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Hudson River Greenway Detour, Set to End This Week, Extended Until March
Since May, Hudson River Greenway users have been detoured from the waterside route between 133rd and 135th Streets to 12th Avenue, which is often full of trucks unloading at the Fairway supermarket. The closure, which signs on the greenway said would end at the end of last month, has been extended through the end of February without explanation.
December 5, 2013
City Lays an Old Board Over Upper Manhattan Greenway Pit
The Parks Department doesn't know when a hole that opened up two months ago on the Hudson River Greenway will be repaired.
August 7, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Hole in the Hudson River Greenway in Washington Heights
A tipster sent us photos of what looks like a sinkhole in the Hudson River Greenway just north of 181st Street, in Washington Heights. These shots were taken Sunday morning.
June 17, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Watch Drivers on 158th Street Run Reds With Impunity
Drivers going to and from the Henry Hudson Parkway at 158th Street pass a traffic signal at a crosswalk that cyclists and pedestrians use to access the Hudson River Greenway. The light flashes yellow until a crosswalk user requests a signal, at which point it turns red and drivers must stop at the crosswalk.
June 7, 2013
Parks Department Detours Hudson River Greenway in Harlem Until December
The Hudson River Greenway between 133rd Street and 135th Street in West Harlem is closed until December, with users instructed to use 12th Avenue as a detour during the greenway's busiest warm-weather months.
May 14, 2013
Car-Free Parks? Not During This Hudson River Greenway Drive-In Picnic
New York City's parks are supposed to be a respite from the noise and stress of the city. It seems a few people haven't got the message -- and are using the Hudson River Greenway bicycle and pedestrian path as their personal driveway to the Upper Manhattan waterfront.
May 1, 2013
NYPD Ticketing Cyclists for Late-Night Hudson River Greenway Commutes
NYPD is ticketing cyclists riding on the Hudson River Greenway after 1:00 a.m., which is the Parks Department's citywide closing time, according to a reader who was stopped by police on the greenway last night.
April 12, 2013
Let There Be Light: Notorious Dark Patch of West Side Greenway Gets Bright
New lights appeared earlier this week on the Hudson River Greenway between 59th and 72nd Streets, on a notoriously dark stretch beneath an elevated section of the West Side Highway.
March 1, 2013
Hudson River Park Trust’s Pier 57 Will Add to Car/Bike Greenway Conflicts
A plan from the Hudson River Park Trust to transform Pier 57 into a retail and food market will add 75 parking spaces and a two-lane driveway to the park between 17th and 14th Streets, creating new points of conflict where people biking on the Hudson River Greenway will have to contend with cars crossing the path.
January 29, 2013
The Problem With Managing the West Side Greenway as a Park, Not a Street
New Yorkers looking to get somewhere on the city-owned portion of the Hudson River Greenway yesterday were blocked by barricades like this one. Along with the rest of the city park system, the greenway was officially closed from noon Wednesday until Friday morning, a precaution the Parks Department took to guard against the risk of falling trees caused by this week's Nor'easter.
November 9, 2012