Clarkson Street (Manhattan)

Street in New York City, United States.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Project for Public Spaces Awards Three Community Placemaking Grants to Transform Public Spaces for Street Safety and Mobility	Project for Public Spaces	subject	A building on Clarkson Street houses two specialized schools without a gym.

Project for Public Spaces Awards Three Community Placemaking Grants to Transform Public Spaces for Street Safety and Mobility — Project for Public Spaces (2025)

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Without traffic calming measures or adequate pedestrian space, Clarkson Street is hectic, congested with cars during peak hours, and dangerous, with drivers using it as a cut-through to the nearby Holland Tunnel.

• Role: subject
• In the article: A building on Clarkson Street houses two specialized schools without a gym. Open Plans receives a grant to make permanent the street’s Open Streets for Schools improvements so students and neighbors get a safer, calmer space.
• Why it matters: One of the three funded sites; the text gives the most concrete account of its problem (cut-through traffic toward the Holland Tunnel).