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Full accessibility is finally coming to the Lexington Avenue Subway Station at East 86th Street!
A perfect day, yet again, for our tireless volunteers. Thanks to our amazing and caring neighbors. We are lucky to have eachother!
NYC had plenty of challenges in 2022, but that didn’t stop The East 86th Street Association from having it’s most accomplished year ever!
Volunteer Clean Team meets on September 11th at Noon. Come and join us with special guest cleaner Council Member Keith Powers! All are welcome.
Yew gotta love all the new green that has arrived on East 86th Street, and there is more to come!
Help us help the 19th! Sign the petition for increased police funding in our neighborhood!
Passions were high, and the church was full for the East 86th Street Association’s largest meeting yet.
Which new plantings do you like the best? Let us know on Twitter or Instagram @East86th.
A dozen trees and hundreds of plants have finally arrived as part of the East 86th Street Streetscape plan that the East 86th Street Association has worked long and hard for!
Our East 86th Street Volunteer Clean Team grew from three to ten volunteers in just our second week!
Construction is in final phase! Trees, plants, shrubs, and tree guards will cap the project in November.
We are pleased to announce that District 5 Council Member Ben Kallos has secured funding to transition all 5th District corner trash receptacles from the old wire baskets to the new, larger cans housed in green metal cases. The new cans with domed top and smaller opening increases capacity, prevents spillage and deters rats.
The East 86th Street Association is pleased to announce the official launch of the all-new East86th.Org, as well as completely revamped social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Andrew Fine, of The East 86th Street Association, produced and edited the website with Developer William Mallick and Designer Ken Sommer of Inteligencia, Inc..
We now have a revamped Facebook page, and new Instagram and Twitter pages. Follow us using the links found on the top and bottom of the home page, Updates on new initiatives, meetings, and community news will be regularly updated. Please share, follow, and most importantly engage!
Tracking down the oldest bar on the Upper East Side is no easy task! State records are incomplete. Most of the oldest bars in NYC have no record of the original liquor license date
It is a neighborhood institution! Opened in 1932 and still operating at its original location on 86th and Third Avenue, Papaya King has withstood the test of time!
At the East 86th Street Association, we are always looking for new ways to improve the neighborhood. I this case, all we had to do was to look up, into the trees!
To improve the quality of life along the East 86th Street corridor by: conducting research, education and advocacy projects which focus on quality of life issues; coordinating and involving residents, merchants, real estate owners, civic organizations, cultural institutions and other concerned citizens to foster community pride, civic participation and responsibility.