Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East Village

CB 2 Panel Unanimously Supports Lafayette-4th Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Mar 7, 2014 | 31 Comments

In a unanimous 9-0 vote last night, Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee endorsed a DOT plan to upgrade a buffered bike lane on Lafayette Street and Fourth Avenue to a parking-protected lane, complete with new pedestrian islands, car lanes of an appropriate width for the city, and improved signal timing for pedestrians. The plan […]

Patchwork Upgrades Move Ahead as East Side Waits for Complete Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Aug 8, 2013 | 3 Comments

The East River Greenway, stepchild of Manhattan’s bikeway network, currently consists of segments beneath, beside, and sometimes even above the FDR Drive. A report issued by New Yorkers for Parks yesterday acknowledged that East Siders awaiting a continuous path will have to wait decades before they can walk or bike on a full-length East River Greenway. In […]

Vance Charges Vehicular Assault for Terrifying East Village Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Jul 18, 2013 | 5 Comments

A motorist who allegedly left a path of carnage and destruction in the East Village a month ago has been charged by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance with vehicular assault, a felony. Shaun Martin, 32, of Bayside, was racing down Second Avenue in a Nissan sedan just before 7 a.m. on June 19 when he […]

NYPD: Repeat Drunk Driver Hits Three Pedestrians and Cyclist in East Village

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2013 | 51 Comments

An intoxicated and speeding motorist with a history of drunk driving jumped a curb and slammed into a storefront in the East Village this morning, putting three pedestrians and a cyclist in the hospital, according to NYPD and published reports. Just before 7 a.m., Shaun Martin of Bayside was barreling south on Second Avenue in […]

Bike Lanes Mean Business

By Jono Ryan | Oct 12, 2012 | 4 Comments

The East Village and Lower East Side have seen new bike infrastructure flourish in the past few years, and now have some of the best city bicycling infrastructure in the country, including what will soon be the nation’s longest protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues, several on-street bike corrals, and, coming next spring, […]

TA Survey: Customers on Foot Bring Big Business to East Village Retailers

By Stephen Miller | Oct 2, 2012 | 9 Comments

On the heels of launching New York’s first “Bike Friendly Business District” in the East Village and Lower East Side, Transportation Alternatives has released a new study [PDF] showing that people who walk, bike and take transit to the East Village are local retailers’ best customers. In a random survey of 420 East Village pedestrians, 95 […]

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