Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

These two derelict RVs have been parked in front of 551 W. 178th St. for a long time — the one on the left apparently since 2016, locals have complained. Photo: Eve Kessler

UPDATED: EYES ON THE STREET: Dereliction of Duty in the Heights and Inwood

By Eve Kessler | Mar 14, 2022 | No Comments

How many trashed cars, vans and RVs can uptown neighborhoods take? DSNY and NYPD are inflicting an unnatural experiment on two low-income, Latino areas.

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 Hudson River Greenway above the George Washington Bridge, looking south. Photo: Eve Kessler

State Would ‘Review’ Request for Safe Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Detour — But Parks Dept. Won’t Make One

By Eve Kessler | Jul 2, 2021 | No Comments

"Unfortunately, NYC Parks has been spectacularly underwhelming when it comes to arranging detours for the greenway paths it maintains," said one activist.

The so-called dead end path below the Hudson River Greenway south of Dyckman Street would no longer be a dead end if the city could use federal money to connect it to the existing greenway. Photo: Eve Kessler

Manhattan Panel Backs Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Lane

By Eve Kessler | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments

Getting to the Empire State Trail from the Hudson River Greenway is quite the climb! Could a bike lane be the answer — and to a greenway closure, too?

Many New Yorkers like these commuters are exposing themselves to the virus because they cant afford to work from home. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Op-Ed: When Self-Quarantine Is a Privilege

By Ydanis Rodriguez | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments

Poor New Yorkers can't work from home to protect themselves from COVID-19. The city will be judged by how it responds to the most needy.

Earlier this year, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill appeared rattled when repeatedly questioned about an officer who used deadly force with his squad car to stop a cyclist (that's his replacement, Dermot Shea, to the Commish's left). Photo: Mayor's Office

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Tuesday’s Headlines: So Long, Commissioner, We Hardly Knew Ye Edition

By Streetsblog | Nov 5, 2019 | No Comments

James O'Neill quits the NYPD, but we'll have to wait and see if Commissioner Dermot Shea will continue the NYPD's pro-car agenda. That and the rest of the day's news by clicking the headline above!

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