CHEKPEDS

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

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Inconvenient Banking: ATMs on Sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

The city council will hold hearings on a bill to make ATM installations subject to a consent agreement with the Department of Transportation. It would subject them to placement constraints. This is good news for pedestrians who have to fight… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

A New Play Street!

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

The Clinton School for Writers and Artist just opened its door on St Michaels Academy’s site, 33rd Street between 9th and Dyer Avenues. Yesterday, Community Board 4 approved the closure of the street, four times a week at lunch time.… Read more

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Pedestrian Safety : CB4 adopts a sidewalk policy

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2009July 14, 2021

Thanks to the leadership and extensive work of Chekpeds’ board member Eric Muise, Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) has developed a policy for how to allocate sidewalk space on the avenues and wide streets in our district. This policy informs… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

Parking reclaim for bike racks and secure bike parking lot.

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 15, 2008July 14, 2021

Community Board 4 asked the Department of Transportation to increase the pedestrian space on our sidewalks, and as proposed in the 9th Ave renaissance proposal, to designate some

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

Hell’s Kitchen pedestrian friendly streets featured in Jane Jacobs Exhibit

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2007July 14, 2021

Photos of Hells Kitchen by artist and neighbor Julie Maris/Semel will be exhibited as part of the Jane Jacobs celebration at the Municipal Art Society. The exhibit illustrates Jane Jacobs’ beliefs that pedestrians are more inclined to walk on short… Read more

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CB4’s new sidewalk cafe policy: relief for pedestrians + wheelchairs

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 3, 2006July 14, 2021

At its full July board, Manhattan Community Board 4 adopted a districtwide