Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

TLC Seeking 30-Day Hack License Suspension After Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2013 | 15 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission is moving to suspend the hack license of the cab driver involved in Tuesday’s curb-jump crash in Midtown, which would keep him off the job for 30 days. Meanwhile, the Post reports that NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says police are investigating the crash. The cabbie was identified in the press […]

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Investigating Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2013 | 25 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office is investigating Tuesday’s Midtown curb-jump crash, which injured three people, including a woman who lost part of her leg. “The midtown crash has been under investigation by the Vehicular Crimes Unit, including one of the Office’s most senior prosecutors, since it happened yesterday,” wrote Vance spokesperson Erin Duggan in […]

Cabbie Rams Cyclist, Severs Woman’s Leg, Investigation Ongoing [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Aug 20, 2013 | 117 Comments

[Update: According to Cy Vance’s office, prosecutors are investigating this crash. We’ll have another post shortly.] Reports say the cab driver who maimed a pedestrian in Midtown this morning was arguing with a bike messenger, whom he rammed with his cab before driving 15 to 20 feet on the sidewalk and severing a woman’s leg, […]

Cab Crash Injures Pedestrian in Precinct Where Speeding Is All But Legal

By Brad Aaron | Jul 16, 2013 | 12 Comments

A man standing with his wife and kids on a Midtown sidewalk was hit by a cab driver yesterday in a precinct where speeding is practically unenforced by NYPD. The victim was hit at approximately 4 p.m. after two cab drivers collided at Seventh Avenue and 52nd Street, a pedestrian-packed area teeming with summer tourists. […]

Flashback Friday: ReMOOOve the Barricades!

By Ben Fried | Jul 12, 2013 | 11 Comments

Clarence has been unearthing old footage from the Streetfilms vault this summer in preparation for Transportation Alternatives’ 40th anniversary bash. This week’s installment takes us back to the end of 1997, when the Giuliani administration and NYPD erected pedestrian barricades in Midtown, preventing people from crossing major avenues to make way for turning traffic. TA’s […]

Eyes on the Street: Ped Plaza/Bike-Share Hub Takes Shape at Grand Central

By Stephen Miller | May 10, 2013 | 18 Comments

Across the street from Grand Central, a new pedestrian plaza is being installed this afternoon. Jonny Hamilton, who works nearby, snapped this short video of DOT workers laying down the new surface at Pershing Square between 42nd and 41st Streets, on the east side of the Park Avenue viaduct. Once the plaza is installed, the […]

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