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The New Plan to Connect Downtown Brooklyn to Its Waterfront
Starting in the 1930s, entire city blocks in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, and DUMBO were razed for expressways and parks. Today, this jumble of on-ramps and disconnected green space separates Brooklyn's waterfront from its downtown core. A new public-private initiative, called "The Brooklyn Strand," seeks to knit these disjointed areas back together.
March 18, 2015
Hudson Square Plaza Revamp Leaves Shared Space Street for Another Day
A plan to convert a two-block street on the border of Soho and Hudson Square into shared space is going to sit on the shelf -- for now.
February 6, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Un-Plowed Bikeway on Parks Department Turf
Most of NYC's bridge paths and protected bikeways seem to have been cleared well in the aftermath of this week's snowstorm, judging by the lack of snowed-in bike lane photos in the Streetsblog inbox.
January 29, 2015
70th Precinct Fines People for Choosing a Safe Place to Walk or Bike at Night
Brooklynites are asking the city to stop penalizing people for walking and biking on a park path that lets them avoid dangerous traffic on a nearby street.
November 13, 2014
Julissa Ferreras Joins Corona Residents in Planning for a Safer 111th Street
Residents and community groups in Corona are working to tame traffic on an extra-wide street that separates their neighborhood from the largest park in Queens. They're backed by a council member who, in addition to putting aside funds for the project, is asking the city to bring bike lanes and traffic calming to the rest of her district.
November 10, 2014
Momentum Builds for Car-Free Trials in Central Park and Prospect Park
The very first Streetfilm was released 10 years ago, for a campaign that's on the verge of a major milestone today.
October 9, 2014
Bronx Advocates Push for New Pedestrian Plaza in Soundview
Near the intersection of Morrison and Westchester Avenues in Soundview, just a block from the Bronx River Parkway, one block separates a forlorn green triangle from Parque de Los Niños and its well-used benches and baseball diamonds. Now, a local group is hoping to phase in public space upgrades to the area through DOT's plaza program. The first step received support from Community Board 9 last month.
July 15, 2014
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