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Add This Sinkhole to the List of Indignities East River Greenway Users Have to Deal With
People biking and walking on the East River Greenway have been dealing with a widening sinkhole for weeks as DOT ignored calls to fix it.
July 21, 2017
De Blasio Announces Funding to Fill 8-Block Stretch of East River Greenway Gap
De Blasio’s revised Fiscal Year 2018 budget, set to be unveiled tomorrow, will dedicate $100 million in capital construction funds to build a walking and biking path between 61st Street and 53rd Street, narrowing the East River Greenway gap in Midtown to 12 blocks.
April 25, 2017
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Greenway Cyclist Gets 1 to 4 Years
The hit-and-run driver who killed cyclist Olga Cook on the Hudson River Greenway is going to jail. On the evening of June 11, 2016, Samuel Silva hit Cook with a Ford pickup truck as he turned right from West Street onto Chambers Street. Cook, 30, was knocked to the ground and sustained fatal head and body trauma.
March 10, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Why Bike Lanes Need Protection
Why is it so important for bike lanes to have physical separation from traffic? Because without it, you never know when a two-ton metal box is going to fly across your path.
February 8, 2017
Ritchie Torres Secures $12.3 Million for Bronx River Greenway Link
The project will fill in a missing link in the Bronx River Greenway between Starlight Park and Bronx River Park, while creating safer crossings at three complex intersections.
January 12, 2017
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Coming to Life on West Street
A two-way protected bike lane is taking shape on seven blocks of West Street in Greenpoint, one of 23 segments that will eventually comprise the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.
January 5, 2017
NYPD Forced Cyclists Off Greenway and Onto West Side Highway at Rush Hour
For four and a half hours last night, NYPD shut off bike access to the Hudson River Greenway between 44th Street and 55th Street, a major bike transportation artery used by several thousand people each day.
September 8, 2016
DOT Caves on Marine Park Bike Lane, Will Remove Protection
A new protected bike lane segment on East 38th Street in Marine Park won't be protected much longer. Even though the new layout provides a similar width for parking and driving as other residential streets in the area, DOT has caved to pressure from local residents who want to go back to having a short stretch of wide-open asphalt.
August 17, 2016
Battery Park City Bans Bicycling on Esplanade By North Cove Marina
The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), the state agency that manages the Lower Manhattan neighborhood, has posted "cyclist dismount" signs around the North Cove Marina plaza, a key connection along the waterfront.
August 17, 2016
New Riverside Park Master Plan May Send Greenway Cyclists on Hilly Detours
The waterfront greenway in Riverside Park is one of New York's most popular places to bike and walk. During the summer, it can get crowded -- so crowded that the Parks Department is proposing new detour routes to divert cyclists away from the waterfront path. Those routes are hillier and poorly lit, however, and advocates are worried that the department will compel cyclists to use them at all times.
June 29, 2016