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Eyes on the Street: Stone Bike Lane in LIC

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2009 | 13 Comments

A reader sent in this photo earlier in the month of what looks like an inlaid stone bike lane on Center Boulevard, in the Queens West development in Long Island City. Repeated queries to DOT yielded no additional info, but we thought this one was too nice to sit on any longer. Anyone know how […]

Eyes on the Street: A Smoother Approach to the Willy-B

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2009 | 4 Comments

We’ve received a few reports in the past week about construction work on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge. DOT’s press office says six bike ramps are being installed, and we hear from observers on the ground that construction is largely complete as of this morning: The bridge approach at Delancey and Clinton Street […]

Eyes on the Street: Columbia on the Lookout for Bike Thieves

By Brad Aaron | Oct 13, 2009 | 6 Comments

Streetsblog regular Glenn McAnanama sent in a flier from Columbia University police [PDF] alerting faculty, staff and students to a recent bike theft. Video stills like the one at right appear to show a man — pictured more clearly on the flier — walking away with a bike after removing the front wheel. (Hal would […]

Eyes on the Street: Busted in the Bus Lane

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2009 | 13 Comments

We’ve posted many times on NYPD bus lane abuse, so it’s nice to have this reader-submitted shot. This scofflaw driver was tagged Monday evening on E. 57th Street between Madison and Fifth — just in time for bus passengers to witness a rare act of traffic law enforcement. With new MTA chief Jay Walder citing […]

Eyes on the Street: AAA Approved Roadside Dining

By Brad Aaron | Sep 29, 2009 | No Comments

A reader sent in this photo from Park Slope, where restaurateur Irene Lo Re has been railing against the Fifth Avenue bike lane. It is in Aunt Suzie’s window now, along with the sign for free bike air. Is this just another salvo in AAA’s war against people-friendly city streets — or maybe a small […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Crash in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2009 | 17 Comments

This was the scene at Seaman Avenue and 207th Street in Inwood at around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. It appeared that the cyclist — a white male in his 40s or 50s — was doored by the driver of the Toyota 4Runner. The cyclist was elevating his hand, which was bleeding pretty heavily, before medics arrived. […]

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