MAYOR DE BLASIO ADDS 12 MORE MILES OF OPEN STREETS AND NINE MILES OF NEW TEMPORARY PROTECTED BIKE LANES

Combined 21 New Miles Brings City Total to 30 Miles of Open Streets Since End of April

  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today the City will open 12 more miles of streets and an additional nine new miles of temporary protected bike lanes to pedestrians and cyclists starting tomorrow, May 14^th. The new Open Streets and bike lanes will bring New York City's total to 30 miles of streets since the program was announced on April 27^th.

Nearly eight miles of the new open streets will be placed in neighborhoods in every borough and managed by local precincts; 1.35 miles, in three boroughs, will be managed by Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and community organizations; and another 2.83 miles will be adjacent to parks.

The nine new miles of bike corridors will be phased in over several weeks using barrels, signage, and other barriers, with a goal of creating critical connectors from already-established protected lanes.

“Now that warmer weather has arrived, New Yorkers will need more options to enjoy the outdoors at a safe, social distance,” said Mayor de Blasio. “We’re grateful to all our local partners, and we believe new bike lanes will lay the groundwork for a cycling surge in the months and years to come.”

Local Partner Management

Partner	Boro	Street	From	To	Mileage	Notes
Sunnyside Shines	QN	46th Street	Queens Blvd	Greenpoint Ave	0.05	8a-8p Sat-Sun
Park Slope 5th Ave BID	BK	4th St	5th Ave	4th Ave	0.07	10a-6p all days
Flatbush Development Corporation	BK	Newkirk Ave	Coney Island Ave	E 17th St	0.34	3p-7p Tues and Thurs
Pine Box Rock Shop/Bushwick	BK	Grattan St	Morgan Ave	Bogart St	0.08	10a-8p Weds-Sun
Concrete Safaris/Harlem	MN	115th Street	Park Ave	3rd Ave	0.18	2pm-5:30 weekdays
Meatpacking BID	MN	13th Street	9th Ave	Washington St	0.13	8a-8p all days
Meatpacking BID	MN	17th St	10th Ave	8th Ave	0.33	8a-8p all days
Meatpacking BID	MN	Little W 12	9th Ave	Washington St	0.09	8a-8p all days
Hudson Yards/HK Alliance	MN	Hudson Blvd East	35th St	36th	0.04	8a-8p all days
Hudson Yards/HK Alliance	MN	Hudson Blvd West	35th St	36th	0.04	8a-8p all days
Total mileage  1.35 Local Precinct    Management

Neighborhood	Boro	Street	From	To		Mileage
Kingsbridge	BX	W 238th Street	Tibbett Ave	Irwin Ave		0.05
Mott Haven	BX	140th Street	Brook Ave	Willis Ave		0.02
Jackson Heights	QN	34th Ave	78th Street	Junction Blvd		0.89
Sunnyside	QN	Skillman Ave	39th Pl	43rd St		0.19
Sunnyside	Qn	39th Ave	Woodside Ave	Barnett Ave		0.43
LIC	QN	5th Street	46th Ave	49th Ave		0.28
LIC	QN	27th St	Hunter St	Queens Plaza S		0.16
Flushing	QN	Roosevelt Ave	155th St	Northern Blvd		0.09
Flushing	QN	Peck Ave	137th St	Main		0.10
Crown Heights	BK	Prospect Pl	New York Ave	Brooklyn Ave		0.14
Sunset Park	BK	6th Ave	44th St	51st St		0.34
Carroll Gardens	BK	1st Pl	Smith St	Henry St		0.30
Carroll Gardens	BK	2nd Pl	Smith St	Henry St		0.30
Carroll Gardens	BK	4th Pl	Smith St	Henry St		0.30
Williamsburg	BK	Berry St	N 12th	Broadway		0.90
Brooklyn Heights	BK	Joralemon Street	Hicks Street	Furman Street		0.14
Boerum Hill	BK	St. Marks Place	3rd Ave	4th Ave		0.13
Kensington	BK	East 7th St	Caton Ave	Ditmas Ave		0.78
Clinton Hill	BK	Hall St	Park Ave	Myrtle Ave		0.15
Fort Greene	BK	S Portland Ave	S Elliot St	Dekalb Ave		0.41
Upper West Side	MN	West End Ave	87th St	96th St		0.44
Upper West Side	MN	75th St	Broadway	Riverside Dr		0.20
Harlem	MN	114th St	Manhattan Ave	Frederick Douglass Blvd		0.08
Morris Park	BX	Rhinelander Ave	Williamsbridge Rd	Bronxdale Ave		0.50
Fordham Heights	BX	Creston Ave	Fordham Road	Kingsbridge Rd		0.31

Total mileage						7.63
Adjacent Park Roads

Park/ Neighborhood		Boro	Street	From	To	Mileage
Quarry Ballfields/Belmont		BX	Oak Tree Place	Hughes Ave	Quarry Pl	0.14
River Park/West Farms		BX	Boston Road	180th Street	Bronx Park S	0.10
			Bronx Park S	Boston Road	Bryant Ave	0.05
St. Mary's Park/South Bronx		BX	Jackson Ave	143rd St	147th St	0.21
McCarren Park/Greenpoint		BK	Nassau	Banker St	Lorimer St	0.14
Maria Hernandez Park/Bushwick		BK	Suydam St	Knickerbocker Ave	Irving Ave	0.13
Cooper Park/E Williamsburg		BK	Sharon St	Morgan Ave	Olive St	0.16
Sternberg Park/Bushwick		BK	Leonard St	Montrose Ave	Boerum St	0.10
Korean War Veterans Plaza/Bk Heights		BK	Cadman Plaza East	Johnson St	Tillary St	0.07
Dome Playground/Kensington		BK	38th Street	Dahill Road	15th Ave	0.37
Cobble Hill Park/Cobble Hill		BK	Congress St	Clinton St	Henry St	0.10
Jackie Robinson Park/Hamilton Heights		MN	Edgecombe Ave	St. Nicholas Pl	145th St	0.51
Claremont Park/Claremont		BX	Clay Ave	173rd St	Claremont Parkway	0.25
North Shore Esplande Park/St. George		SI	Bank Street	Jersey St	Parking Garage Driveway	0.50
Total mileage  2.83

In April, the Mayor and Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced that 40 miles of streets citywide would be opened by the end of May to allow greater social distancing, with a plan to expand to a total of 100 miles in the weeks and months ahead. 

Pedestrians and cyclists can use the roadbed of each open street. No through traffic is permitted, with remaining vehicle traffic limited to local deliveries, pick-ups/drop-offs, necessary city service, utility, and emergency vehicles only. Such drivers are alerted to be hyper-vigilant and to drive at 5 MPH along these routes. Open streets hours will be from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM but may vary slightly depending on staff availability.

The City will use barrels, signage, and other barriers to create temporary dedicated cycling space that builds on this March’s addition of lanes on a section of Manhattan’s 2nd Avenue and on Smith Street in Brooklyn. Crews will begin Thursday on lower Broadway in Manhattan from Barclay Street to Morris Street. The lanes announced today may be phased into permanent lanes as city resources come back online and as DOT gathers additional feedback from affected community boards and elected officials.

Other protected bike lanes, to be installed on a rolling basis over the next two weeks, include:

Boro	Street	From	To	Mileage
Queens	Crescent St	Queens Plaza N	Hoyt Ave N	.98
Manhattan	Broadway	Barclay St	Morris St	.50
Manhattan	38th Street/39th Street	1st Ave	11th Ave	3.9
Brooklyn	4th Ave	1st St	Flatbush Ave	1.4
Brooklyn	Ashland Pl/Navy St	Hanson Pl	Sands St	1.1
Brooklyn	Flatbush Ave	Grand Army Plaza	Ocean Ave	1.3
Total mileage				9.18

"As we continue our efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, we are also working to help New Yorkers travel more safely by bringing new temporary bike lanes and open streets to more neighborhoods, including the South Bronx, Upper Manhattan, Bushwick and Kensington," said NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. “We thank the NYPD and all the BIDs and other community organizations that are stepping up to help us expand this important initiative. As we continue to announce more of these projects in the coming weeks, we especially want to hear from residents of neighborhoods around the five boroughs who want open streets but may not have formal community partners to help with implementation.”