Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Lower East Side

Cy Vance Files Homicide Charge in Lower East Side Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Dec 8, 2014 | 7 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance filed a homicide charge against a driver accused of killing a pedestrian on the Lower East Side in November. On the evening of November 24, the driver of a BMW sedan hit 57-year-old Robert Perry on the Bowery near Rivington Street, and kept driving until he hit a fire hydrant […]

Tonight: Important Complete Streets Meetings in Manhattan and Queens

By Stephen Miller | Sep 4, 2014 | No Comments

Tonight’s a big night for livable streets events, with community board meetings on proposals for Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, and Long Island City. Plus, join Streetsblog at ARTCRANK if you’re looking for some fun. Key community board meetings tonight are: Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee will consider a resolution requesting that DOT […]

Chin Calls for Safety Fixes After Driver Injures Three Women on South Street

By Stephen Miller | Aug 29, 2014 | 5 Comments

Update: One of the pedestrians in this crash died from her injuries. She was identified by the Lo-Down as 82-year-old Shu Fan Huang. A driver seriously injured three women in the crosswalk at South Street at Rutgers Slip in Manhattan yesterday, and one of the victims is facing life-threatening injuries. In response, Council Member Margaret […]

Chin Asks de Blasio to Choose Affordable Housing Over Cheap Parking

By Stephen Miller | Jul 8, 2014 | 11 Comments

Council Member Margaret Chin has set up a simple choice for Mayor Bill de Blasio: Which is the higher priority, affordable housing or cheap parking? In a letter to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg first reported by the Wall Street Journal [PDF], Chin urged the de Blasio administration to redevelop the city-owned parking garage on Ludlow Street […]

Local High School Students Create Bike Posters for the Lower East Side

By Stephen Miller | Aug 26, 2013 | 2 Comments

To finish out the third summer of the Local Spokes youth ambassadors program, a bike-based curriculum for high school students from Chinatown and the Lower East Side, eight teenagers designed and printed posters about bicycling now on display in the neighborhood. The new posters join street signs designed by last year’s participants encouraging local residents to […]

Patchwork Upgrades Move Ahead as East Side Waits for Complete Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Aug 8, 2013 | 3 Comments

The East River Greenway, stepchild of Manhattan’s bikeway network, currently consists of segments beneath, beside, and sometimes even above the FDR Drive. A report issued by New Yorkers for Parks yesterday acknowledged that East Siders awaiting a continuous path will have to wait decades before they can walk or bike on a full-length East River Greenway. In […]

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