Bicycling

Stim Funds to Kickstart South Bronx Greenway

We've got a few more details about another local ped-bike project getting a lift from stimulus cash. The street improvements announced for Hunts Point and Port Morris in the Bronx will fund the first three sections of the South Bronx Greenway. This project has been years in the works. When complete, it will bring 11 miles of pedestrian and bicycle paths to neighborhoods where places to play and bike are scarce, and where childhood asthma and obesity rates run high.

By Ben Fried

3:50 PM EDT on April 3, 2009

The Lafayette Avenue section of the South Bronx Greenway. Before/after: Sustainable South Bronx.

We’ve got a few more details about another local ped-bike project getting a lift from stimulus cash. The street improvements announced for Hunts Point and Port Morris in the Bronx will fund the first three sections of the South Bronx Greenway. This project has been years in the works. When complete, it will bring 11 miles of pedestrian and bicycle paths to neighborhoods where places to play and bike are scarce, and where childhood asthma and obesity rates run high.

“This is extremely helpful moving these projects forward in a time of fiscal crisis,” said Miquela Craytor, director of Sustainable South Bronx, which has been instrumental in shaping the project and shepherding its progress. “It’s a big win for South Bronx communities that have been underserved for so long.”

The three segments include Lafayette Avenue, a connection to Randall’s Island, and access to Hunts Point Landing. The Sustainable South Bronx web site has a handy map of the full project [PDF].

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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