July 29, 2020
Persistence pays off! Nearly a decade after we collaborated with Sam Schwartz Engineering on recommendations for pedestrian-friendly improvements on Varick Street—and after years of advocating for those improvements— we received approval from the City, and the Department of Transportation has completed the work, including:
- North Varick Improvements
- An extension of the parking protected bike lane on Varick Street two blocks south from Carmine to West Houston Street
- A new concrete pedestrian refuge island on the Clarkson Street approach to Varick Street
- A new painted pedestrian island on the southeast corner of Varick Street and Carmine Street
- A new painted curb extension on the northwest corner of Varick Street and Clarkson Street
- Removal of the southbound right-turn only lane on Varick Street approaching Houston Street
- A new painted pedestrian island on the northeast corner of Varick Street and Houston Street
- Relocation of the existing painted curb extension at Varick Street and Houston Street from the southwest to the southeast corner
