CHEKPEDS

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

9th Avenue Renaissance, Events, Sidewalk

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, CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety

Pedestrian Victory : 9th Avenue to be treated as a “Senior” Zone

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

A DOT consultant has initiated a review of 9th Avenue from 34th to 50th Streets from 8th to 10th Avenue, to identify traffic calming measures adequate to the large concentration of seniors in the area. Two measures have already been… 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

9th Avenue Renaissance, Events, Greening

NYC Waterfront Plan

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

Don’t miss your chance to voice your opinion on the proposed changes to the City’s waterfront! New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) will host its next public meeting on Vision 2020: The New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan.… Read more