CHEKPEDS

More sidewalk widening on 9th Avenue.

by Team ChekpedsOctober 21, 2022February 9, 2023

It looks like another one of DDC’s endless construction site for the water tunnels! in fact it has been one of those for five years now. But now DOT is taking this opportunity- as it did on the northern part… Read more

Sidewalk

Open Street W21: the longest table

by Team ChekpedsOctober 16, 2022February 9, 2023

https://vimeo.com/763011077Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: OSW21.mp4 (https://vimeo.com/763011077) You could have joined 500 of your neighbors for a potluck lunch on the Open West 21st Street. Everyone was smiling. Couldn’t imagine a more uplifting event. Every Open Street… Read more

Sidewalk

Open Street W22nd: Post COVID what’s next?

by Team ChekpedsOctober 15, 2022December 7, 2022

Worked hard at the neighbor thing Over 60 neighbors of W22nd Street participated in a charette to find a common vision of how to manage the public space and its access on the West 22nd Open Street. In spite of… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Community Board 4 proposes measures to reduce trash on sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsOctober 4, 2022December 26, 2022

On September 20, MCB4 published the recommendations issued by its Sanitation in Buildings Working Group. The team worked for the last 6 months to identify a few key changes that could be applied to building design and building management, in… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Do not miss these upcoming Open Street events – Correction

by Team ChekpedsOctober 4, 2022October 22, 2022

Design your street -W22nd (7/8) Saturday, October 15 – 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. 315 West 22nd Street Break Bread with your neighbors and make new friends Sunday, October 16, 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. West 21st Street (9/10)

Congestion

Less Traffic , Better Streets

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2022October 3, 2022

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA 17 years after the founding of CHEKPEDS with our tag line ” Less Traffic, Better Streets” traffic congestion in our district is still unbearable. The numbers of people traveling by personal vehicles increased during COVID, our air… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Reclaiming a lane from Lincoln Tunnel

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2022December 26, 2022

Work is underway to reclaim a Lincoln Tunnel Era lane when our sidewalks were shrunk by Robert Moses. See the full report From W42nd Street Magazine .

CHEKPEDS

Open Street Magic

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2022December 26, 2022

Happy crowd of neighbors and passers-by enjoyed an opera performance on West 21st Street (9/10), on September 10, 2022. The company “The Opera Next Door” performed “The Old Maid and the Thief”. Over 200 people of all ages attended and… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion

Only two days left to take action to improve air quality

by Team ChekpedsAugust 29, 2022August 29, 2022

In our CD4 district, New Jersey vehicular traffic has returned with a vengeance to pre COVID level with longer peak hours, gridlock and very bad air quality. According to the New York Times , total registrations in the city for… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance

Mark Your Calendar: Open Streets Opera

by Team ChekpedsAugust 29, 2022October 3, 2022

This is the magic of open streets : the neighbors can get together and enjoy some music Enjoy Opera Al Fresco and FREE on our Open Streets. Saturday September 10, 6 p.m. West 21st street (9-10)