The Beach Cafe's attempts at sprucing up its sidewalk space overlooking the Second Avenue subway construction were met with a threat of a $2,000 daily fine.
The Beach Cafe added romantic lighting, greenery and other sidewalk improvements to cheer up an area overshadowed by the Second Avenue subway construction.
After Upper East Siders complained about the Second Avenue subway construction blasts rocking their streets after 7 p.m., MTA officials pledged to ban the nighttime practice.