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Eyes on the Street: Bronx River Greenway Access Streets Get Upgrades
The Bronx River Greenway has given many South Bronx residents a place to feel comfortable biking, but the streets nearby are often filled with speeding drivers navigating sometimes-confusing intersections. A project adding bike lanes, curb extensions, and lane striping aimed to fix that -- and since the end of the summer residents have seen some of the results. An anonymous reader who lives in Soundview and commutes by bike through the area sent in some photos showing the changes.
November 1, 2013
Here’s What’s Next for the Flushing Ave Segment of the Brooklyn Greenway
The next phase of Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway construction on Flushing Avenue will build a raised two-way bikeway and planted buffers alongside the Brooklyn Navy Yard, creating a safer, more appealing environment on what has already become a much-used bike route. Here's a look at the recently unveiled design from NYC DOT, the Department of Design and Construction, and project consultant Parsons.
October 29, 2013
Feds Reject All Three NYC Applications for Latest Round of TIGER Grants
This morning, U.S. DOT announced the winners in the latest round of its highly-competitive TIGER grant program. While upstate New York won grants for two projects -- a highway teardown in Rochester and a complete streets project in Olean -- New York City missed out, with applications for ferry improvements, a greenway connection in the Bronx, and the redesign of a busy intersection in Downtown Brooklyn failing to make the cut.
September 5, 2013
Patchwork Upgrades Move Ahead as East Side Waits for Complete Greenway
The East River Greenway, stepchild of Manhattan's bikeway network, currently consists of segments beneath, beside, and sometimes even above the FDR Drive. A report issued by New Yorkers for Parks yesterday acknowledged that East Siders awaiting a continuous path will have to wait decades before they can walk or bike on a full-length East River Greenway. In the meantime, an uncoordinated series of plans, studies, and development projects attempt to piece together sections of the route.
August 8, 2013
Avella Lines Up for Rockaway Beach Rail Reactivation, Against QueensWay
As work is set to begin on a state-funded feasibility study to convert the Rockaway Beach Branch into a 3.5-mile park and multi-use path, State Senator Tony Avella -- former City Council member, onetime mayoral hopeful, and current candidate for Queens borough president -- is the latest elected official to line up behind southern Queens transit activists who are trying to stop the greenway plan and instead bring back rail service.
August 5, 2013
One-Way Gap in Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Set to Be Closed This Fall
Construction continues on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway along Van Brunt Street, with a two-way buffered bike lane extending the greenway south through Red Hook striped recently, but there's a conspicuous gap in the route that won't be filled until at least this fall.
August 2, 2013
What Might “Brooklyn Bridge Beach” Mean for the East Side Greenway?
This morning, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced that collectively, they had dedicated $7 million in capital funds to build what's being called Brooklyn Bridge Beach. The aim of the new site beneath the iconic span is to attract New Yorkers to the East River waterfront and blunt the impact of storm surges.
August 1, 2013
EDC: Phased East River Greenway Gaps Set to Be Filled by 2024
For years, the Hudson River Greenway has been the star of Manhattan's greenway network, while usage of its East River sibling has been damped by a deteriorating pathway and gaps in the route. Now, with a renewed focus on the East Side waterfront, momentum is growing to complete the greenway, even though completion is more than a decade away.
June 25, 2013
Bronx CB 8 Committee Deadlocks on Putnam Trail Paving
Last night, Bronx Community Board 8's parks committee deadlocked, 3-2, with two abstentions, on a resolution to support the Parks Department's plan to pave the Putnam Line rail-trail. The community board serves only an advisory role, however, and the Parks Department is likely to proceed with the plan after it receives a permit from the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
May 23, 2013
Parks Department Detours Hudson River Greenway in Harlem Until December
The Hudson River Greenway between 133rd Street and 135th Street in West Harlem is closed until December, with users instructed to use 12th Avenue as a detour during the greenway's busiest warm-weather months.
May 14, 2013