Hope everyone enjoyed the snowstorm this weekend! Be careful as you ride around town this week and make sure to lookout for black ice patches. We’d also recommend a great set of fenders, just in case…
Please send us any real-time updates on East River Greenway conditions either by email EastRiverGreenway@gmail.com or on Twitter (@ERiverGreenway) and make sure to use the ERiverGway hashtag (#ERiverGway) so we can track all updates. Please try to be as specific as possible and include photos!
This morning (12/21) we hear that the portion of the Greenway between 60th and 81st Streets is not in good condition because of snow and ice. Please let us know what you find today on other parts of the Greenway. Ride safe!
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-Elena
This just in from Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance:
- East Midtown Waterfront Park and Esplanade Manhattan Greenway, UN segment
The City’s Small Business Services and EDC will advance planning and preliminary design for waterfront amenities along the East River
between East 38th Street and East 61st Street. When completed, the project will fill a major gap in the Manhattan Greenway, a 32-mile
waterfront path around Manhattan that remains disconnected in parts.
In this section, the FDR Drive and the United Nations campus block waterfront access.
* Total Project Cost: $800,000 Amount Awarded: $400,000
Also, somewhat related (note the location) is the following:
- East River Blueway Trail
The Manhattan Borough President will complete plans for the future Blueway Trail in the East River from East 38th Street to the Brooklyn
Bridge. Christine Datz-Romero, executive director of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, explained that the Blueway Trail will focus on
waterfront access and is complementary to the NYC Water Trail. “We are very interested in a floating swimming pool in the stretch below
14th Street,” she added. “The pool would be a way to address the issue of water quality in the East River. You need people to get in the
water to care about it.”
* Total Project Cost: $2,874,878 Amount Awarded: $650,000