Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East Harlem

What would have been, the One45 development is now slated to be a truck depot. Source: Department of City Planning

Harlem Environmental Justice Group Blasts Developer for Truck Depot

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 14, 2022 | No Comments

Members of the Harlem community are decrying a developer's plan to build a controversial truck depot, warning that the decision to put profit over people’s health will send more pollution-spewing big rigs into the low-income community of color and worsen the environmental injustice already borne by the neighborhood.

The intersection of Pleasant Avenue and East 118th Street. Photo: Google Maps

Pedestrian Killed By Moped Rider In East Harlem

By Dave Colon | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

A 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a man riding an electric moped on Tuesday evening in East Harlem.

Looking over the Triboro's traffic at the Manhattan skyline. Photo: Steve Scofield

The Outlaw Biker’s Illustrated Guide to the Triboro Bridge

By Steve Scofield | Jun 6, 2019 | 32 Comments

As authorities plot their annual spring crackdown on the RFK Bridge, a regular rider calls for changes to make the span truly bike friendly.

The car that got slapped with 63 tickets, including 34 speeding tickets and seven red light tickets, is parked in the foreground of the general mess at the 23rd station house in East Harlem. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Neighborhood Residents to de Blasio: Get Reckless Recidivist Cop off Our Streets!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 14, 2019 | 17 Comments

The mayor remains silent on the issue of the Manhattan cop with 41 speeding and red-light tickets — so locals gave him an earful.

City Council District 8 candidates Robert Rodriguez and Diana Ayala on NY1 last month.

City Council District 8 Candidates on Streets and Transportation Issues

By David Meyer | Sep 11, 2017 | 3 Comments

See what candidates Diana Ayala, Tamika Mapp, and Robert Rodriguez have to say about bus lanes, bike lanes, and the Move NY toll reform plan.

This two-way bike lane separates cyclists from high-speed motor vehicle traffic on First Avenue. Photos: David Meyer

New in 2016: Safe Bike Connections Linking East Harlem and the Bronx

By David Meyer | Dec 22, 2016 | 17 Comments

Biking from the Bronx to Manhattan via the Willis Avenue Bridge used to present a dilemma -- you could go the safe route or the legal route, but not both. A DOT project solved the problem by turning the informal bike route into a safe, official path.

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