Politics & Government
ICYMI: Portion Of Dyckman Street Bike Lane Plan Approved By Community Board
Community Board 12 voted in favor of a protected bike lane on a stretch of Dyckman Street between Nagle and 10th avenues.
INWOOD, NY — A city Department of Transportation initiative to implement traffic calming and bike network improvements on a stretch of Dyckman Street was approved Tuesday night by Community Board 12. The board — which represents Washington Heights and Inwood — voted in favor of a redesigned street layout on Dyckman Street between Nagle and 10th avenues.
The main, and most divisive, proposal is to add bike lanes to Dyckman Street. The DOT plan also includes the construction of turning bays and pedestrian safety islands. The safety islands would be located where Dyckman Street intersects with Vermilyea and Post avenues, according to the plan.
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The plan approved by Community Board 12 on Tuesday calls for the creation of a two-way protected bike lane on Dyckman Street from Nagle to 10th avenues. The plan also calls for the installation of a 4 foot buffer in between the two-way vehicle traffic.
Currently the stretch has unprotected bike lanes and there is no buffer between two-way vehicle traffic.
The proposal is part of a larger plan to improve Dyckman Street from Broadway to 10th Avenue. The Community Board has tabled the proposed changes between Broadway and Nagle Avenue in order to meet with the community to discuss concerns. During a December committee meeting Dyckman Street businesses and drivers spoke out against the plan because they didn't want to lose parking spaces to a bike lane.
At the time, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez expressed his support for the entire DOT proposal.
"I look forward to working out the concerns of the community board and other stakeholders so that we can move the full project forward as soon as possible, including from Broadway to Nagle," Rodriguez said in December.
Community Board 12 assistant chair Wanda Garcia said that the board hopes to schedule a community workshop this summer to discuss the concerns regarding Dyckman Street improvements between Broadway and Nagle Avenue.
Photo courtesy of New York City Department of Transportation
