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Eyes on the Street: New Bike Channel on Inwood Hill Park Rail Bridge
Reader Kimberly Kinchen tweeted this photo of a new bike channel on the stairs of the bridge over train tracks that separate Dyckman Fields, on the Hudson River, from the rest of Inwood Hill Park, to the east.
July 7, 2014
Parks Department Repairs Hudson River Greenway Sinkhole
Happy Bike to Work Day: The Parks Department has repaired the Hudson River Greenway sinkhole.
May 16, 2014
Parks Dept. Promises Fix After Year-Old Sinkhole Finally Swallows Greenway
It's been almost a year since we first reported on a sinkhole eating away at the Hudson River Greenway just north of 181st Street. The Parks Department added barricades, an old board, and finally filled it with gravel last month while it figured out "a long-term solution."
May 7, 2014
Feds Reject All Three NYC Applications for Latest Round of TIGER Grants
This morning, U.S. DOT announced the winners in the latest round of its highly-competitive TIGER grant program. While upstate New York won grants for two projects -- a highway teardown in Rochester and a complete streets project in Olean -- New York City missed out, with applications for ferry improvements, a greenway connection in the Bronx, and the redesign of a busy intersection in Downtown Brooklyn failing to make the cut.
September 5, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Traffic Calming, 20 MPH Zone at Williamsbridge Oval
Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem isn't the only green space receiving traffic calming improvements this summer. In the Bronx, Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval waged a fight with DOT to get crosswalks and pedestrian space near their park in the Norwood neighborhood. Now, a plan [PDF] presented to Community Board 7 this spring has been implemented.
August 23, 2013
After Long Wait, Bronx Park Slated for DOT Ped Fixes, 20 MPH Speed Limit
Since 2009, Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval and Bronx Community Board 7 have been asking DOT to improve pedestrian safety and access to the Norwood neighborhood's central public space. Most intersections surrounding the park don't have crosswalks, and sections of the road surrounding the park are also missing sidewalks. Now, after years of requests from neighbors, DOT has proposed changes that would make it safer to get to the park.
April 23, 2013
Enthusiasm Builds for Slow Zone as DOT Stonewalls on Bronx Park Safety Fix
Residents of the Bronx's Norwood section have long dealt with missing sidewalks and crosswalks on the street encircling Williamsbridge Oval Park, the neighborhood's central green space. After getting stonewalled by DOT's Bronx Borough Office, neighborhood leaders are now hoping a Slow Zone application will get DOT to take action.
January 30, 2013
Proposal for New Park Near Lincoln Tunnel Endorsed by CB 4
A community-driven proposal to create a new public space on a street near the Lincoln Tunnel was endorsed by Manhattan Community Board 4 Wednesday.
January 3, 2013
How Will Soccer Fans Get to Proposed MLS Stadium in Queens?
A proposed Major League Soccer stadium in the middle of Queens’ largest park might have some cheerleaders in Albany, but lots of questions must be answered before the first game can be played. Perhaps the biggest issue is the stadium's transportation plan, the details of which -- those that have been made public, at least -- differ from what neighborhood advocates say MLS is telling them.
September 20, 2012
Bronx Park Group Presses DOT for Commitment to Ped Safety Fixes
In the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx, there are no crosswalks connecting to the central public space, Williamsbridge Oval Park. Much of the street that surrounds the park even lacks sidewalks. Fed up with what they say is inaction from DOT's Bronx office, local residents are now appealing to the top with a letter to Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan [PDF].
August 28, 2012