Keyword: Nivardo Lopez | The Riverdale Press

Neighbors met with DOT’s Bronx borough commissioner Nivardo Lopez last year at the intersection of Kappock Street and Palisade Avenue where curb extensions have earned the ire of drivers and pedestrians alike. Community Board 8 traffic and transportation chair Dan Padernacht thinks he may have found a solution for the traffic woes there.

New ideas for Kappock Street intersection, but DOT silent

Could the traffic problems at Kappock Street and Palisade Avenue finally be solved? Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee chair Dan Padernacht believes he has the perfect way to make the meeting of those two streets safe, while making neighbors who live there happy at the same time. Now all he has to do is get the city’s transportation department to spend some more time on it. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 4/5/20

The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale has water-filled barriers in front of its entrance on the corner of Netherland Avenue and Henry Hudson Parkway East, but synagogue officials want to replace them with 25 steel protective.bollards, designed to prevent vehicles from hitting anyone on that part of the sidewalk.

Bayit ready to install bollards protecting front entrance

No groups are congregating outside the Henry Hudson Parkway synagogue for The Bayit right now, but once the coronavirus crisis passes, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale leaders want to be ready to keep those people safe. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 3/30/20

Traffic signs indicate cars cannot turn onto West 256th Street from Mosholu Avenue during early-morning.drop-off on school days. Parents and neighbors have complained of rampant traffic problems during both dropoff and pick-up at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School.

MTA's more money, less service; Fieldston's walkout

A new year means new faces, new beginnings, and even renewed interest in old problems. Take a walk through what was the first three months of 2019, straight from the front pages of The Riverdale Press. more

12/29/19

Dan Padernacht, chair of Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee, explains the stretch of spots the city’s transportation department seeks to remove with its plan to install a dedicated southbound bus lane on Broadway.

Buses on Broadway? Not with own lane, CB8 says

A bus lane on Broadway? At least as far as Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee is concerned, that’s probably a great big no. more

By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN | 9/22/19

A cyclist rides south on Broadway in a bike lane — lanes which are a contentious issue for some community members, especially since the city’s transportation department wants to add more lanes to Mosholu Avenue between West 254th and West 256th streets.

Will Mosholu Avenue be next for bike lanes?

The controversy surrounding the bicycle lane installation on Broadway near Van Cortlandt Park is still fresh in many people’s minds. But just in case it wasn’t, city transportation officials are pitching traffic calming plans for another community street — this time Mosholu Avenue between West 254th and West 256th streets. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 6/30/19

For some neighbors, it feels as though there’s no end in sight for construction happening at the corner lot where Blackstone Avenue meets West 237th Street — and local motorists hunting for parking are bearing the brunt of it. Beyond the noise, the construction has nixed some 20 parking spots from a neighborhood where such space is already scarce.

Builders are spilling onto sidewalks and streets

A developer overseeing what some critics describe as a rather disruptive construction project has one state lawmaker living nearby quite peeved. more

By ZAK KOSTRO | 4/21/19

A car turns left onto West 256th Street from Mosholu Avenue against traffic — apparently ignoring local laws stipulating no cars can turn onto the street during morning drop-off on school days at P.S. 81. Parents and neighbors have complained of rampant traffic problems during the early morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up rushes.

Neighbors, parents seek end to W. 256th traffic nightmare

Thursday morning was the usual scene of controlled chaos on West 256th Street between Riverdale and Mosholu avenues. A glut of hurried parents dropping children off at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School — both in vehicles and on foot — carefully navigated around each other. Lines of cars from both directions waited through several green light cycles to turn. Through traffic disregarded the no-turn signs on Mosholu, heading the wrong way through a line of double-parked vehicles. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 3/31/19

Councilman Andrew Cohen, left, speaks at a press conference about the potential fate of Old Albany Post Road, an unmarked ramshackle stretch of land sandwiched between Broadway and Post Road. The state owns the road, and Cohen — along with Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, center — is calling for the city to purchase it for the state’s $1 asking price.

Lawmakers insist city adopt addled Old Albany Post Road from the state

Some cars can’t compete with the gargantuan crater in the ground on Old Albany Post Road. It’s just too deep. And when it rains, too slippery, too treacherous, a puddle of epic proportion, it’s ultimate depths seemingly unknown. more

By ZAK KOSTRO | 1/27/19

A repair worker uses a jackhammer on asphalt on Riverdale Avenue between West 256th and West 259th streets. The work creates a bottleneck along the avenue that slows traffic significantly.

Residents are rattled by ‘endless’ road work

Seemingly chronic construction — ripping up streets, causing detours, and just overall nuisance — often blamed on Con Edison extends beyond Johnson Avenue. Having snaked over to Riverdale Avenue, it’s been more bothersome for some local businesses than others. more

By ZAK KOSTRO & SIMONE JOHNSON | 10/7/18