Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Haven on Hanson

By Ben Fried | Nov 18, 2008 | 3 Comments

Courtesy of Brownstoner, here’s a recent shot of sidewalk construction between Flatbush Avenue and Hanson Place, near the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The short passage — or slip ramp, as DOT calls it — allowing cars to turn onto Hanson from Flatbush and Fourth Avenue is now closed to car traffic. This is especially good […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Continues to Mistake Bus Lane for Parking

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2008 | 12 Comments

A tipster sends in these shots of police — again — and trucks — again — parked in the 34th Street Select Bus Service lane. Looks like the city’s Botts’ Dots are more soft than barrier. Where is the outrage from the parking-obsessed media? Oh, right — they’re out chasing the real story.

Eyes on the Street: Obama Takes Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2008 | 4 Comments

A scene from Midtown early this morning, after Barack Obama was named president-elect. On the A downtown from Inwood, new passengers were welcomed with screams and cheers at every stop. It was standing room only by the time the train reached 42 Street. New Yorkers lined the sidewalks in Times Square. Cars rolled through slowly, […]

Eyes on the Street: Election Day 2008

By Brad Aaron | Nov 4, 2008 | 8 Comments

Photo pool contributor captaindisko reports record lines in Park Slope., while there was no waiting at my Inwood precinct as of about 1:30. How was your voting experience? Update: Tim Robbins found himself purged from his precinct’s voter rolls this morning and had to go before a judge in order to vote. Coincidence?

Eyes on the Street: Cycle Track Construction Porn

By Ben Fried | Oct 31, 2008 | 28 Comments

There’s a lot of protected bike infrastructure in various stages of completion right now, and I had the chance to take some pictures on the way to the office today. Above is a trench for part of the Sands Street bike path, the long-awaited Manhattan Bridge approach in Brooklyn that was originally slated to start […]

Eyes on the Street: Dyckman Bike Shelter Hints at What Could Be

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2008 | 6 Comments

Inwood recently got its first city bike shelter, by the A train station at the corner of Broadway and Dyckman/200th Street. It wasn’t getting a lot of use when I snapped this shot, probably because it was Sunday morning. Still, in the couple of minutes I was there quite a few cyclists passed by, most […]

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