Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East Harlem

DWAI Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer Not Charged for Death of Harlem Man

By Brad Aaron | Jul 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

A driver who left a trail of carnage through East Harlem, killing an innocent bystander, has been sentenced to as little as a year in jail after she escaped charges for taking a life. Simone Walters was driving down Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard on the night of July 21, 2011, when she struck Robert Bond […]

Uptown Transit Riders Fight for 125th Street Select Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | May 24, 2012 | 17 Comments

Select Bus Service is a big success on First and Second Avenues and 34th Street. Speeds are up, ridership is up, and the MTA is using the time savings to run even more buses along the busy corridors. So where in Manhattan is next for the popular package of bus improvements? One group of uptown transit […]

East River Plaza Parking Still Really, Really Empty, New Research Shows

By Noah Kazis | Apr 20, 2012 | 27 Comments

East River Plaza, the big box mall designed for Massapequa and placed in East Harlem, still has a thousand-space parking garage. And given its location in one of the lowest car-ownership neighborhoods in the country, the garage is still as empty as when it opened, despite big subsidies for parkers. Thanks to new research from […]

East Harlem CB Approves Protected Bike Lanes for First and Second Avenues

By Noah Kazis | Mar 21, 2012 | 6 Comments

East Harlem’s Community Board 11 last night approved, again, plans to build protected bike lanes and pedestrian refuge islands on First and Second Avenues. The vote comes after a lengthy public debate in which the community fought for the lanes and the board approved them, only to take back its support after local businesses protested. […]

East Harlem Community Board to Take Final Bike Lane Vote Tomorrow

By Noah Kazis | Mar 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

After a long and circuitous path, the fate of protected bike lanes on East Harlem’s First and Second Avenues may be decided in a community board vote Tuesday night. First the city promised protected lanes and pedestrian refuge islands to the neighborhood along with Select Bus Service. Then it walked back that commitment, limiting new bicycle […]

CB 11 Transpo Committee Votes 7-0 for East Harlem Protected Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Mar 7, 2012 | 13 Comments

Protected bike lanes once again won big support in East Harlem. After Community Board 11 first endorsed protected lanes for First Avenue and Second Avenue by a vote of 47-3, then rescinded that support in the face of business opposition, the board’s transportation committee has put the complete street redesign back on the path to […]

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