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Underhill Avenue
The Underhill Avenue Bike Boulevard prioritizes pedestrians and cyclists, and provides traffic calming to make the street safer for all road users. Underhill Avenue operates under DOT’s Open Streets program. Cars share the street with pedestrians and cyclists. On some evenings, programming for families and children is offered from 4PM to 7PM, during which time the block where an event takes place will be fully closed to traffic. Please consult the events schedule here for further details.
[Press Release] PHNDC launches petition to keep Prospect Heights streets for people
A majority of residents surveyed support efforts to reimagine public spaces, yet intervention by a vocal but limited opposition has gained traction with the Mayor.
Tell elected officials: Keep Prospect Heights streets for people
Street safety and public space initiatives on Underhill and Vanderbilt Avenues serve thousands of New Yorkers each week, creating safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians, offering several acres of new temporary and permanent open space, and providing a venue for more than a hundred free events each year.
No Open Streets on Labor Day. Celebrate with the West Indian American Day Carnival!
Vanderbilt Avenue won’t be an Open Street on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, and no activities are planned for Underhill Plaza. So take some time to enjoy the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade celebrations nearby!
Implementation of the Underhill Bike Boulevard
Prospect Heights UFO lands in new floating parking lane, creating NYC’s first spaceship protected bike lane! For nearly two and a half years NYC DOT has been studying Underhill Avenue, talking with community members and collecting data on how to make the street safer. Their plan is finally being implemented, as crews began working on Underhill Ave over the weekend.
DOT presents Underhill Street Improvement Project in CB8 EST meeting #4
On May 23, DOT presented detailed street improvement proposals for Underhill Avenue in the Environment, Sanitation and Transportation committee meeting of Community Board 8. Click through for a link to the DOT presentation.
Events
[Press Release] PHNDC launches petition to keep Prospect Heights streets for people
A majority of residents surveyed support efforts to reimagine public spaces, yet intervention by a vocal but limited opposition has gained traction with the Mayor.
Tell elected officials: Keep Prospect Heights streets for people
Street safety and public space initiatives on Underhill and Vanderbilt Avenues serve thousands of New Yorkers each week, creating safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians, offering several acres of new temporary and permanent open space, and providing a venue for more than a hundred free events each year.
No Open Streets on Labor Day. Celebrate with the West Indian American Day Carnival!
Vanderbilt Avenue won’t be an Open Street on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, and no activities are planned for Underhill Plaza. So take some time to enjoy the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade celebrations nearby!
Implementation of the Underhill Bike Boulevard
Prospect Heights UFO lands in new floating parking lane, creating NYC’s first spaceship protected bike lane! For nearly two and a half years NYC DOT has been studying Underhill Avenue, talking with community members and collecting data on how to make the street safer. Their plan is finally being implemented, as crews began working on Underhill Ave over the weekend.
DOT presents Underhill Street Improvement Project in CB8 EST meeting #4
On May 23, DOT presented detailed street improvement proposals for Underhill Avenue in the Environment, Sanitation and Transportation committee meeting of Community Board 8. Click through for a link to the DOT presentation.