Woman on Atlantic [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2014 | 41 Comments

Update: A witness to this crash contacted Streetsblog. His account has been added to the post. A motorist seriously injured a pedestrian on Atlantic Avenue at Washington Avenue in Brooklyn this morning. A witness, who didn’t want his name published, told Streetsblog he was crossing Atlantic with several other pedestrians when the crash occurred. “There’s […]

Eyes on the Street: When Will Inwood Get Its Scarce Bike Lanes Back?

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2014 | 27 Comments

As Streetsblog readers know, Inwood is the Manhattan neighborhood where DOT periodically and without warning takes away bike infrastructure. So locals were pleased when in 2013 DOT announced a handful of modest bike projects for Inwood and Washington Heights, including Upper Manhattan’s first protected bike lane, and the rehabbing of bike lanes on Seaman Avenue, which […]

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