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Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the roadway drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians.
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the roadway drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians.
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
UPDATE: DOT told us that they treated pathway on Tuesday night, but it iced over again. The agency cleared the pathway again on Wednesday and sent over photos of the completed work. Here's one of them:
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
UPDATE: DOT told us that they treated pathway on Tuesday night, but it iced over again. The agency cleared the pathway again on Wednesday and sent over photos of the completed work. Here's one of them:
Everyone wish congestion pricing a happy birthday!
January 5, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Everyone wish congestion pricing a happy birthday!
Mayor Mamdani name checked Jimmy Battaglia, who was killed on McGuinness in the 50s.
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Mayor Mamdani name checked Jimmy Battaglia, who was killed on McGuinness in the 50s.
We’re waiting for the mayor at the McGuinness press conference. Meanwhile, DOT commissioner Mike Flynn has been handed, and put on, a make McGuinness safe — support which we never saw from the Adams administration.
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
We’re waiting for the mayor at the McGuinness press conference. Meanwhile, DOT commissioner Mike Flynn has been handed, and put on, a make McGuinness safe — support which we never saw from the Adams administration.
Here's how the NYC Department of Transportation will be different under Mayor Mamdani, according to new commissioner Mike Flynn.
January 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Here's how the NYC Department of Transportation will be different under Mayor Mamdani, according to new commissioner Mike Flynn.
We’re getting in on the Fake Placard game here at Streetsblog — because if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!
Donors to our end-of-year fundraising campaign can get this gift of parking impunity by giving here: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/g...
Donors to our end-of-year fundraising campaign can get this gift of parking impunity by giving here: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/g...
December 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We’re getting in on the Fake Placard game here at Streetsblog — because if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!
Donors to our end-of-year fundraising campaign can get this gift of parking impunity by giving here: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/g...
Donors to our end-of-year fundraising campaign can get this gift of parking impunity by giving here: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/g...
Next year's NY State legislative session doesn't start until, well, next year — but our Albany Bureau Chief Austin Jefferson is already covering the latest rumblings up in the capital.
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Next year's NY State legislative session doesn't start until, well, next year — but our Albany Bureau Chief Austin Jefferson is already covering the latest rumblings up in the capital.
In their suit, bike lane opponents argued that the project would "jeopardize" the safety of cyclists and "increase the likelihood of injuries" to pedestrians — despite city data and mounds of research showing protected bike lanes do the exact opposite. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/q...
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In their suit, bike lane opponents argued that the project would "jeopardize" the safety of cyclists and "increase the likelihood of injuries" to pedestrians — despite city data and mounds of research showing protected bike lanes do the exact opposite. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/q...
Here's the clip from today's NYC DOT "State of the Agency"
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Here's the clip from today's NYC DOT "State of the Agency"
Speed bumps probably wouldn't have stopped last week's violent car street takeover in Vickie Paladino's Northeast Queens district.
But something needs to be done about the wide open intersections that invite reckless driving in neighborhoods all over the city. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/s...
But something needs to be done about the wide open intersections that invite reckless driving in neighborhoods all over the city. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/s...
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Speed bumps probably wouldn't have stopped last week's violent car street takeover in Vickie Paladino's Northeast Queens district.
But something needs to be done about the wide open intersections that invite reckless driving in neighborhoods all over the city. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/s...
But something needs to be done about the wide open intersections that invite reckless driving in neighborhoods all over the city. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/s...
It's too damn expensive to ride a Citi Bike. buff.ly/cZCvWJq
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's too damn expensive to ride a Citi Bike. buff.ly/cZCvWJq
For the close-to-last-minute voters among us, here's Streetsblog's 2025 election coverage roundup 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For the close-to-last-minute voters among us, here's Streetsblog's 2025 election coverage roundup 🧵
SEE IT: Queens Council Member Vickie Paladino's son curses out District 19 opponent Ben Chou's volunteers — and got 16 speeding tickets this year alone!
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
SEE IT: Queens Council Member Vickie Paladino's son curses out District 19 opponent Ben Chou's volunteers — and got 16 speeding tickets this year alone!
no @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social were harmed in the making of this video
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
no @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social were harmed in the making of this video
The same car that ICE agents got into earlier on Canal and Church exited the cordoned off area around 26 Federal Plaza.
Despite NYPD's major efforts to crack down on license plate covers and other ghost cars, they didn't care when one drove right in front of their eyes.
Despite NYPD's major efforts to crack down on license plate covers and other ghost cars, they didn't care when one drove right in front of their eyes.
October 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The same car that ICE agents got into earlier on Canal and Church exited the cordoned off area around 26 Federal Plaza.
Despite NYPD's major efforts to crack down on license plate covers and other ghost cars, they didn't care when one drove right in front of their eyes.
Despite NYPD's major efforts to crack down on license plate covers and other ghost cars, they didn't care when one drove right in front of their eyes.
You think the NYPD's going to go after this illegal plate cover?
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You think the NYPD's going to go after this illegal plate cover?
Seen on Canal and Church
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seen on Canal and Church
You heard Attorney General Tish James: Read about it on Streetsblog! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/16/j...
October 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You heard Attorney General Tish James: Read about it on Streetsblog! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/16/j...
Bullshit comments like this won't make America's roads, buses and trains safer by perpetuating distorted, racist myths about why our transportation system is so deadly.
September 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Bullshit comments like this won't make America's roads, buses and trains safer by perpetuating distorted, racist myths about why our transportation system is so deadly.
mets win, post sean manaea on the 7 train
September 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
mets win, post sean manaea on the 7 train
We said this was going to happen, but Mayor Adams didn't care: Cyclists are being forced into dangerous traffic by all of the double parking on three blocks of Bedford Avenue where the mayor ripped out a protected bike lane.
September 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We said this was going to happen, but Mayor Adams didn't care: Cyclists are being forced into dangerous traffic by all of the double parking on three blocks of Bedford Avenue where the mayor ripped out a protected bike lane.
Advocates held Monday's rally in Greenpoint at the intersection where the McGuinness Blvd. road diet ends — hoping to make the roadway a symbol for making the streets safer for people, not bowing to big businesses. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/25/m...
August 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Advocates held Monday's rally in Greenpoint at the intersection where the McGuinness Blvd. road diet ends — hoping to make the roadway a symbol for making the streets safer for people, not bowing to big businesses. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/25/m...
"I stopped biking on 31st Street and I started biking on 35th Street because of the fact that I did not want to jeopardize my life each and every day," said @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/25/m...
August 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"I stopped biking on 31st Street and I started biking on 35th Street because of the fact that I did not want to jeopardize my life each and every day," said @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/25/m...