Woman Struck By Motorcycle Near UES Trader Joes: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A woman was struck by a man driving a motorcycle on a notoriously congested section of Upper East Side roadway, officials said.

On Friday at about 2:45 p.m., a 75-year-old woman was struck by a man driving a 2014 BMW motorcycle on East 62nd Street, near First Avenue, according to police, about two blocks from the busy Trader Joes on First Avenue underneath the Queensborough Bridge.

The wounded pedestrian was brought to Cornell Hospital by first responders, officials said.

Police issued the motorcycle driver, a 59-year-old man, a summons for failure to yield, according to a department spokesperson.

That section of East 62nd is notoriously congested, as it serves as part of an off-ramp feeder for uptown-bound traffic exiting the Queensborough Bridge.

Since 2017, there have been 37 crashes at this intersection, 15 of which involved a pedestrian, according to city data.

A few blocks up at East 64th Street and First Avenue — an eastbound street that doesn't directly serve bridge or FDR Drive traffic — there have been eight accidents over the same time period, with only two involving pedestrians.