Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

DOT Proposes Road Diet But Only 4 Ped Islands for 35 Blocks of West End Ave

By Stephen Miller | Aug 1, 2014 | 40 Comments

After two people were killed by motorists along one stretch of West End Avenue this year, DOT promised to calm traffic on this dangerous Upper West Side street. Before a packed house of about 200 residents last night, the agency said changes will be made in two phases, finishing by next spring. The plan: A […]

At Jean Chambers Vigil, Urgent Pleas for Action Before Another Life Is Lost

By Stephen Miller | Jul 18, 2014 | 13 Comments

Yesterday evening, more than 100 people gathered on the corner of 95th Street and West End Avenue to remember 61-year-old Jean Chambers, killed last week by a turning driver while she had the “walk” signal. Jean’s husband and other traffic violence victims spoke at the vigil, and Council Member Helen Rosenthal announced that in the wake […]

Another UWS Pedestrian Killed as Safety Recommendations Sit on the Shelf

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2014 | 31 Comments

A proposal for safety improvements on the Upper West Side might have prevented the crash that killed a pedestrian Thursday, but the plan was not acted upon by Community Board 7 or DOT. At approximately 11 a.m. yesterday a 50-year-old motorist turning left from W. 95th Street onto West End Avenue struck Jean Chambers in […]

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Won’t Prosecute Cab Driver Who Killed 9-Year-Old

By Brad Aaron | May 22, 2014 | 37 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance will file no criminal charges against the cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock and injured his father in an Upper West Side crosswalk in January. Lisa Belkin of Yahoo News reports that prosecutors met Wednesday with Cooper’s parents, Richard Stock and Dana Lerner. “They told me there is nothing […]

After Quick Work by CB 7 and DOT, Safety Fixes Debut at 96th and Broadway

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2014 | 8 Comments

After the deaths of Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, and Samantha Lee at or near the intersection of 96th Street and Broadway shook Upper West Siders in January, DOT promised fixes to an intersection that locals complained had become even more dangerous to cross after a reconstruction project just a few years before. This morning, the city debuted those changes, including […]

With Key Positions Unchanged, CB 7 Still Puts Parking Above All [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2014 | 11 Comments

New term, same old Manhattan Community Board 7. On Tuesday, the Upper West Side board voted against a proposal to remove a handful of parking spaces on Central Park West at W. 106th Street, where cars sit in front of the park’s Strangers Gate entrance. A source tells Streetsblog that the resolution, which was more than […]

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