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Eyes on the Street: Tweet Us Your Pics of Sidewalk-Hogging Businesses
Clarence shot the above photo of a common sight in NYC: car-oriented businesses that illegally commandeer sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to walk around parked cars or pushing people into the street. He writes:
July 3, 2014
Eyes on the Street: More Pedestrian Space at Deadly UES Intersection
Last September, 16-year-old Renee Thompson was struck and killed by a turning truck driver at the intersection of Third Avenue and 60th Street. Now, the crowded intersection has painted curb extensions on two of the intersection's four corners that shorten crossing distances and tighten turns.
June 24, 2014
Will Curb Extensions and Signs Do the Job at Broadway and Dyckman?
It won't be long before pedestrians will have shorter crossing distances at Broadway, Dyckman Street, and Riverside Drive in Inwood.
June 24, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Hudson Street Protected Bike Lane Under Construction
Doug Gordon of Brooklyn Spoke fame tweeted these photos from Hudson Street in the West Village, where DOT is installing a parking-protected bike lane that's seeing use before the green paint goes down.
June 23, 2014
311 Is a Joke: NYPD Ignores Bike Lane-Blocking Big Rigs in Red Hook
In the space of a few hours this afternoon, one cyclist's experience, chronicled in real time on Twitter, summed up NYPD's indifference to keeping bike lanes clear of motor vehicles.
June 10, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Ped Improvements Take Shape at Broadway and Dyckman
DOT has begun work on pedestrian improvements at Broadway, Dyckman Street, and Riverside Drive in Inwood.
June 4, 2014
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Path, Same Old Illegal Parking
Well, that didn't take long.
June 2, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Bikeway Upgrade Calms Deadly Stretch of Kent Avenue
A project that slims a dangerous section of Kent Avenue in South Williamsburg and straightens out an awkward stretch of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway route is nearing the finish line.
May 28, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Parking Placard Abuse in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Parking placard abuse might be most noticeable in hotspots like Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, but it's an epidemic in neighborhoods across the city. Reader Eli Forsythe sent in photos of an illegally-parked car with a placard on the dash in Prospect Lefferts Gardens last weekend.
May 23, 2014
Parks Dept. Promises Fix After Year-Old Sinkhole Finally Swallows Greenway
It's been almost a year since we first reported on a sinkhole eating away at the Hudson River Greenway just north of 181st Street. The Parks Department added barricades, an old board, and finally filled it with gravel last month while it figured out "a long-term solution."
May 7, 2014