Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

CB 8 Votes for Queensboro Bridge Bike Access Plan as CB 6 Drags Its Feet

By Stephen Miller | May 23, 2013 | 16 Comments

Last night, Manhattan Community Board 8 voted, 23-6 with four abstentions, to support DOT’s plan to improve bike access to the Queensboro Bridge. Meanwhile, Community Board 6’s transportation committee, which has yet to consider a resolution supporting the proposal, will host its third meeting on the topic next month. The foot-dragging from CB 6 is notable […]

Eyes on the Street: First Avenue Protected Bike Lane Extends Uptown

By Stephen Miller | May 6, 2013 | 22 Comments

Our most recent progress report on the protected bike lanes for East Harlem and the Upper East Side came last October, when crews installed the bike lane and pedestrian refuges on Second Avenue between 100th Street and 125th Street. Last year also saw the construction of a protected bike lane on First Avenue between the Queensboro […]

DOT Proposes Safety Improvements for Queensboro Bridge Approach

By Stephen Miller | Apr 2, 2013 | 11 Comments

At a meeting of the Community Board 6 transportation committee last night, NYC DOT presented a plan to add some protection for cyclists heading to and from the Queensboro Bridge in Manhattan [PDF]. The proposal would add a protected bike lane on First Avenue between 59th Street and 61st Street, including a two-way segment on one […]

Three City Pedestrians Killed in Five Hours; No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2013 | 7 Comments

Three pedestrians were killed in separate crashes in Manhattan and Brooklyn last night. At around 7:50 p.m., 85-year-old Richard Griffin was on his way to visit a hospital patient, according to the Post, when he was apparently struck head-on by the driver of a Jeep SUV on York Avenue at E. 69th Street. Griffin, of Staten Island, […]

Three Killed in Traffic in Three Days as City Council Dithers

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

Three pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes on consecutive days in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan this weekend. At approximately 1:15 this morning, Andrew Schoonover, a 31-year-old from Florida, was struck by the driver of a city sanitation truck at the corner of Second Avenue and East 84th Street. NYPD told the Daily News and the […]

Widow of Manhattan Pedestrian Rubin Baum Not Likely to See Justice Done

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2012 | 6 Comments

Another innocent bystander was killed by an outlaw motorist in Manhattan last weekend, and indications are that another perpetrator will go unpunished by police and prosecutors. On Saturday night at around 10:30 p.m., Rubin and Denise Baum were attempting to hail a cab at Park Avenue and E. 59th Street when, according to reports, the […]

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