Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Finally, Crosswalks on Katonah Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Apr 19, 2013 | 1 Comment

A few weeks ago, a reader sent in a picture of an intersection on Katonah Avenue in the Bronx, which DOT repaved and striped with a double-yellow line — but not crosswalks. For more than six weeks, residents crossed this neighborhood artery without painted markings, which had parents at P.S. 19 especially worried. Our tipster […]

Eyes on the Street: Driver Careens Onto Kips Bay Sidewalk, Smashes Store

By Stephen Miller | Apr 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

Yesterday at approximately 6:00 p.m., the driver of a silver Volkswagen involved in a two-car crash barreled onto the sidewalk at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and 23rd Street, crashing into the front door of a Duane Reade pharmacy. FDNY tells Streetsblog that two people were transported to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Witnesses […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Corrals Protect Ninth Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Apr 5, 2013 | 9 Comments

Bike parking corrals adjacent to a protected bike lane — a first for New York City, and perhaps the nation — have been installed along Ninth Avenue in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. Check out these pics from Clarence, snapped on Thursday. First requested by Community Board 4 in fall 2011, and receiving a supportive 11-0 […]

Eyes on the Street: Collision Leaves NYU Bus on Greenwich Village Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Apr 4, 2013 | 9 Comments

A two-vehicle collision left an NYU bus on a Greenwich Village sidewalk this morning, in an NYPD precinct where speed enforcement, for all intents and purposes, is non-existent. Tipster Philip Winn snapped these photos at Lafayette Street and E. 4th Street at around 9:30 a.m., after the second vehicle, a passenger car, had been towed […]

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