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Greenway Report: These 6 Bike Paths Are in Unacceptable, Incomprehensible, Outrageous Disrepair
Hey NYC Parks, these city greenways desperately need some TLC.
September 15, 2023
Too Green: City Neglects Overgrown Bike Paths
There’s too much green on these greenways.
August 17, 2023
PATCH-GATE: Parks Fences Off NYC Greenway Sinkhole After Failed Million-Dollar Fix
The Parks Department patched up the troubled section just north of the greenway's West 181st Street entrance in Washington Heights late last year, as part of a $1.2 million, two-month project.
July 18, 2023
Underfunded Parks Dept. Should Offload Greenway Maintenance to DOT, Advocates Say
As the city begins to grow its greenway system, advocates are pushing City Hall to get the right agencies in charge of the right aspects of the current and future network.
July 10, 2023
SEE IT: Cops Nearly Kill Teen on Moped on Brooklyn Greenway
The NYPD has a history of officers recklessly using their vehicles in chases. On Wednesday, its officers almost killed a moped rider.
June 9, 2023
Ocean Parkway Bike Lane Fixes Finally Begin After Years of Delays
Repairs have finally started on the busted-up bike lane.
May 4, 2023
20-20 Vision Zero: Mayor Adams Wants to Create a Harlem River Greenway
Mayor Adams wants to build a seven-mile greenway along the Harlem River in the Bronx, turning the borough's wasteland western waterfront into a safe route for Boogie Down bicyclists and pedestrians from Van Cortlandt Park to Randalls Island.
March 22, 2023
EYES ON THE STREET: Ocean Parkway Remains A Cracked Ruin As Parks Dept. Delays
The Ocean Parkway bike lane is worse than it's ever been, and cycling advocates are fed up.
December 16, 2022
Council Wants to Speed Up Parks Projects (Like Those Much-Delayed Greenways!)
The department has been a poor steward of its bike infrastructure that provide crucial links in the city's cycling network — like Ocean Parkway. And Council Member Shekar Krishnan wants to change that.
December 8, 2022
City to Install Protected Bike Lane Beneath Inwood’s Elevated Subway — in 2027
Well, here's one reason to hope Mayor Adams gets a second term.
November 17, 2022