Credit: NYC Mayor's Office
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NEW YORK (77WABC) — Mayor Eric Adams, the city’s Economic Development Corporation and Department of Transportation, and the Hudson Square Business Improvement District today unveiled the newly renovated Hudson Street streetscape.
The streetscape — located on Hudson Street between Canal and West Houston Street — now features amenities such as new green space, parking-protected bike lanes and widened sidewalks. The $13 million streetscape was completed with an 87 percent overall minority-owned and women-owned business enterprise participation rate, and was the first infrastructure project in New York City to utilize the design-build process. This allows projects to be completed more quickly and efficiently.
“With this partnership, our city and our community are working together to make New York City safer, cleaner, and greener,” said Adams. “This project has transformed Hudson Street into a model of urban design — securing roadway space for cyclists, enhancing the pedestrian environment, and unlocking public space. We are taking the dream of a livable and sustainable city and turning it into reality, making major investments in safety on our streets and in the quality of life that draws so many people to live and work in New York City.”
Additional improvements include a dedicated, parking-protected bike lane, 70 new bike parking spaces, over 8,000 square feet of newly planted areas filled with various trees, shrubs, and perennials, new, modern benches providing around 170 additional seats and over 2,000 square feet for sidewalk cafes.
The streetscape is part of the BID’s first 10-year master plan and marks its completion. The BID will now begin its next 10-year plan called ‘Hudson Square: New Connections,” which reportedly reinforces Hudson Square as part of the Lower Manhattan ecosystem, with new projects focused on neighborhood connections to Tribeca, East Houston Street, and Hudson River Park, with reimagined sidewalks and curb spaces that prioritize pedestrians and cyclists.
