Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: 34th Street Runs Red With Paint

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2008 | 18 Comments

Streetsblog’s Brad Aaron — on vacation in exotic, uh, Midtown — sends this pic of a newly-striped 34th Street bus lane, looking east from Eighth Avenue. Red lanes on each side of 34th are part of the first phase of improvements to what is intended to become the city’s first "transitway." Another witness says the […]

Eyes on the Street: Countdown to August 9

By Ben Fried | Jul 30, 2008 | 4 Comments

A tipster sends this shot, snapped at the bicycle shelter on Broadway and 17th Street. The first Summer Streets Saturday is 10 days away. Have you seen the promo?

New Bike Markings for North Greenpoint

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 16, 2008 | 13 Comments

Tipster Ryan Lee sends along some photos of new bicycle lanes being marked on Manhattan Avenue in North Greenpoint, Brooklyn today. He writes that the new lanes stretch from Ash St. to Greenpoint Ave. on both sides of the street and bike boxes are going in at the intersections. As always, you can find lots […]

Et Tu, Mister Softee?

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 14, 2008 | 49 Comments

Mister Softee set up shop on the Prince Street bike lane near the corner of Broadway this weekend. Note the pedestrians squeezing through the narrow strip of sidewalk between the ice cream truck and the subway railing. Prince Street, you may recall, was slated to go car-free on Sunday’s all summer long until the SoHo […]

Eyes on the Street: Bushwick Sidewalk Driver Gets a Pass

By Brad Aaron | Jul 9, 2008 | 7 Comments

From a tipster on Bogart Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn: I thought you might appreciate this picture. It was taken today out of my bedroom window. A car drove up onto the sidewalk, and the man in the car promptly got on his cell phone while sitting in the driver’s seat. Two police cars drove by […]

Eyes on the Street: A Summer Space on Montague

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2008 | 6 Comments

In these shots from tipster Jeff Prant (more after the jump), Brooklyn Heights residents take advantage a car-free Montague Street this past weekend. Though the July 4th holiday, overcast skies, and inadequate publicity are all suspected to have affected turnout on its first week, those who missed out can enjoy Montague "Summer Space" events on […]

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