The Row New York boathouse planned for Sherman Creek Park will have bathrooms in its locker rooms, available only to the individuals participating in the organization’s programming.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Let’s Transform NYC’s Waterfront Street-Ends for Equitable Water Access
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‘Places to enter and exit the harbor safely in canoes, kayaks, rafts, sailboats, and rowboats, to educate by interacting with the water—or just to touch the water—remain strangely scarce for a city of over 8 million people.’
baseball
City’s Young Athletes Wait for the Chance to Play Again
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The loss of a coaches-pitch baseball game here or high-school track meet there is, for sure, a minor tragedy. But it is not an insignificant one.
Coronavirus
Gym Closed? A Home Workout for an Anxious Time
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‘We have been coming up with routines to make sure we are staying committed to our well-being while cooped up.’
Bronx
Africans in the Bronx Find Family on the Soccer Field
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Originally dubbed the African Diaspora Youth Sports Club, that team is now called the United Africa Football Club—a multilingual group that has won seven annual soccer tournaments.
Investigations
What’s Behind NYC’s Mounting Cyclist Death Toll?
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Cycling advocates see promise in recent city initiatives but say they’d like to see the administration take more aggressive action overall when it comes to transforming New York’s streets.
baseball
New Sports, More Players and Limited Space are a Challenge to NYC Parks
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In 2017, the city’s Parks Department issued 8,100 athletic permits for 877,000 hours of athletic time on DPR’s 800 ballfields—satisfying most but nowhere near all the demand for space. There are indications that pressures around parks permits are increasing.
biking
It’s Been Slow-Pedaling for Bike Infrastructure in Bushwick
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The neighborhood has been in the middle of a tug-of-war between some local leaders and citywide policy over how far to go to accomodate bikers.
bus
Speaker Wants Mayor in Charge of Transit, 50 Miles of New Bike Lanes Each Year
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Corey Johnson also says he plans to introduce legislation that would require the Department of Transportation to issue a ‘a comprehensive master plan for city streets’ every five years, He also wants to ‘reimagine’ the BQE.
sports
The U.S. Open is Over. Did Queens Benefit?
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‘Undoubtedly, the U.S Open is positive for the city. We just wish the USTA was as involved in promoting the vibrancy of our communities as we believe they should be.’
bike lanes
CityViews: Death Highlights Need for the Right Kind of Bike Lane
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The majority of the city’s designated bike lanes are unprotected: basically nothing more than around thee-feet wide stretches of asphalt marked by strips of paint and an occasional bike lane symbol. That has to change.