Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Currently, Second Avenue by the Queensboro Bridge is extremely intimidating for people on bikes. Photo: DOT

First Look at DOT’s Plan for the Second Avenue Bike Lane By the QBoro Bridge

By David Meyer | Jul 5, 2018 | 15 Comments

One of the scariest stretches in the Manhattan bike network - the gap in the Second Avenue bike lane approaching the Queensboro Bridge - is in line for safety improvements from NYC DOT.

Without anything to keep cars out, the Midtown section of the Second Avenue bike lane often looks like this during rush hour. Photo: Macartney Morris

Tonight: See DOT’s Plan for the Second Avenue Bike Lane Approaching the QBoro

By David Meyer | Jul 2, 2018 | 9 Comments

The DOT design is expected to include parking protection, but not during rush hour, when cyclists need it most.

Painted markings for 26th Street's forthcoming protected bike lane adjacent to the memorial bike for Dan Hanegby, killed biking there last June. Photo: Twitter/Jeff Novich

Eyes on the Street: Start the Countdown for Midtown’s Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2018 | 9 Comments

DOT crews were out installing preliminary markings on 26th Street today.

Gregg Baker sustained a broken clavicle, two broken ribs, and a collapsed lung when an unidentified man knocked him off his bike in the Eighth Avenue bike lane on May 14.

Eighth Avenue’s Narrow Sidewalks Land a Cyclist in the Hospital

By David Meyer | May 30, 2018 | 42 Comments

With six lanes for traffic and parking but only a narrow band for the much larger number of people on foot, it was only a matter of time before tensions boiled over.

Why Does 8th Avenue Have 6 Lanes for Cars While People Are Crammed in the Margins?

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2018 | 22 Comments

Clarence Eckerson and Mark Gorton are back in Midtown, where sidewalks are too narrow to accommodate pedestrian traffic.

The Penn Station Pedestrian Crush Is as Chaotic and Dangerous as Ever

By Brad Aaron | May 10, 2018 | 5 Comments

A DOT project announced a year ago to widen Seventh Avenue sidewalks from 42nd Street to 34th Street has not materialized.

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