Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

All Eyes on DOT After CB 7 Endorses Amsterdam Ave Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jul 8, 2015 | 13 Comments

Will the third time be the charm? Manhattan Community Board 7 has overwhelmingly voted — again — to ask the city for a northbound protected bike lane as part of a redesign of Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side. DOT will have to move forward on a redesign very soon to get a complement to the southbound protected bike lane on Columbus […]

NYPD: No ROW Charge for Driver Who Killed Moshe Grun in UWS Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2015 | 108 Comments

Will NYPD file Right of Way Law charges against a driver who fatally struck Moshe Grun in an Upper West Side crosswalk? A sergeant from the 20th Precinct wouldn’t answer that question, denying Grun had died before deferring to an investigator who was on vacation. Grun, 59, was crossing Broadway at W. 62nd Street, in the marked crosswalk, […]

CB 7 Committee Asks DOT for Amsterdam Protected Bike Lane “Immediately”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2015 | 7 Comments

On Tuesday, the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee unanimously passed a resolution asking DOT to immediately install a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue in the neighborhood. DOT has built out a southbound protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue from 110th Street almost to Columbus Circle over the past five years, but the city has not created a […]

CB 7 Chair Says Its Street Safety Task Force Isn’t About Street Safety

By Stephen Miller | May 14, 2015 | 14 Comments

At the beginning of 2014, drivers killed three people — Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, and Samantha Lee — on the Upper West Side in a matter of days. Neighbors turned out by the hundreds at vigils for the victims, and came out again to pack meetings demanding action. In response, Community Board 7 formed a street safety task force. More […]

Citi Bike Could Expand to 86th Street This Summer

By Stephen Miller | May 4, 2015 | 20 Comments

It looks like some parts of Manhattan north of 59th Street could be getting Citi Bike sooner than previously expected. At a town hall hosted by Council Member Helen Rosenthal last week, DOT Manhattan Borough Commissioner Margaret Forgione said Citi Bike would expand to 86th Street by August or September, and to 110th Street “probably in March,” […]

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