Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

Setting the Agenda on Pedestrian Safety

By Aaron Donovan | | 29 Comments
On the evening of Saturday, January 10, 2004, Peter Hornbeck, 26, stepped off the curb at Park Avenue and 96th Street and was struck by a Chevy Suburban traveling 74 miles per hour. The SUV, being driven by a 26-year-old man from Queens who had had his license revoked years earlier, dragged Hornbeck for a block as Hornbeck’s friends cried out in […]

The Queensboro Meat Grinder

By Glenn McAnanama | | 6 Comments
Classic Scene near Queensboro Bridge on Second Avenue (note red light!) Every morning I walk past scenes like this near the Queensboro Bridge (QBB) on Second Avenue. Traffic blocks up on Second Avenue north of the two major crosstown exit routes at 60th and 57th Streets all the way to 70th Street and beyond. The […]

Why Only One Museum Mile?

By Ethan Kent | | 2 Comments
Some images and reflections from last night’s Museum Mile Festival: What if New York City’s streets were designed to support its cultural insitutions as destinations. What if New York City’s streets allowed the life and creativity inside these cultural institutions to spill out onto engaging sidewalks, plazas, and streets? In a big, crowded city, space […]