Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Waiting for Crosswalks on Katonah Avenue in the Bronx

By Stephen Miller | Mar 25, 2013 | 9 Comments

In early February, DOT repaved Katonah Avenue in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx, leaving a smooth black surface with no markings. Shortly after a nearby resident called 311 a few weeks ago, a crew was sent out to mark where the crosswalks should be, and the double-yellow stripe was installed. Residents are still waiting for […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD (?!) Tells Greenpoint Drivers, “No Dooring”

By Stephen Miller | Mar 15, 2013 | 9 Comments

Here’s a welcome sign on the front door to Greenpoint Finest Deli, at the corner of Manhattan and Norman Avenues. The notice, ostensibly from NYPD, reminds drivers and passengers of their obligation to look before opening the door of parked cars. “Summonses will be issued,” the sign warns. The sign, spotted by Hilda Cohen, would be […]

Eyes on the Street: Mixing Zone, D.C.-Style

By Ben Fried | Mar 13, 2013 | 27 Comments

Reader Mike Epstein sends in this photo of a “mixing zone” on L Street in downtown Washington, D.C., that looks a lot different than the ones here in NYC. Mixing zones are the areas where bike traffic merges with turning car traffic at the approach to intersections along protected bike lanes. New York’s mixing zones […]

Eyes on the Street: Reconstructing the East River Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Feb 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last week, we reported about the Blueway Plan for the East River waterfront, which includes a deck over the FDR Drive at 14th Street to fix a notorious pinch point in the East Side greenway. In the meantime, the greenway is receiving some nuts-and-bolts upgrades. The bikeway in East River Park, long prone to ponding, is […]

Eyes on the Street: How About a Slow Zone for Prince Street?

By Ben Fried | Feb 8, 2013 | 8 Comments

Brooklyn Spoke’s Doug Gordon tweeted this photo Wednesday morning. This crash happened at the intersection of Prince and Crosby in Soho, which gets a ton of foot traffic and sees some of the highest bike counts in the city. It’s only random chance that someone didn’t get hit. One change that would help regulate drivers’ […]

Eyes on the Street: An Argument for Protected Bike Lanes in One Photograph

By Stephen Miller | Jan 7, 2013 | 34 Comments

Elevated from today’s headline stack: Photographer Dmitry Gudkov snapped this picture on Friday afternoon of a commercial van — the phone number goes to Glass & Windows, Inc., of Long Island City — straddling the concrete barrier that separates a two-way bike lane, and the sidewalk beyond, from the busy intersection where Flushing Avenue crosses beneath the Brooklyn […]

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