Upper East Side
Top Categories
Op-Ed: The Second Avenue Subway’s Lessons for American Transit
How to avoid the mistakes that make the East Side line, the most costly subway extension ever built.
March 9, 2020
Ex-Parks Commissioner: I Won’t Bike in Central Park Anymore
A delivery man on a e-bike wiped out after striking a pedestrian at a dangerous intersection. What's the city going to do about it?
September 2, 2019
KOMANOFF: Congestion Pricing Will NOT Fill Upper Manhattan With Suburbanites Cruising for Parking
Our expert fires up his transportation spreadsheet and finds that neighborhood fears about a carmaggedon at the edge of congestion pricing zone are unfounded.
March 21, 2019
Pedestrian Killed by SUV Driver Trying to Park on Upper East Side
An Upper East Side pedestrian was run down by a driver who was going in reverse to get a parking space on E. 91st Street late on Tuesday, police said.
January 30, 2019
Today’s Edition of “S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day”
Seriously, what is this woman thinking?
August 29, 2018
The Upper East Side Can Still Deliver an Old-Fashioned Bike Lane Kvetchfest
True to form, last night's Upper East Side community board meeting about bike lanes was a ridiculous carnival of vituperative whining.
July 10, 2018
Mayor de Blasio Throws Red Meat to the Bike Haters in Midtown
De Blasio made no attempt to win over skeptics of bike infrastructure, showed no grasp of the pedestrian safety effects of protected bike lanes, and appeared content to let anecdotes and unfocused anger sway policy instead of the proven track record of his own DOT's projects.
September 27, 2017
NYPD Blames Victim After Cab Driver Kills Woman on Upper East Side and Flees Scene
The victim was the third pedestrian in five months to be killed by a cab driver in the 19th Precinct.
September 13, 2017
City Council District 4 Candidates on Streets and Transportation Issues
Two weeks ago, Streetsblog sent four open-ended questions to the candidates in eight contested City Council races. We'll be publishing the responses we received, as well supplementary material from StreetsPAC questionnaires, in a series of posts this afternoon.
September 11, 2017
Cab Driver Kills Woman in 19th Precinct, Where Police Brag About Seizing E-Bikes
Barbara Horn was the second person this year killed by a cab driver in a crosswalk in the 19th Precinct. On an average day, precinct officers summons around five motorists for violating a pedestrian’s right of way, and ticket just one speeding driver.
July 31, 2017
