CHEKPEDS

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY

Mark Your Calendar: Hell’s KItchen Transportation Study

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 15, 2011July 14, 2021

In june , DOT held the 5th Project Advisory Committee meeting . You can browse the presentation here. The DOT is making good progress in the analysis of solutions, using the simulation system they have developed for the project. As… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

Crosstown Bike Lanes proposed for 29th and 30th Streets

by Team ChekpedsAugust 20, 2011July 14, 2021

Following Dershowitz Sister-in-Law’s Death, DOT will present to Community Board 4 its proposal to improve the safety of bicyclists who travel to and from the greenway to connect with the 8th and 9th Avenue protected bike lanes . CB4 Transportation… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening, Sidewalk

Finally Summer is Here!

by Team ChekpedsJuly 3, 2011July 14, 2021

This time of year, trees are the best friends of pedestrians and businesses alike by providing much needed cooling. After a massive effort to obtain 250 new trees from the city , Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association jointly with CHEKPEDS has… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Events, Greening

Speak UP: Buses or Playground at 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue?

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2011July 14, 2021

The next Transportation Planning Committee will evaluate two competing proposals to use a vacant lot at the corner of 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue . Discussion: Bus parking on Port Authority property on 33rd Street Discussion: Clinton School & PANYNJ… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events

Join Us | Free outdoor movie – Triplets of Belleville

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

Join us as we turn Mathews Palmer Playground into a Ride-In Movie Theater in honor of Bike Month NYC. Come out and watch Triplets of Belleville under the stars. Sponsored by West 45th Street Block Association and CHEKPEDS (Clinton Hell’s… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Sidewalk, Transit

Join Us: CB4 Transportation committee to focus on 34th Street

by Team ChekpedsApril 16, 2011July 14, 2021

The upcoming transportation Committee of CB4 will take up a number of issues relevant to residents of 34th Street and its surroundings: 34th Street Transitway, long distance buses at 9th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, and the illegal curb… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

Which Phone Booths should be removed?

by Team ChekpedsApril 16, 2011July 14, 2021

Community Board 4 Transportation committee will examine suggestions for changes to be included in the next franchise contract to be enacted in 2014. This will ensure that the next contract will allow community boards to obtain removal and relocations of… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Greening, Noise, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice

2010: After five years of activism, we are grateful for a safer year for pedestrians

by Team ChekpedsDecember 26, 2010July 14, 2021

At its December meeting, CHEKPEDS board took stock of the year’s accomplishments. We have much to celebrate in addition to our fifth year anniversary: safety improvements such as the safe route for seniors project in Hell’s Kitchen , DOT’s publication… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

It’s Official: Sidewalk ATMs are illegal!

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2010July 14, 2021

Community Board 4 testified at a City Council Transportation Committee Hearings on sidewalk ATMs. Borough President Scott Stringer’s office had published a report last summer and initiated a wave of enforcement activity. DOT confirmed they were illegal. Period. Sidewalk ATMs … Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening

HK Greening – 48 more trees planted

by Team ChekpedsNovember 1, 2010July 14, 2021

The Department of Parks completed a group planting of 30 more trees on 35th and 36th Streets as well as a few on 40th Street. This is the result the city’s commitment to green Hell’s Kitchen South that Council Speaker… Read more