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Upper East Side

January 30, 2013

85-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck by SUV on Upper East Side, Police Say

Richard Griffin, 85, was hit at York Avenue and East 69th Street, officials said.

Briarwood

September 18, 2012

Remains of Woman Killed by Cab on Upper East Side to Return to Philippines

Pelagia Zingatan's cousin will bring her ashes back to their family in the Phillippines.

Upper East Side

September 17, 2012

65-Year-Old Woman Struck and Killed by Cab on Upper East Side

Pelagia Zingatan of Queens died after being hit by a cab at First Avenue and East 69th Street.

Upper East Side

February 27, 2012

Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison for Home Invasion Spree

Upper East Side burglar Tyrone Hunter, 56, may spend the rest of his life in prison.

Upper East Side

January 26, 2012

MTA Tunnel Project Blamed for 'Second Avenue Subway Cough'

MTA air quality study says the Second Avenue subway construction is safe, but residents say they're ill.

Upper East Side

January 05, 2012

MTA's $57M Elevator Plan Makes Enemies on East 69th Street

Upper East Side residents blasted the MTA's $57M plan to build entrances on their block.

Upper East Side

November 10, 2011

Weill Cornell Medical College Names Building After $100M Donor

Weill Cornell Medical College's $650 million, 18-story facility, rising on East 69th Street, will be named the Belfer Research Building after philanthropists, Robert and Renee Belfer.

Upper East Side

October 06, 2011

UES Residents Blast Subway Entrance Plans for Landmarked Blocks

Residents on East 69th Street are outraged over MTA plans to add subway entrances for the overcrowded 68th Street station on the Lexington Avenue line on their landmarked block.

Upper East Side

July 25, 2011

Cornell University Eyeing New Engineering Campus in City

Cornell is vying to win a city bid to build a new engineering and science campus on Roosevelt Island.

Upper East Side

July 21, 2011

Central Park Conservancy's $900,000 Plan to Straighten Path Opposed

Community Board 8 worries that a Central Park Conservancy plan to straighten a park entrance could encourage cycling on its path.

Upper East Side

January 14, 2011

Park Avenue Co-Op Evacuated After Transformer Fire

A transformer fire caused unsafe levels of carbon monoxide at 700 Park Avenue Thursday night.

Upper East Side

June 16, 2010

Upper East Side OTB Shuttered Because of Second Avenue Subway Construction

The Upper East Side's only OTB branch closed, not because of bankruptcy, but because of subway construction.

Upper East Side

June 07, 2010

Worker Injured in Upper East Side Construction Accident

A man's arm was injured when a large piece of concrete fell from the ceiling of a parking garage on Fifth Avenue.

Upper East Side

May 26, 2010

Construction Begins on New Weill Cornell Medical College Building

Weill Cornell Medical College broke ground on a new $650 million research building at East 69th Street Wednesday. The college hopes the state-of-the-art facility attracts up to 30 top researchers.

Upper East Side

May 19, 2010

Black Widow Barbara Kogan's Sentencing Delayed So Son Can Finally Face Mom in Court

Barbara Kogan faces 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to hiring a hitman to kill her husband two decades ago.