Comments on: Hudson River Greenway Bike Path Sabotaged

By: Caaah

Caaah — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:22:54 +0000

Don’t forget to call NY1 and the other local news! I’ve known people to call 311/911 dozens of times and get no response, but as soon as its on TV or in the paper–zap! The authorities snap into action. Public opinion is all too important to the city agencies.

By: the mayor

the mayor — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:40:55 +0000

who is this flake who calls 911 because of a pile of rocks? I’ve only called 911 twice in my life. once because I witnessed a car flip over at 90mph. And the other because i saw a group of thugs impersonating police and harassing someone.

By: hmph

hmph — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:02:25 +0000

huh, i rode there tuesday early AM, around 6:30 and, thank god, did not notice anything – it was still pretty dark too!!

thank you to whoever removed the rocks. i strongly suggest that everytime someone sees something they contact 911, 311 etc. over and over.

and, hey, TA, do you think you could actually do something here instead of telling folks to “write a letter?” if this really has been happenign multiple times, it is a serious act of sabotage and freaking dangerous. besides, it would be about time that the area there gets 1) better lighting and 2) some kind of security (no, not for the stupid construction!!).

By: Rion

Rion — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:45:14 +0000

I just rode by there and the rocks are back up again! At 9:43! Wtf! I’m typing from my blackberry. What’s going on? Oh the horror! How can this go on in this day and age?

By: m

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:36:16 +0000

I took a walk along that stretch this evening! I was there around 5:20 (outbound) and again at about quarter until 6 (back home) and didn’t see anything untoward.

By: galvo

galvo — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:51:19 +0000

that area need sto be better lit and made a bit safer. there was an attempted violent assault/rape of a woman runner there last year at a hour that was not that early, she was strong enough to fight him off, and he was caught.That seems to be the ambush area.
it would take a bit of time to pile the rocks there, which means that a number of bicyclist went through without reporting anything to 911 or the earlier reports got the same results as your reports. 911 calls are locked onto via the gps, so the location problem that plagues the greenway should not be an issue, if you stay.
i have seen the same thing up around the zigzag by the amtrack tracks above the gw bridge.
i think it is put there to cause a bicyclist to come to a stop so they can be robbed.
i haven’t heard of any report of robberies there or on the greenway, but maybe they aren’t well publicized unless it is a member of one of the online bike community. i remember speaking to a woman who was mugged o the east side greenway, and had a very hard time getting the upper east side police precinct to take a report, it took over 3 hours , she said the system seemed like it was geared for you to give up and leave, no report, crime goes down on paper, bosses get performance bonuses.

By: Gnoble

Gnoble — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:33:57 +0000

Sounds like punk teenagers to me, not irate anti-environmentalist.

By: Spud Spudly

Spud Spudly — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:20:58 +0000

You did the right thing calling 311, but frankly I’m shocked — shocked! — that the cops didn’t come running to the scene with lights and sirens and immediately start dusting the rocks for fingerprints. Who else should you contact? How about your mommy?

Now we know how many cyclists it takes to move some ornamental rocks.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:50:56 +0000

That’s definitely a 911 call; never hesitate to call 911 any time you see a deliberately created hazard like that.

(Of course it was may well have been a bunch of 13 year olds who didn’t realize how dangerous it was, but the City still needs to be prompted to respond urgently to things like that.)