Author Archives: Team Chekpeds

41st Street used to funnel charter and commuter buses coming from the east side and the theater district, as well as trucks into the Lincoln Tunnel. For security reasons, the street was closed immediately after September 11, 2001. Since the… Read more “Community Board 4 to Port Authority: Please reopen 41st Street”

In February, CB4 requested that Port Authority reopen 41st Street to traffic. The false sense of security the closure conferred could not possibly outweight the increase in actual pedestrian accidents the detour caused on 42nd Street’s intersections with 8th and… Read more “Traffic congestion victory : PA reopens 41st St .btw 8th & 9th Av”