Pedestrian Plazas

Union Avenue, which cuts through the park, will become part of the green space.

The ideas included an elevated skyway and a Park Avenue Viaduct largely cut off to cars.

The $60,000 project connects a string of public plazas between West 51st and 57th streets.

The Amazing Kreskin weighs in on 2012's fads and events.

The Times Square Alliance has put an end to an attempt by Times Square's first food-service kiosk to try to turn a section of the pedestrian plaza into what seemed to many like a private caf é .

Late at night, Broadway's pedestrian plazas become filled with people sleeping on chairs, benches and on the ground.

Community boards around the park, incuding CB7 and CB5, have voted in support of testing the ban.

Smoking in the city's 1,700 parks, 14 miles of beaches and all public plazas will now be punishable with a $50 fine.

Blind and visually impaired New Yorkers are struggling to cope with the city's new pedestrian plazas and bike lanes.

A performing arts space, food vendors and flower carts were among the suggestions floated during the session.

West 35th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue won the dubious distinction from the Municipal Arts Society.

The changes are meant to make the area safer and friendlier for pedestrians, said DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn.

Only 20 percent of the pedestrians killed or seriously injured during 2009 were jaywalkers, according to a new study.

Borough President Scott Stringer and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal want safety fixes at W. 71st St. and Broadway.

A new public art project meant to transform Time Square into a cool blue oasis is nearing completion.