Kips Bay
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From Parking to Park: East Side Lot To Become Public Space
The East Side finally gets back some of its waterfront from cars.
October 28, 2025
Third Avenue ‘Complete Street’ Will Extend From Midtown to Gramercy
The design has proven to be a success in Midtown.
June 10, 2025
Manhattan BP Joins Chorus Calling for a Better Third Avenue
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer wants to make Third first.
November 17, 2021
Manhattan CB6 Has A Plan To Fix Third Avenue, Too
There's more than one way to build a better street.
June 22, 2021
How to Close the Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap
In a new report, Transportation Alternatives makes the case for closing the gaps in the Second Avenue protected bike lane as soon as possible and lays out a design concept for the tricky approach to the Queensboro Bridge.
January 17, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Greenway Link That Burns Up Kips Bay Condo Owners
DOT has striped and painted an important greenway connection on one block of East 37th Street, which received the support of Manhattan Community Board 6 last month. DOT began installing the bike lane this week, and the agency says the full project will be complete by the end of next week.
November 7, 2014
Kips Bay Condo Owners Don’t Want Bike Lane By Their Door, So They’re Suing
Lawsuits against bike lanes and bike-share stations have all gone down in flames in New York City courts, but that's not stopping Kips Bay condo owners from suing NYC DOT over a short, very useful connection linking the East Side Greenway and the First Avenue bike lane.
November 4, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Filling the Gap in the Second Avenue Protected Bike Lane
Two months after a presentation to Manhattan Community Board 6's transportation committee, and less than one month after the full board voted to support the plan, DOT crews were on Second Avenue today painting new stripes to convert the buffered bike lane in Kips Bay to the parking-protected variety.
November 4, 2013
Progress for Safer Streets From Queens and Manhattan Community Boards
Last night, the full board of Manhattan Community Board 6 passed a resolution in support of a DOT plan that would fill in a gap between two sections of Second Avenue's protected bike lane by replacing a car travel lane with parking from 23rd Street to 14th Street. Across the East River, Queens CB 1's transportation committee was receptive to community requests for traffic calming on 21st Street in Astoria and Long Island City, asking advocates to come back with more specific requests.
October 10, 2013
Tonight: Kips Bay and Astoria Community Boards Consider Complete Streets
There are two community board meetings tonight on complete streets plans in Manhattan and Queens.
October 9, 2013