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Bike Lane Requested
Bike Lane Requested
City Hall Park Greenway - Brooklyn Brdg Ped And Bike Path - Warren St

Warren is a crucial connection to the Brooklyn Bridge and routes north or to the Williamsburg or Manhattan Bridges. There is an authorized bike route through the park, but it's not clear enough to pedestrians that this is shared space so they think cyclists are breaking the law and get angered, while cyclists get mad because pedestrians don't make way.

Difficult Turn/Crossing
Difficult Turn/Crossing
Greene St - Canal St - Grand St

Traffic trying to sneak onto Canal from side streets find they cannot actually make the turn because the box is always blocked and eventually get seriously aggressive to shove their way in. Pedestrians never know when a driver is going to suddenly do something aggressive.

Difficult Turn/Crossing
Difficult Turn/Crossing
Chambers St - Tribeca Bridge - West St

If you are crossing to the Greenway on a bike you get the same signal to go straight as cars turning across you to go north on WSH. You have to position yourself way out at the front edge of the crosswalk to keep from getting right hooked, but it's a vulnerable place to stand while waiting for the light and could block pedestrians who have the light.

No Crosswalk
No Crosswalk
Tribeca Bridge - Chambers St - Chambers St

The bridge is actually problematic. Pedestrians will always prefer to cross at street level. The bridge ads extra effort into getting around on foot. But also it creates bad sight lines for traffic coming into that intersection and enforces driver perception that this road is not pedestrian space.

Difficult Turn/Crossing
Difficult Turn/Crossing
Tribeca Bridge - Chambers St - Chambers St

The right hand turn lane off WSH is a nightmare for southbound cyclists in the Greenway. Scary conflict because they get the light at the same time.

Aggressive Drivers
Aggressive Drivers
Varick St - Dominick St - Spring St

Drivers on Varick are beyond aggressive, blocking the box and crosswalk even when the crossing guards are out. The pm honking starts at 3:30pm and can be heard in side offices and homes all around the neighborhood. Weaving through cars on the crosswalks is especially bad because the second an inch appears in front of them they might lurch forward. I feel especially bad for the elderly, people with strollers, or those in wheelchairs. Fights between drivers or drivers and pedestrians are common.

Bike Lane Requested
Bike Lane Requested
Avenue Of The Americas - Sullivan St - Broome St

The bike lane gap between 7th Ave and Grand on Varick needs to be filled to provide access to the existing eastbound route on Grand.

Difficult Turn/Crossing
Difficult Turn/Crossing
Holland Tunnel Approach - Holland Tunnel Approach - Canal St

Improvements were made in recent years that made it safer and more pleasant to cross on foot, but pedestrians must use multiple light signals to get across Canal from Hudson tempting people to walk against the light which is bad because it can be difficult to know where traffic will be coming from at any given moment.

No Crosswalk
No Crosswalk
Broome St - Varick St - Holland Tunnel Entrance

There's a pedestrian desire line here but no way to cross. But the ends of the block are open and pedestrians might find themselves halfway in before realizing they cannot cross.

Bike Lane Requested
Bike Lane Requested
Canal St - Washington St - West St

Cyclists leaving the Greenway have no good safe route along Canal or even to get head north or east above Canal

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