Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Open Streets

Note the lack of black bags. Rendering: Center for Zero Waste Design

Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street Could Be Model for Trash Containerization: Report

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 28, 2023 | No Comments

The Vanderbilt Avenue open street in Brooklyn could become a blueprint for how the city can finally containerize its trash for collection, a new analysis reveals.

Mayor Adams at his state of the city address on Thursday. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office (with additions made by the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk)

ANALYSIS: The Mayor’s State of the City: Something For Everyone (But Not Enough)

By Streetsblog | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments

Mayor Adams's State of the City address offered a number of initiatives that will be received warmly by livable streets activists, including a spate of public space redesigns, a package of bills to hold reckless drivers accountable and a proposal to reduce emissions from taxis.

Families enjoy the W. 22nd Open Street in Chelsea. Photo: Melodie Bryant

Community Board 4 Wants Shared Street on W. 22nd — And Continued Open Street in the Meantime

By Kevin Duggan | Jan 5, 2023 | No Comments

A Manhattan community board wants the city to turn the embattled W. 22nd open street into a permanent shared street — the latest twist in a saga that has seen the popular play street under fire from a small group of opponents.

Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn is a successful open street — the kind of thing that a public realm czar would love. File photo: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

NEW NEW YORK: Mayor Adams Will Create a ‘Public Realm Czar’

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 15, 2022 | No Comments

The new public space czar would become the central node to oversee the different agencies that affect all public realm policies and projects, including the departments of Transportation, Parks, and Sanitation.

Daniel and his son Jules enjoying Fifth Avenue. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Take the Fifth: Pedestrians Revel on Open Street Near Rockefeller Center Tree

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 5, 2022 | No Comments

New York just got more room to celebrate the holidays this year — well, only on Sundays.

W. 22nd Open Street Opponents Scale Up Backlash As City Plans Longer-term Traffic Calming

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 4, 2022 | No Comments

The city is considering long-term traffic-calming — without barriers — on W. 22nd Street as a handful of residents is trying to kill the open street outright.

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