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Tourist Shot in the Back Walking Away From a Robber on West End Avenue and 103rd
By Carol Tannenhauser A tourist from Denmark was shot in the back early Sunday morning by an unknown individual who had tried to rob him on West End Avenue and West 103rd Street, a police spokesperson...
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NINE-APARTMENT BUILDING ON WEST END WILL BECOME SINGLE-FAMILY MANSION
347 West End Avenue is on the left. Image from presentation by architect Matthew Bremmer. The owner of a townhouse on West End Avenue between 76th and 77th Street is converting it back into a...
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PEDESTRIAN HIT AND KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS ON WEST END AVENUE
Photo by a witness. Click to enlarge. A 33-year-old woman was hit and knocked unconscious by an SUV driver at 71st Street and West End Avenue on Tuesday morning. EMS was called at 7:49 a.m. and told...
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3 Injured in Fire on West End Avenue Early Wednesday
Three firefighters were injured in a blaze that started on the top floor of the 13-story building at 924 West End Avenue, near 105th Street. The fire was called in at 2:35 a.m. and declared under...
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Two Months After Repaving Starts, West End Avenue Left in ‘Alarming’ State
By Lisa Kava A 12-block stretch on West End Avenue has been without any pedestrian crosswalk markings for the past eight weeks. A repaving project on West End between 60th street and 72nd has dragged...
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City Installs Plastic Barriers to Slow Cars Making Left Turns, But Drivers...
The city recently placed plastic posts on 93rd Street and West End Avenue to force drivers to make more gradual left turns, but the early evidence indicates that drivers aren’t paying much attention....
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City Draws Temporary Crosswalks and Faint Lane Lines on West End
West End Avenue between 60th and 72nd Streets got some temporary crosswalks last week after going months without lane or crosswalk markings following a repaving job. The DOT had said just two weeks...
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Some of Neighborhood’s ‘Most Dangerous’ Blocks Still Have No Crosswalks or...
The city has left 96th street without lane markings or crosswalks for months. By Lisa Kava Major streets on the Upper West Side have gone without pedestrian crosswalks or lane markings for cars for...
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85-Year-Old Woman Struck by Jeep and Killed Crossing West End Avenue
Police officials at the scene. Photo by Joy Bergmann. By Joy Bergmann At 7:15 a.m. Thursday, an 85-year-old female pedestrian was struck by a Jeep at the intersection of West End Avenue and 70th...
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UWS Mysteries: The Disappearing Chicks and the Mysterious Stains on West End...
Mysteries abound on the Upper West Side, and there are two new ones in our case file. 1. The mystery of the chicks: Jane Kenney sent in the photo above, from Riverside Park around 66th Street. “There...
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Parking Spots Become Daytime Taxi and Truck Loading Zones on 17-Block Stretch...
New signs prohibit parking during the day on sections of West End Avenue. To the surprise of some residents, parking spots on West End Avenue between 79th and 96th Street were turned into loading...
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Part of West End Avenue Will Be Opened Up for Pedestrians and Cyclists...
The city has been gradually closing a few streets off to cars so that people can walk outside without worrying about traffic. But the first installment of these “open streets” left off all of the...
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City Abruptly Ends West End Avenue ‘Open Street’ Program
Barriers blocking West End keep getting smashed by drivers. Photo by Daniela. For months, West End Avenue has been blocked off to vehicle traffic from 87th to 96th Street for part of the day as an...
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West End Avenue ‘Open Street’ Is Coming Back, With a Whole New Setup
The “open street” on West End Avenue that blocked traffic between 87th and 96th Street during the daytime was abruptly shut down by the Department of Transportation last month. The DOT didn’t explain...
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