Bike Lanes Backed, Birdhouses Are Back | UES Week In Review

Upper East Side NY

23 April, 2021

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UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Miss any headlines on the Upper East Side this week? Patch's week in review has you covered for the neighborhood's top news. 92nd Street Y Announces Return To Live Performances UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The latest domino to fall in New York City's gradual reopening, the 92nd Street Y announced Monday that it would carefully resume hosting in-person events this month.... Read more Water Decaying Lawn On East River Esplanade, UES Board Tells City UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The city's plan to reimagine a stretch of the East River waterfront needs to account for a patchy lawn that has deteriorated in recent years due to a lack of hydration, a... Read more Man Killed, 2 Injured In Upper East Side Building Fire UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — An elderly man died and another is in critical condition following a fire that broke out Wednesday morning in a residential building on Second Avenue near East 82nd Street, authorities... Read more These 2 Upper East Side Projects Won Ben Kallos's Budget Bucks UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The results are in after 534 Upper East Side residents voted on how they wanted $1 million of their City Council member's money to be spent on neighborhood improvements.... Read more Upper East Side Board Finally Backs Crosstown Bike Lanes UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — After months of indecision and years of agitation by advocates, a community board voted overwhelmingly this week to endorse a pair of crosstown protected bike lanes that... Read more Birdhouses Return To UES Block, Months After Vandal Cut Them Down UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A row of colorful birdhouses once again adorns an Upper East Side block, thanks to the resilience of a local group in the face of an act of vandalism that derailed the project... Read more Pesticides Sprayed In UES Playground Are Banned By City UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — City leaders this week hailed the passage of a new law restricting the use of certain pesticides in city parks, celebrating in an Upper East Side playground where one such... Read more