Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East Harlem

A Woman Dies, So East Harlem’s Top Cop Taunts Street Safety Advocates

By Stephen Miller | Jul 14, 2014 | 56 Comments

After a woman was killed by a subway train in Union Square yesterday, Captain Thomas C. Harnisch, commanding officer of the 25th Precinct, took to Twitter to harangue street safety advocates. His comments, since deleted, claim advocates “seize on a tragedy and assign culpability having no facts… to further your agenda.” Harnisch, whose officers were busted last […]

Select Bus Service Launches on 125th Street

By Stephen Miller | May 27, 2014 | 5 Comments

On Sunday, Select Bus Service launched on a route that stretches from 125th Street in Harlem to LaGuardia Airport. Public officials marked the occasion — the first SBS route to debut during the de Blasio era — at a Harlem press conference today. With off-board fare collection and dedicated bus lanes (on part of the […]

East 106th Street Road Diet and Bike Lanes Head to Manhattan CB 11

By Stephen Miller | Apr 16, 2014 | 11 Comments

Running between Fifth Avenue and FDR Drive, 106th Street in East Harlem should provide a key bike connection between Central Park and Randall’s Island. NYC DOT is proposing a road diet and painted bike lanes [PDF] to improve safety on the street, and Community Board 11’s transportation committee could vote on the plan soon. At 60 […]

Safety Fixes to Park Ave, Triboro Bridge Ramps Clear CB 11 Committee

By Stephen Miller | Mar 6, 2014 | 3 Comments

A deadly section of Park Avenue in East Harlem is on track for safety fixes, as is the dangerous confluence of ramps and streets at 125th Street and the RFK Triborough Bridge, following a unanimous vote by the Manhattan Community Board 11 transportation committee Tuesday evening. The Park Avenue viaduct carries Metro-North trains over the […]

NYPD Ticketing People for Riding Bikes on the Willis Avenue Bridge Bike Path

By Stephen Miller | Nov 15, 2013 | 98 Comments

NYPD is at it again, handing out tickets to cyclists for riding on a bike path. This time, the 25th Precinct was handing out sidewalk-riding summonses to people riding the shared bicycle-pedestrian path on the Willis Avenue Bridge between East Harlem and Mott Haven. Just before 9:00 this morning, reader Joe Rienti was commuting from East Harlem to […]

NYC Motorists Killed Three Pedestrians on City Sidewalks Today

By Stephen Miller | Nov 11, 2013 | 12 Comments

Three pedestrians were killed on NYC sidewalks today in two separate crashes. Just before 7:30 a.m. on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, a 22-year-old man driving a new Camaro ran over and killed two men on the sidewalk, and just before 1 p.m., a woman was killed on an East Harlem corner after a taxi driver […]

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