Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

Two Pedestrians Killed in a Month in Same Upper East Side Precinct

By Brad Aaron | May 9, 2014 | 43 Comments

Motorists have killed two pedestrians in the 19th Precinct, on the Upper East Side, in the last month. The second victim was a woman hit by a school bus driver yesterday. The victim was crossing E. 93rd Street at Second Avenue south to north at around 3:30 p.m. when she was run over by the bus […]

How NYPD’s Opaque Crash Investigations Spoil Its Street Safety Message

By Stephen Miller | Feb 6, 2014 | 3 Comments

Last month, the Upper East Side’s 19th Precinct devoted two full pages to traffic safety in its inaugural monthly newsletter. In an echo of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who claimed at the initial Vision Zero press conference that 73 percent of crashes injuring pedestrians are the victim’s fault, it featured an eyebrow-raising statistic that blames […]

DOT Proposes Crosswalk Fix Where Renee Thompson Was Killed

By Stephen Miller | Jan 15, 2014 | 8 Comments

In September, 16-year-old Renee Thompson was walking to the subway after getting off work just after 10 p.m., when, crossing Third Avenue at 60th Street, she was hit and killed by a turning truck driver. Now DOT is proposing shorter crossing distances at the intersection, but Community Board 8’s transportation committee wants the agency to […]

Tomorrow: Celebrate a Safer East Side With TA and Melissa Mark-Viverito

By Brad Aaron | Nov 1, 2013 | 5 Comments

Tomorrow, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito and Transportation Alternatives will take a well-deserved victory lap on the First and Second Avenue protected bike lanes. Streetsblog readers know how difficult it was to overcome the misinformation campaign waged by a small number of business owners who didn’t want to see street improvements come to East Harlem. But […]

A Look at the Safer, Smoother First Ave in East Harlem and Upper East Side

By Ben Fried | Oct 25, 2013 | 17 Comments

We mentioned this briefly in a post about the bike access improvements on the Manhattan side of the Queensboro Bridge, but the redesign of First Avenue in East Harlem and the Upper East Side is completed and worth a closer look. On October 15, DOT announced that work had wrapped up on the First Avenue project, […]

Eyes on the Street: A Better Queensboro Bridge Approach in Manhattan

By Stephen Miller | Oct 15, 2013 | 34 Comments

Many commuters on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge this morning noticed new markings going in on First Avenue for a short but critical extension of the protected bike lane between 59th and 61st Streets. The changes, part of a plan supported by Community Boards 6 and 8 last spring, bring safer connections to both First […]

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