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Eyes on the Street: Time for Automated Turn Ban Enforcement in Inwood?
Motorists are ignoring new turn restrictions intended to keep pedestrians safe at a revamped Broadway intersection in Inwood.
September 3, 2014
Eyes on the Street: A Super-Sized Pedestrian Island on Bushwick Avenue
Once an extra-wide asphalt expanse, a section of Bushwick Avenue has been reclaimed by the addition of a pedestrian island. The new public space, which makes it easier to cross between Brooklyn Latin School and the Bushwick Library, is joined by smaller changes to an adjacent stretch of Bushwick Avenue installed this spring and summer.
September 2, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Our Long PPW Bike Lane Nightmare Is Almost Over
Lesson learned? Last week, DOT wiped away the Prospect Park West bike lane for street repaving without installing any temporary cones to preserve the bike route during construction. Drivers parked at the curb, pushing northbound cyclists into oncoming traffic or onto the sidewalk. Now, DOT has demarcated the bike lane with orange cones as it re-stripes the road.
August 29, 2014
Eyes on the Street: DOT Replaces PPW Bike Lane With Parking
During the warm summer months, lots of New Yorkers decide to hop on their bicycles and head for the nearest bike lane. That's also when the city does much of its street repaving, and new asphalt is coming to Prospect Park West. But instead of maintaining the heavily used bike path with temporary materials, our bike-friendly DOT has decided that one of the city's marquee bikeways will be erased for more than a week during one of the busiest cycling months of the year.
August 22, 2014
Eyes on the Street: A New Sidewalk and a Safer Crossing in Woodside
A simple fix from DOT has made it easier and safer for pedestrians to walk between Woodside and Jackson Heights.
August 5, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Slower Speed Limits Coming to Broadway, Southern Blvd
A Streetsblog reader sent in this NYPD flyer posted in the lobby of his apartment building on the Upper West Side, and another reports getting the same notice via email yesterday.
August 1, 2014
Here They Are: Meet Some of NYC’s Worst Sidewalk Hogs
We asked for photos of NYC's worst sidewalk-hogging businesses, and readers responded.
July 14, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Keeping Trash Off the Sidewalks in Buenos Aires
Clarence Eckerson has been following our #sidewalkhogs competition while in South America. He sends this photo from Buenos Aires.
July 8, 2014
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Channel on Inwood Hill Park Rail Bridge
Reader Kimberly Kinchen tweeted this photo of a new bike channel on the stairs of the bridge over train tracks that separate Dyckman Fields, on the Hudson River, from the rest of Inwood Hill Park, to the east.
July 7, 2014
Who Are NYC’s Worst Sidewalk Hogs? Keep Those Tweets Coming
There's still time to submit your photos of sidewalk-hogging businesses.
July 7, 2014