Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Saturday Evening in Jackson Heights, Queens: Feel the Pain

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 3, 2007 | 47 Comments

Fed up with the dysfunction of New York City’s streets, people all around the city are picking up video cameras and making their own StreetFilms. The one above is pretty amazing. Unless you like the sound of car horns honking, make sure your volume is turned down before you press "play." This StreetFilm was produced […]

Bike Parking on Steroids

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 27, 2007 | 23 Comments

"Cyclists are so used to doing with scraps and they’ve been that way for so long that they are shocked when they get anything that satisfies their needs." Barry Bonds may almost have the home run record, but the San Francisco Giants have another milestone that is much more admirable: the first free, convienent, […]

4:00pm Gridlock at the 86th Street Boundary

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2007 | 17 Comments

In this StreetFilm, Upper Green Side’s Glenn McAnanama takes viewers on a brief tour of 86th St. and Second Ave., a heavily congested intersection on the northern boundary of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed congestion pricing zone. It’s 4:00 pm and it’s ugly.

Brooklyn Critical Mass: Feel the Love

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 21, 2007 | 9 Comments

Feel the Love: Brooklyn Critical Mass A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Running Time: 3 minutes 51 seconds How about this: A Critical Mass bike ride, without arrests or unrest. In Brooklyn this has been the scene for three years running. Check out the NYPD getting along with the 150-or-so cyclists who ventured out last Friday […]

StreetFilm: Trading Car Parking for Bike Racks

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 13, 2007 | No Comments

Trading Car Parking for Bike RacksA StreetFilm by Clarence EckersonRunning Time: 3 minutes 30 seconds In a historic first for New York City, the Department of Transportation has removed on-street car parking spaces in favor of bike racks. This revolutionary development took place near the Bedford Avenue subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Streetsblog has been […]

McCaffrey: The Subway is Crowded. Let’s Keep it That Way.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 10, 2007 | 10 Comments

Walter McCaffrey’s Committee to Keep New York City Congestion Tax Free has torn a page from StreetFilms’ book and put out its very own propaganda video. The quiet, elegant two-minute SubFilm shows crowds of people using New York City’s subway system with quotes like, "Here come the sardines," mixed in. The producers clearly intended this […]

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