Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Amidst Tabloid Attack on Bicycling, Another Child Killed By Reckless Motorist

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2013 | 50 Comments

Update: The Post and DNAinfo have identified the victims as Ariel Russo, 4, and her grandmother, Katia Gutierrez. The driver has been named as Franklin Reyes, 17. Correcting information released earlier today, NYPD now says Reyes has a record of one arrest, and it was not for robbery, according to the Post. A young child and […]

City Council Candidates on the Issues: Ken Biberaj, District 6

By Stephen Miller | Jun 3, 2013 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog continues our series on City Council candidates with a look at the race for District 6 in Manhattan, covering the Upper West Side. The seat has been held by Gale Brewer, who is term-limited, since 2002. Six Democratic Party candidates are vying for the seat: real estate executive Ken Biberaj, Democratic State Committeewoman Debra Cooper, education activist Noah Gotbaum, Democratic […]

Cab Driver Seriously Injures Cyclist on Upper West Side

By Brad Aaron | May 23, 2013 | 8 Comments

A cyclist was struck and injured by a cab driver at 81st and Broadway this afternoon. A spokesperson said FDNY got the call at 2:20 p.m., and that responders transported a 35-year-old male in serious condition to St. Luke’s Roosevelt. A tipster who alerted us to the crash and took the photo said the victim was […]

Let There Be Light: Notorious Dark Patch of West Side Greenway Gets Bright

By Stephen Miller | Mar 1, 2013 | 9 Comments

New lights appeared earlier this week on the Hudson River Greenway between 59th and 72nd Streets, on a notoriously dark stretch beneath an elevated section of the West Side Highway. Although a few patches remain dark, sources tell us it’s a vast improvement. Word is that DOT is responsible for installing these lights, which are […]

By More Than 2-to-1, CB 7 Supports Columbus Avenue Bike Lane Extension

By Stephen Miller | Feb 6, 2013 | 4 Comments

Last night, Manhattan Community Board 7 signaled its support for an extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane — which currently runs one mile, from 96th to 77th Streets — north to 110th Street and south to 69th Street [PDF]. The 26-11 vote (with one abstention) was a much wider margin than CB 7’s 23-19-1 […]

NYPD Won’t Touch Upper West Side Block Commandeered by Illegal Parking

By Brad Aaron | Feb 5, 2013 | 18 Comments

A frustrated Upper West Side resident is looking to tame the rampant illegal parking and placard abuse on his block. Carson Dixon says the curbs and sidewalks of W. 83rd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues are lined constantly with illegally parked vehicles, left there by postal workers, firefighters, and employees of a parking garage. […]

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