Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

No Charges for Drivers Who Killed Seniors in Manhattan and Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2012 | 4 Comments

Two seniors have been killed by motorists in Manhattan and Brooklyn since Saturday. Both crashes were apparently precipitated by careless driving or negligence, according to reports, and both drivers were exonerated by NYPD. Yesterday afternoon, 65-year-old Pelagia Zingatan was struck by a yellow cab driver at 69th Street and First Avenue. From the Post: Zingtapan had […]

Eyes on the Street: New Manhattan Bikeways in Progress

By Ben Fried | Jun 7, 2012 | 8 Comments

Photo contributor extraordinaire Jacob-uptown has uploaded a new batch to the Streetsblog Flickr pool, taking us on a tour of the major new bikeways DOT is implementing in Manhattan. The extension of the First Avenue bike lane from the Queensboro Bridge up to 72nd Street is nearly complete. It’s the first protected bike infrastructure on […]

75-Year-Old Man on Crutches, Wearing Reflective Vest, Killed in Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2012 | 4 Comments

A 75-year-old man on crutches was killed while trying to cross First Avenue on the Upper East Side this morning. According to reports, the victim, who was wearing a reflective vest, crossed in front of a stopped box truck at First at 89th Street at approximately 8:20 a.m. When the signal changed, the victim was […]

Eyes on the Street: DOT Lays Foundations for Safer First Avenue

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2012 | 9 Comments

Looks like the concrete has been poured for new pedestrian refuges on First Avenue in the 60s. Courtesy of Flickr user TNoble2008, who reports that the construction work extends up to 70th Street, here are some more shots of the progress on the Upper East Side’s first protected bike lane. Apparently the markings and refuges […]

Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Sighting on the Upper East Side

By Ben Fried | Apr 4, 2012 | 10 Comments

Reader Liz Patek sends these shots of the new road markings on First Avenue in the 60s. The protected bike lane that Manhattan Community Board 8 approved last summer is going in. Until now there was no bike infrastructure at all on First Avenue between 60th Street and 72nd Street. Filling that gap is DOT’s […]

How Many Cops Does It Take to Ticket a Cyclist?

By Ben Fried | Jan 17, 2012 | 14 Comments

A few readers have written to Streetsblog with anecdotal evidence that NYPD is ramping up its crack bicycle ticketing operation this January. (It seems to be triggered by the calendar; last year’s NYPD bike crackdown also got going in January.) Police are certainly reviving their tough-on-cyclists PR campaign, bragging to the Post earlier this week […]

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