Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: A Sign of Respect

By Ben Fried | Jun 6, 2008 | 16 Comments

Looks like there’s a new preferred bike route from the Brooklyn Bridge to the west side of Manhattan, and DOT’s signs and markings division wants you to know about it. The sign in this shot, snapped by Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson at the foot of the bridge, looks more like what you’d see from behind a […]

Eyes on the Street: A Refuge on Vanderbilt

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2008 | 34 Comments

A tipster sends along these fresh shots of construction on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. The new pedestrian refuges give the street a geometry very similar to what we saw on Broadway in Williamsburg two weeks ago. Below, the remnants of old trolley tracks get unearthed. We’re told the foreman says his crew is having […]

Paragon, Patagonia Promote Pedaling, Pedestrianism

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2008 | 12 Comments

A tipster sends these photos of more storefront bike-ped advocacy, this time at Paragon Sports on Broadway, north of Union Square.

Eyes on the Street: Bike Boxes on (Brooklyn’s) Broadway

By Ben Fried | May 20, 2008 | 11 Comments

After taking an evening ride down Broadway in Williamsburg last week, Clarence Eckerson sent us a batch of pictures showing the street’s nifty new road treatments. Between Kent Avenue and Bedford Avenue, Broadway now sports bike lanes, bike boxes, and pedestrian refuges with space for plantings. The changes have significantly narrowed the car travel lanes, […]

Eyes on the Street: Biking on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2008 | 5 Comments

Last time we checked in on the Columbia Street section of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, construction was in full swing. Now, along much of the path in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook, the orange barrels are gone and new plantings are taking root. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson snapped these shots last week, noting that about 40 […]

Amsterdam? Copenhagen? Nope: NYC.

By Aaron Naparstek | May 16, 2008 | 62 Comments

The first thing I thought of when I saw this photo was the famous H.G. Wells quote, "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race." A city where distinguished gentlemen commute to work by bike is a city where I am happy to live. […]

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