$10.7M renovation completed for W. 229th St. Step Street
Carlos uses the bike groove on the newly renovated West 229th Street Step Street. Photo by Edward Watkins
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bridge Terrace from Heath Avenue.
DDC commissioner Lorraine
Grillo also made note that the step
street serves as an important connector
for bus routes as well as pro-
Morris Park Road Diet
injunction hearing rescheduled,
court date set
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mented, the current four-lane roadway
will forfeit one lane in each direction,
have dedicated turn bays and bicycle
lanes on the bustling business corridor
from Newport Avenue on the east
to Adams Street on the western side,
while also implementing a truck loading
zones between Colden and Paulding
avenues, according to DOT.
Earlier details of the plan had
scrapped the addition of bicycle lanes,
but they were later re-implemented.
“It is not a question of safety to
us. We live, here our kids cross these
streets, so we are all for safety on
our roadways,” D’Angelo said noting
other, cost free alternatives that he
and Gjonaj had proposed to the city
and DOT.
“We asked them to try staggering
the traffi c lights so that cars cannot
speed down the road. They won’t
even try that, but will spend money to
redo what isn’t a guaranteed improvement,”
the civic leader said.
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vides easy access to P.S. 360 and the
Kingsbridge Community Center,
both of which are on Kingsbridge
Terrace.
Overall, the Bronx boasts 64 step
streets, the most of any borough.