Expanded pedestrian space and more cycling lanes are central to a planned redesign of Manhattan’s Broadway between E. 17th and E. 21st streets, city officials announced on Monday.
The changes are subject to public outreach — but Department of Transportation officials said they could mimic a changes to other areas of Broadway between Union Square and E. 50th Street, where crews in recent years have added more pedestrian plazas, outdoor dining space and wider crosswalks designed to keep pedestrians safe from crashes.
DOT officials also said they’re considering adding a two-way bike lane between E. 17th and E. 21st streets, which already has a one-way southbound lane for cyclists.
The city earlier this year completed an overhaul of Broadway between E. 25th and E. 32nd streets, adding more space for pedestrians, another two-way bike lane and other infrastructure designed to make motorists drive slower.
“This next phase of Broadway Vision will provide the same kind of vibrant public spaces connecting Union Square and Flatiron, just like our administration is doing with incredible success across the entire city,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.
The latest planned improvements are just north of Union Square — and just south of where a taxi driver jumped a sidewalk last year, sending several pedestrians to the hospital.
Adams launched the improvements to Manhattan thoroughfare after that crash under a plan he called “Broadway Vision.” It’s part of the mayor’s larger $375 million commitment to create new public spaces across the five boroughs.
New Yorkers can give their feedback on the latest Broadway redesign at public hearings. The DOT has so far scheduled three of the sessions:
- Monday, Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Broadway and E. 20th Street
- Wednesday, Aug. 23 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Union Square Greenmarket
- Friday, Aug. 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Broadway and E. 17th Street
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