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Eyes on the Street: Gabbing on Garfield Street, After the Parade
Thought you might enjoy this street scene from Garfield Place yesterday afternoon, sent by reader Jeff Prant. The Park Slope St. Patrick's Day Parade had passed through earlier in the day, leaving in its wake some neighborly conversation. I'm guessing Donald Appleyard would have liked this picture.
March 21, 2011
Eyes on the Street: NYPD Cruiser Rammed in Park Slope
Courtesy of reader Joanna Oltman Smith, this was the scene in Park Slope this morning, hours after a collision between a speeding driver and NYPD officers on Fifth Avenue between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Details from the Brooklyn Paper:
March 15, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Media Envy in DC
In Washington for the National Bike Summit, Clarence Eckerson snapped a shot of this ad for the capital's NBC affiliate and its reporter Joe Krebs (described in his bio as "an avid swimmer and cyclist").
March 9, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Negotiating Lafayette and Broome Sans Traffic Controls
Some utility work apparently knocked out the traffic controls at the intersection of Lafayette and Broome this afternoon. No traffic signals, no pedestrian signals, no traffic agent telling people what to do. I had to stop and watch for a few minutes.
March 2, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Wrong Way
I'm really into this signage, spotted by Flickr user c34 on Broadway at 18th Street. I think the bike symbol should be bigger, but in general, NYC should have more of these. What's your take?
February 25, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Breakfast in the Bike Lane
The sun rose in the east today. In other news, a cycling Streetsblog reader found her path to work impeded by New York's Finest.
February 16, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Queens Crossing Guards Improvise Street Safety Fixes
While Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is out to tear up pedestrian refuges on a dangerous stretch of Fort Hamilton Parkway, over in Queens, local street safety experts are improvising their own traffic-calming measures. Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson took these pictures of crossing guards using cones as makeshift safety improvements outside two Jackson Heights schools.
January 11, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Upper Manhattan Gets First Taste of Protected Cycling
DOT's planned safety improvements for the intersection of St. Nicholas and Amsterdam Avenues are currently being installed, as shown in pictures snapped by Streetsblog reader BicyclesOnly. Major features include shorter crosswalks, additional pedestrian space, and Upper Manhattan's first segment of physically-protected bike lane.
December 8, 2010
Eyes on the Street: A Bike-Friendly Approach to the Q’Boro
We've got another highlight from 2010 construction season to share with you. A two-way, protected approach to the Queens side of the Queensboro Bridge bike-ped path has been paved, striped and open for business since the end of October.
November 12, 2010