{"id":334390,"date":"2026-09-01T01:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334390\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T01:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:40:33","slug":"major-116th-street-overhaul-breaks-ground-in-harlem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334390\/","title":{"rendered":"Major 116th Street Overhaul Breaks Ground In Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The overhaul will also create 35,000 square feet of new pedestrian space and add three midblock crosswalks, new traffic signals, pedestrian median islands, a speed hump, on-street bike parking and other street safety improvements.<\/p>\n<p>A DOT Art mural is also planned for the intersection of East 120th Street and Pleasant Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When buses are fast, it means getting to work on time, making it to an important doctor&#8217;s appointment and simply more time with family and friends,&#8221; DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to continue through fall 2026. The city is encouraging drivers to use alternative routes, take public transportation or allow extra travel time while work is underway.<\/p>\n<p>For questions, email Miranda.Levingston@Patch.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The overhaul will also create 35,000 square feet of new pedestrian space and add three midblock crosswalks, new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-334390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}