Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sidewalks

What pedestrians must wade through many nights. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small

By Eve Kessler | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.

Mayor Adams pointed to the new trash enclosures installed by the Times Square Alliance under the Clean Curbs program at press conference on Wednesday. Photo: Mayor's Office

City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?

A lane and the sidewalk are closed for repairs on the southbound side of the Broadway Bridge in upper Manhattan. Photo: Eve Kessler

Eyes on the Street: The Broadway Bridge Construction is a Clusterf—k

By Eve Kessler | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

Long-term unsafe conditions will continue on the Broadway Bridge spanning the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Inwood and Marble Hill as the city rehabs the key Harlem River crossing.

The city's open streets for restaurants have proved to be a lifeline. And, like Peaches in Brooklyn, the streeteries can be beautiful.

OPINION: Streetside Dining Is the Future — And Here’s How To Do It Right

By Robert Bookman | Aug 10, 2021 | No Comments

The Open Restaurants program, founded during the pandemic, deserves to be a permanent part of the cityscape. Here are some common-sense steps.

OPINION: Sorting Out Space for Pedestrians and Cyclists

By Michael King | Jul 16, 2021 | No Comments

What the next mayor can do for safety. (Hint: widen sidewalks at the expense of car lanes.)

This is how most New Yorkers experience the sidewalk: squeezed between trash and building lines. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

SURVEY SAYS: West Side Sidewalks are Unsafe and Unclear — And the City Must Act

By Fiifi Frimpong | May 28, 2021 | No Comments

New York's sidewalks are chopped up and dirty — and Hells Kitchen and Chelsea residents continue their fight to change that.

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