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Eyes on the Street: Driver Goes Wheels-Up Outside Inwood School
Via Shannon Park (@GothamGoddess), this was the scene on Park Terrace West at Isham Street in Inwood this morning. Hard to tell how the driver of the SUV managed to mount a parked livery cab, but we do know a few things.
March 20, 2012
Eyes on the Street: More Bike Cops? More Bike Cops!
Here's another shot of the NYPD bike corps in glorious action. Our tipster says this driver was nabbed after running a red on Ninth Avenue near 34th Street.
March 8, 2012
Eyes on the Street: NYPD Bike Patrol Takes Care of Business
Submitted by Streetsblog reader Hilda, this was the scene at Eighth Avenue near West 44th Street this morning. Writes Hilda: "And I will note that the cop on the bike HAD TO LEAVE THE BIKE LANE to go around the cab before pulling out his ticket book."
March 7, 2012
Eyes On The Street: Cyclists Ticketing Cyclists
Via Bowery Boogie, two photos of bike-riding NYPD officers writing up two other cyclists for running red lights at the corner of Bowery and Delancey.
February 23, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Next-Gen No Standing Signs in Inwood
The city recently replaced four parking spots at Park Terrace West and W. 218th Street, in Inwood, with a no standing zone. The 34th Precinct reportedly requested the change to give drivers exiting Park Terrace West, a northbound one-way street, a better view of east-west traffic on 218th.
February 6, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Bus Stop Ravaged By Curb-Jumping Motorist
In what's starting to be an annual tradition, Streetsblog's first reader-submitted photo of 2012 shows a bus stop pole brought low by the impact of a motor vehicle. 2011 got off to a similar start.
January 3, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Curb-Jumping Cab Driver Hits Pedestrians on UWS
Streetsblog reader Liz Patek sent in these photos of the aftermath of a Tuesday afternoon crash at 68th Street and Broadway, in front of the Loews Lincoln Square movie theater. Liz writes:
December 21, 2011
Eyes on the Street: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
A few weeks ago muni-meters began popping up on the streets of Inwood. Naturally, this made me wonder if the city had considered turning the neighborhood's defunct coin-op meters into bike racks.
December 1, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Washington Heights Gets Safe Greenway Connection
Two months after winning support from Manhattan Community Board 12, a safer connection to the Hudson River Greenway is now in place at 181st Street.
November 28, 2011