Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Gabbing on Garfield Street, After the Parade

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2011 | 3 Comments

Thought you might enjoy this street scene from Garfield Place yesterday afternoon, sent by reader Jeff Prant. The Park Slope St. Patrick’s Day Parade had passed through earlier in the day, leaving in its wake some neighborly conversation. I’m guessing Donald Appleyard would have liked this picture.

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Cruiser Rammed in Park Slope

By Brad Aaron | Mar 15, 2011 | 7 Comments

Courtesy of reader Joanna Oltman Smith, this was the scene in Park Slope this morning, hours after a collision between a speeding driver and NYPD officers on Fifth Avenue between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Details from the Brooklyn Paper: One witness said the car was doing at least 70 mph when it tore through the […]

Eyes on the Street: Media Envy in DC

By Brad Aaron | Mar 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

In Washington for the National Bike Summit, Clarence Eckerson snapped a shot of this ad for the capital’s NBC affiliate and its reporter Joe Krebs (described in his bio as “an avid swimmer and cyclist”). In January, Dave Alpert at Greater Greater Washington noted the astounding difference between livable streets coverage in his city, where […]

Eyes on the Street: Negotiating Lafayette and Broome Sans Traffic Controls

By Ben Fried | Mar 2, 2011 | 4 Comments

Some utility work apparently knocked out the traffic controls at the intersection of Lafayette and Broome this afternoon. No traffic signals, no pedestrian signals, no traffic agent telling people what to do. I had to stop and watch for a few minutes. There’s a lot of bridge- and tunnel-bound traffic here, and vehicles turning onto […]

Eyes on the Street: Wrong Way

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2011 | 47 Comments

I’m really into this signage, spotted by Flickr user c34 on Broadway at 18th Street. I think the bike symbol should be bigger, but in general, NYC should have more of these. What’s your take?

Eyes on the Street: Breakfast in the Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Feb 16, 2011 | 34 Comments

The sun rose in the east today. In other news, a cycling Streetsblog reader found her path to work impeded by New York’s Finest. Attached is a photo I took at 7:54 this morning on the Broadway bike lane between 57th and 58th streets. The squad car parked in the bike lane contained two police […]

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