Friday, May 22, 2020

MAYOR DE BLASIO SURPASSES OPEN STREETS TARGET, ANNOUNCES 13 MORE MILES OF STREETS TO BE OPENED BY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND



New York City offers most open streets of any American city; exceeds 40-mile target by end of May

Open Streets will be visible on Google Maps

  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that New York City will open 13 more miles of streets to pedestrians and cyclists for the Memorial Day weekend starting tomorrow, May 23rd. The new locations bring New York City's total to 43 miles of open streets since the program was first announced in April, surpassing its original target of 40 miles by the end of May.

Google has added the previous 30 miles of Open Streets into Google Maps, allowing drivers using online navigation to steer clear of these streets; today’s new Open Streets will be added to Google Maps in the coming days.

New York City now has more miles of open streets than any other city in America.

“New Yorkers deserve space to safely enjoy the outdoors in their own neighborhoods,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Thanks to hard work from a host of City agencies, we’ve beaten our Open Streets goal for this month – and made our city a national leader in expanding public space as we fight COVID-19.”

“As we reach a pivotal milestone in our Open Streets program, it has been heartening to see the positive responses from communities and New Yorkers across the City as they enjoy these open spaces safely,” said Deputy Mayor Laura Anglin. “We will continue to work with our local partners, elected officials, BIDS, and countless City agencies, to further identify streets and neighborhoods to help New Yorkers get outside while maintaining social distancing.”

Nearly nine miles of the new Open Streets will be placed in neighborhoods across the city and managed by local precincts; 1.8 miles will be managed by local partners; and another 2.7 miles will be adjacent to parks.

Local Partner Management
Partner                     Boro  Street      From             To    Mileage
Red Hook Initiative  BK   9th St    Henry St   Hicks St      0.08  
 9a-6p Sat
Village Alliance      MN University Pl. 13th St - 4th St     0.41
8:30a-1:30p Sun
Village Alliance    MN  MacDougal     4th St - 8th St      0.15
8:30a-1:30p Sun
Hudson Sq BID   MN Greenwich St   Canal - Spring      0.08
10a-4p all days
Alliance for 
Downtown NY   MN  Pearl St         State St - Cedar St  0.46
11a-3p all days
Chinatown District MN Doyers St  Pell St - Bowery     0.05
10a-7p all days
Alliance for 
Kips Bay       MN 2nd Ave Service Rd 33rd - 30th St   0.13
8a-8p all days
Bedford Stuyvesant 
Gateway BID  BK  Arlington Pl  Macon - Fulton St   0.07
Thurs 10-2p
Times Square 
Alliance      MN   Broadway      47th St -  53rd St      0.30
8a-8p all days
Times Square 
Alliance     MN   Broadway     42nd St - 41st St        0.05
8a-8p all days
Total mileage                     1.78

Local Precinct Management
Neighborhood  Boro     Street         From          To        Mileage




Bed-Stuy
BK
Somers St
Rockaway Ave
Fulton St
0.11
Williamsburg
BK
S 9th St
Berry St
Driggs Ave
0.17
Williamsburg
BK
Grand St
Roebling St
Marcy Ave
0.16
Prospect Heights
BK
Underhill Ave
St. Johns Pl
Bergen St
0.32
Prospect Heights
BK
Carlton Ave
Park Pl
Bergen St
0.18
South 
Richmond Hill
QN
120th St
94th Ave
Liberty Ave
0.53
Greenwich Village 
MN
Jones St
Bleecker St
W 4th St
0.09
East Village
MN
Ave B
6th St
14th St
0.39
Manhattan Valley
MN
103rd St
Broadway
Riverside Dr
0.16
Chelsea
MN
22nd St
8th Ave
7th Ave
0.16
Gramercy
MN
Irving Place
16th St
20th St
0.18
Kensington
BK
Chester Ave
Ft. Hamilton Parkway
Church Ave
0.32
Fort Greene
BK
Willoughby Ave
Washington Park St
Hall St
0.41
Crown 
Heights
BK
Park Pl
New York Ave
Kingston Ave
0.29
Crown 
Heights
BK
Troy Ave
St. Johns Pl
Eastern Parkway
0.10
Rego Park
QN
99th St
Horace Harding
66th Ave
0.52
Sunnyside
QN
50th Ave
48th St
44th St
0.19
Forest Hills
QN
66th Rd
110th St
Grand Central Pkwy
0.15
Prospect 
Heights
BK
Lincoln Pl
Washington St
Bedford Ave
0.41
Bed-Stuy
BK
Macon St
Arlington Pl
Tompkins Ave
0.40
Boerum Hill
BK
State St
3rd Ave
Smith St 
0.50
Homecrest
BK
16th St
Ave R
Moore Pl
0.11
Moore Pl
16th St
17th St
Brooklyn 
Heights
BK
Willow St
Middagh St
Pierrepont St
0.33
Seaport
MN
Front St
Beekman St
Peck Slip
0.08
Harlem
MN
117th
Morningside Ave
5th Ave
0.70
             

Chelsea
MN
21st St
9th Ave
10th Ave
0.16
Hells Kitchen
MN
51st St
9th Ave
10th Ave
0.16
Harlem
MN
138th
Lenox Ave
Adam Clayton Powell Blvd
0.15
Williamsburg
BK
N. 3rd St
Kent Ave
Metropolitan Ave
0.32
Brownsville
BK
Williams Ave
Liberty Ave
Atlantic Ave
0.11
Castle Hill
BX
Pugsley
Bruckner Blvd
Turnbull Ave
0.20
Maspeth
QN
60th Street
Laurel Hill Blvd
47th Ave
0.12
Forest Hills
QN
Ascan Ave
Queens Blvd
Austin St
0.07
Park Slope
BK
Butler St
Gregory Pl
4th Ave
0.14
Gregory Pl
Baltic St
Butler St
Bay Ridge
BK
Colonial Rd
86th St
83rd St
0.16
Jamaica
QN
107th Ave
159th St
160th St
0.03
Jamaica
QN
108th Ave
159th St
160th St
0.03
Jamaica
QN
159th St
108th Ave
109th Ave
0.12
Jamaic
QN
109th Ave
159th St
160th St
0.03

Total mileage



                                     
8.76
Adjacent Park Roads
Park
Boro
Street
From
To
Mileage
Hunters Pt
QN
Center Blvd
57th Ave
Borden Ave
0.23
Green Central Knoll Park
BK
Noll St
Evergreen Ave
Central Ave
0.09
Plaut Triangle
QN
169th St
Northern Blvd
43rd Ave
0.03
Gorman Playground
QN
85th Street
25th Ave
30th Ave
0.13
Nicholas Naquan Heyward Park
BK
Wyckoff St
Bond St
Hoyt St
0.12
Charles Young Playground
MN
143rd St
Malcolm X Blvd
5th Ave
0.16
Stuyvesant Sq Park
MN
Rutherford Pl
15th St
17th St
0.09
16th Street
3rd Ave
Rutherford Pl
0.08
Morningside Park
MN
Morningside Ave
Manhattan Ave
116th
0.16
Yellowstone Park
QN
68th Rd
108th St
Yellowstone Blvd
0.10
Painter's Playground
QN
Dieterle Crescent
Alderton St
65th Dr
0.13
Carroll Park
BK
Carroll St
Court St
Smith St
0.10
McGolrick Park
BK
Russell St
Nassau Ave
Driggs Ave
0.17
Betsy Head Park
BK
Dumont Ave
Thomas Boyland St
Strauss St
0.14
Baisley Pond Park
QN
Barron St
116th Ave 
Foch Blvd
0.13
Lakeview Blvd E
118th Ave
122nd Ave
0.34
155th St
119th Ave
125th Ave
0.32
Lakeview lane
122nd Ave
Baisley Blvd
0.12
122nd Ave
Lakeview Blvd E
Lakeview Ln
0.08
Total mileage




2.72
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.

Under Open Streets, pedestrians and cyclists can use the roadbed of each 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 has also begun installing 9 miles of additional temporary dedicated cycling space, building on this March's addition of lanes on a section of Manhattan's 2nd Avenue and on Smith Street in Brooklyn. This week, crews began work on lower Broadway in Manhattan, 38th and 39th Streets in Manhattan, Crescent Street in Queens and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. These temporary projects, which use barrels, signage, and other barriers, may be phased into permanent bike lanes as city resources come back online and as DOT gathers additional feedback from affected community boards and elected officials.

“As the beautiful spring weather arrives, we invite New Yorkers to now safely enjoy over 40 miles of Open Streets and new bike lanes in neighborhoods across the city, including Brownsville, Brooklyn, Jamaica, Queens, and Castle Hill in the Bronx,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. “We thank the NYPD and our sister agencies, BIDs and community groups as well as elected officials who have together helped us reach this point. We have more miles to come and continue to call on other neighborhoods that want an Open Street to let us know, even if you don’t have a formal community partner.”

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