New York City’s first delivery microhubs opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2025, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The NYC Department of Transportation (NYC DOT), led by Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, launched the pilot to give delivery companies designated curbside space to transfer packages from trucks to smaller vehicles for the final leg of delivery. The initial sites are at Amsterdam Avenue and West 73rd Street, Amsterdam Avenue and West 85th Street, and Broadway and West 77th Street.1
The approach is intended to reduce truck trips on busy neighborhood streets, along with double parking, blocked sidewalks and pollution. Packages can be moved onward by cargo bike or handcart; participating companies named at launch were Amazon, Net Zero Logistics and UPS.1 The sites were selected through NYC DOT’s Smart Curbs program, which manages curb space on the Upper West Side.1
The launch is the first stage of a pilot planned to run for up to three years, with as many as 36 locations, including both on-street hubs and sites on city-owned property.1 NYC DOT’s broader delivery program describes the pilot as a way to shift packages to more sustainable modes, and reports that additional on-street sites have since been installed on the Upper East Side and in the Financial District.2 A later city update says the pilot’s hubs are handling about 860 daily package deliveries by handcart instead of truck; it also reports 110 daily deliveries by cargo bike.3 These figures indicate activity, though they do not by themselves establish the pilot’s overall effect on congestion or emissions.