Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Lower East Side

‘Local Spokes’ Coalition Brings Grassroots Bike Planning to LES, Chinatown

By Noah Kazis | Jun 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

In Chinatown and the Lower East Side, a new coalition is showing how grassroots, community-based bike planning can be done. Formed six months ago, the nine-member Local Spokes coalition is surveying local residents and workers, holding public meetings, and training youth ambassadors in preparation for the creation of a new bike plan for those two […]

Private Trash Hauler Critically Injures Woman at Essex and Delancey

By Noah Kazis | May 11, 2011 | 17 Comments

A private sanitation truck driver hit a pedestrian at the intersection of Essex and Delancey Streets yesterday afternoon, dragging her under the truck. She was transported to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition with severe trauma to her legs, according to the NYPD. The NYPD press office reported that both the woman and the truck driver […]

Driver Kills Pedestrian at Delancey and Bowery

By Noah Kazis | Feb 15, 2011 | 5 Comments

A driver struck and killed a pedestrian at the corner of Delancey and Bowery at 1:45 p.m. yesterday, according to the NYPD. The victim, a 54-year-old Asian man, was declared dead at Bellevue Hospital. The police did not have any additional information about the crash or any charges brought against the driver at this time.

Eyes on the Street: SUV Flips Across Houston Street Median

By Noah Kazis | Aug 31, 2010 | 5 Comments

The driver of this wrecked SUV had been traveling on the other side of on Houston Street before flipping over the median, according to the tipster who sent this photo. A tipster sends this photo of Houston Street near the corner of Mott, early yesterday morning at around 5:00 a.m. Our source says he was […]

Traffic Injuries Plummet on Allen and Pike After Bike-Ped Overhaul

By Ben Fried | Jun 15, 2010 | 7 Comments

Evidence continues to mount that NYCDOT’s street reclamation projects are making New York a safer city for walking and biking. The latest statistics come from Allen and Pike Streets, where DOT installed four pedestrian plazas and the city’s first center-median protected bikeway late last summer. The project followed a long campaign by local community groups […]

Cyclist, Pedestrian Injured in Two East Side Crashes

By Brad Aaron | May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

Police talk to a man and woman at Essex and Rivington, where a cyclist was injured Monday night. Photo: DNAinfo A pedestrian and a cyclist have been hurt in separate Manhattan crashes since last night. DNAinfo reports that a cyclist was hit Monday at the corner of Essex and Rivington Streets: Shortly after the crash, […]

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