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Category Archives: 9th Avenue Renaissance
Street Seats and More arrive in South Hell’s Kitchen
The Hudson Yards / Hell’s Kitchen Alliance continues its steady stream of improvements in the District. Street Seats were installed on 37th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues. Such public seating is located in the parking lane and thus does not take any pedestrian space. It is funded by DOT but the business provides maintenance. With [...]
City Council wants Better Sidewalks – We do too
On the 23rd of June, the City Council Transportation Committee held a hearing on a bill, intended to bring some semblance of order to the chaos of news racks on the sidewalks . DOT, Business Improvement Districts and Civic groups like CIVITAS supported the bill, while it independent press groups who use the racks for [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged furniture, pedestrian
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Canoe Plaza Inauguration
A big improvement was added to the Canoe plaza, at 36th sTreet between 9/Dyer Avenues with 6 tables and 5 umbrellas and the jersey barricade was moved to create further pedestrian space . Council Member Johnson granted the funds to the Hudson Yards/Hell’s Kitchen Alliance, who maintains the Canoe
The Table, Chairs and umbrellas made the [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, Clean Air, Greening, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged furniture, park-plaza, Street Design
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10 Years of fights and successes for safer streets
CHEKPEDS was founded in September 2005. With a bit of delay, we are taking time to reflect on the last 10 years, the joys, the frustrations and overall the great progress YOU have accomplished with us and the help of untold number of partners . We are incredibly grateful for your advocacy and activism.
There is [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Greening, Noise, pedestrian, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice, Transit
Tagged bicycles, buses, crashes, furniture, MTA, NYPD, PANYNJ, parking, pedestrian, safety
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6 WALKIE Awards given for Commitment to Pedestrian Safety
Against a backdrop calling for Safety, about 80 people gathered this month at the Laurie Beechman Theater to honor the recipients of the first WALKIE awards.
Jordan Baker-Caldwell a New York City native and Hell’s Kitchen resident sculpted the awards. Jordan’s work has been exhibited at venues including the National Metal Museum and the Museum of Arts [...]
A Fun Thing To Do During The Blizzard
The Hudson Yards / Hell’s Kitchen Alliance (a Business Improvement District) is naming your new park and they want your help!
See the pictures and suggest a name by clicking HERE!
This will be the first time in New York city that a park name is crowdsourced! Spread the word .
2015 was a good year for Street Safety!
Thanks to the DOT administration and the advocates of various groups ( most notably Transportation Alternatives ) we made great strides in 2015:
Safety: CHEKPEDS’s push on fully protected phases for pedestrian crossings was embraced by the DOT in their Vision Zero report by Borough. And sure enough, the DOT installed a number of them on [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Greening, pedestrian, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice
Tagged buses, crashes, NYPD, PANYNJ, park-plaza, pedestrian, safety, seniors
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Free Outdoor Movie – Musical Chairs
Join us for this event full of good news for our neighborhood. Persons with disabilities are at the vanguard of a crucial fight for ALL pedestrians: Streets and sidewalks compliant with ADA guidelines are the most comfortable and safe to walk on. What it good for ADA is good for seniors, mothers with young children [...]
YOU WON! The City will build Raised Pedestrian Crossings!
As part of the Participatory Budgeting organized for the first time by Council Member Corey Johnson, you joined 535 other residents of Chelsea and Hell”s Kitchen in voting for Pedestrian Safety. This project will get $ 250,000 in funding and we hope it will be installed in a few locations.
The first location is West 45th [...]
Sidewalk Obstructions – Slow but Definite Progress
A quick update on a few of our favorite subjects:
Phone Booths: Per DoiTT, the new design was approved on March 23rd. The contractual Kick off for the new installations is on July 21st, 2015. All of the old phones must be either replaced or removed by July 20th, 2019.
A- Frames, also known as Sandwich Boards: [...]
