Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Parks & Recreation

The current "shared path" is too narrow, too steep and doesn't really keep pedestrians and cyclists apart — which was the whole point of diverting cyclists from the Hudson River Greenway between 72nd and 83rd streets. Photo: Streetsblog

No Big Changes Coming to Dangerous Riverside Park Bike ‘Detour’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 22, 2019 | 3 Comments

Cyclists think the Parks Department is not taking safety concerns seriously along a hastily built, steep, dark, root-damaged detour from the Hudson River Greenway that was installed to separate pedestrians from cyclists along the much-used river route.

The ghost bike for Robert Sommer in Marine Park. Don't look for it now. The Parks Department removed it. Photo: Sommer family

Parks Department ‘Ghosts’ Memorial For Slain Marine Park Cyclist [UPDATED]

By Dave Colon and Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 11, 2019 | 7 Comments

"Here we are today unable to understand what I can only describe as the equivalent of grave robbery," a relative said.

In recent years, Hudson River Greenway users have been forced to dismount their bikes during Fleet Week. But the city should designate a lane of the West Side Highway just for cyclists like it did back in 2003.

Cyclists Deserve Their Own Lane During Fleet Week, Like They Had in 2003

By Julianne Cuba | May 23, 2019 | 13 Comments

It’s simple: close a lane of car travel on the West Side Highway.

Hundreds rallied in March for the city to make good on its promise to close all of 78th Street in Jackson Heights to car traffic. A car dealership on the block has gotten around that pledge. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Council Member Dromm to DOT Commish: Build Full Travers Park or Betray Vision Zero

By Julianne Cuba and David Meyer | May 11, 2019 | 9 Comments

Jackson Heights Council Member Daniel Dromm unleashed hell on Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg on Friday because of the de Blasio administration’s apparent capitulation to a politically connected car-dealership.

A FedEx truck drives on the sidewalk right next to the park on St. Mark's Avenue.

Scott Stringer Channels Robert F. Kennedy in Vision for Mid-Block Playgrounds

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 29, 2019 | 3 Comments

A back-to-the-future plan to turn through streets into cul-de-sacs with playgrounds in the middle (and FedEx on the sidewalk).

An overflow crowd came out on Monday night to plan a strategy for getting the city to make good on its promise to turn 78th Street in Jackson Heights into a park. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

City Officials Were a No-Show At Monday Night’s Massive Jackson Heights Town Hall

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 16, 2019 | 9 Comments

The plan was to remove cars from a single block. Then a car dealership demanded some of the public space. Now city officials aren't talking.

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