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The crosswalk, located on 71st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam, has been the site of 34 accidents within the last year, according to Scott Stringer.
Carrasco, of Paterson, N.J., was charged Friday with driving with a suspended license, unsafe backing and failure to exercise due care.
Yolanda Casal, 78, who lived just a few blocks away from the scene, died from her injuries. The 41-year-old woman she was with is currently in stable condition. The driver was arrested and charges are pending.
Police said in each incident the suspect indicates that he has a gun while usually demanding money or cell phones before fleeing on foot.
Why the Upper West Side location is closing is as big of a mystery as what is in the bagels. Everything from the owners lost their lease, to financial problems have been said to be the cause, but it didn't matter on Tuesday.
Residents living on West 68th Street near Broadway say the Pot Luck Cafe food truck takes up parking spaces and runs a noisy generator.
This time, the ceremony honoring the best on Broadway will be at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan's Upper West Side after several years at Radio City Music Hall.
They're the backdrop at coffee shops, delis, and laundromats across New York City, but those flyers didn't get there on their own. For one New Yorker, his canvas is the city; his paintbrush is a staple gun.
A gang of muscled-up thieves were caught on surveillance video plucking motorcycles off Manhattan street - Kawasakis, Yamahas and more getting snatched up in a matter of seconds.
Residents who live near the Redeemer Presbyterian Church at 150 W. 83rd Street aren't counting their blessings when it comes to location.
Add to the four questions a fifth. Is grain-like and gluten-free quinoa Kosher for Passover?
Residents of a high-rise that caught fire Friday said they were trapped inside the burning building because emergency doors were locked. They also claim smoke alarms and sprinklers weren't working.
Jews marking the eight-day remembrance of the ancient Israelites leaving Egypt after being freed from slavery must sanctify their homes.
Scores of police cars amassed at the United Nations for another day of drills in a week-long exercise that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly boasts have been successful thus far.
City inspectors ruled Friday night that an electronic billboard on the Upper West Side is illegal, much to the relief of many neighborhood residents.
Some residents on the Upper West Side say their homes are being invaded by flashing lights, and they can't turn them off. The bright light battle began with this week's grand opening of a chain drug store.
Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on a study into Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome, which got a lot of people talking. But really, all anyone needs to do to understand this concept is to spend a few days people-watching in Midtown during the work week.
When Ayelet Galena was born 15 months ago, she weighed 2 pounds 9 ounces. She has a compromised immune system and needs a bone marrow transplant to stay alive.
Two iron workers were killed this morning after they fell five stories while working on the Redeemer Presbyterian Church at 150 W. 83rd Street.
The City plans to open a homeless shelter for 200 men at the Alexander Hotel on West 94th Street near West End Avenue.
Police said she was in the crosswalk when 24-year-old Jessica Altruz slammed into her and then sped off.
Bed bug cases have nearly tripled in the first two months of school and are on track to surpass even that by the end of the school year.
An Upper West Side family is hoping for a large turnout at a bone marrow drive for their nanny on Sunday morning in East Flatbush.
One NYC family is doing whatever they can to take care of one of their own, as they organize bone marrow donor drives to help find a match for their beloved nanny, diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
The Department of Transportation announced the new initiative on Thursday and said that the efforts will create safer New York streets.
