Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

Pavement is badly cracked along parts of Ocean Parkway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Ocean Parkway Bike Path Repairs Delayed (Again!) Until Spring 2023

By Dave Colon | Dec 3, 2021 | No Comments

Strap in for another year of bumpy rides.

The state DOT thinks you have enough room on the Hudson River Greenway. File photo: David Meyer

OPINION: New Mayor Must Champion Safety of West Side Greenway

By Danny Pearlstein | Jul 8, 2021 | No Comments

City and state agencies have failed to work together, mismanaging the Hudson River bike/ped path.

The Hudson River Greenway above the George Washington Bridge, looking south. Photo: Eve Kessler

State Would ‘Review’ Request for Safe Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Detour — But Parks Dept. Won’t Make One

By Eve Kessler | Jul 2, 2021 | No Comments

"Unfortunately, NYC Parks has been spectacularly underwhelming when it comes to arranging detours for the greenway paths it maintains," said one activist.

The blocked bike lane. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk

EYES ON THE STREET: City Destroys Brooklyn Greenway During Unrelated Construction Project

By Henry Beers Shenk | Jun 17, 2021 | No Comments

A segment of the Brooklyn Greenway in Red Hook is now out of commission because of an unrelated construction project happening on top of it — and the detour provided for bikers creates much more danger than it eliminates.

Biking on the so-called dead end path below the Hudson River Greenway south of Dyckman Street. A more than mile long section of the Hudson River Greenway will be closed for repairs starting at the end of the year. Connecting the dead-end path to the Little Red Lighthouse below the GWB could provide an alternative route, activists say. Photo: Eve Kessler

Manhattan Panel Backs Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Lane

By Eve Kessler | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments

Getting to the Empire State Trail from the Hudson River Greenway is quite the climb! Could a bike lane be the answer — and to a greenway closure, too?

A little-known path through Fort Washington Park in Upper Manhattan (see red line) lets cyclists using the Hudson River Greenway avoid hilly terrain around the George Washington Bridge. Image: Google

Eyes on the Street: An Abandoned Greenway Annex Beckons Bike Commuters

By Ed Ravin | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

A decrepit path through Fort Washington Park could act as an alternative route for those seeking to avoid hills. Of course, the city would have to fix it.

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