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‘Apolline’s Garden’ Project Scaled Back after ‘Community Feedback,’ Says DOT
It's a watered-down memorial.
October 12, 2022
TONIGHT! City Will Unveil Long-Awaited Third Ave. Redesign to Manhattan Panel
“This is a big opportunity to expand this vision for reallocation of space. Look to Rue de Rivoli," said one activist, referring to Paris.
October 12, 2022
Meatpacking BID Plans Pedestrian ‘Oasis’ Near Hudson River
A new "Vision Plan" proposes to make the area near the High Line and West Street a "front porch" for the waterfront.
October 11, 2022
Manhattan Community Board Demands Stricter Sanitation Rules for Apartments
Community Board 4 wrote to Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to outline a raft of new regulations that could curtail New York's infamous "5 o'clock shadow" — and unanimously offered the neighborhood as a laboratory for change.
October 3, 2022
Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show
September 30, 2022
Upper East Side Community Board Votes for Crosstown Bike Lanes
Carling Mott did not die in vain.
September 22, 2022
Adams Says He Wants a Better BQE — And Kicks Off a Years- or Decade-Long Process to Get There
It's a tale of two BQEs.
September 16, 2022
Panel Votes Down Eastern Queens Bike Lanes — But DOT Says it Will Move Forward
A plan for protected and standard lanes in an underserved area pleases few.
September 15, 2022
Truck Driver Kills Cyclist at Notoriously Deadly Intersection in East New York
A Brooklyn man was struck and killed by a truck driver on Tuesday afternoon at a notoriously dangerous intersection in East New York — the second person to die at that location this year.
September 1, 2022
DOT Will Give Deadly McGuinness Boulevard Some Safety Fixes Before Full Redesign
The DOT is daylighting "select intersections" on McGuinness between Freeman Street and Meeker Avenue, blessing the intersections with either neckdowns or bike corrals.
August 31, 2022
