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Kevin Duggan

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It's crowded on that bridge. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Queensboro Bridge Bike Numbers Soaring as DOT Stalls Separate Walking Path

By Kevin Duggan | Jun 7, 2023 | No Comments
If you don’t build it, they’ll still come.
The intersection where Dolma Naadhum, 7, (inset) was killed by a driver on Feb. 17. File image

CB1 Members Demand Universal Daylighting After Drivers Kill Two Kids

By Kevin Duggan | Jun 6, 2023 | No Comments
The city must clear all intersections of parked cars that block visibility, demanded community board members in Astoria.
North Brooklynites at a June 3 rally installed a ghost bike and a sign to mark the intersection where cyclist Teddy Orzechowski, 73, was killed by a driver three weeks earlier. Photo: Kevin Duggan

Greenpointers Rally For Safer Streets Where Cyclist, 73, Was Killed

By Kevin Duggan | Jun 5, 2023 | No Comments
When neighbors block road safety improvements, other neighbors die.
Firefighters help cyclist Teddy Orzechowski after an SUV driver hit him at Driggs Avenue and Monitor Street on May 12. Photo: Noel Hidalgo

Greenpoint Crash Kills Cyclist At a Former Open Street that Opponents Dismantled

By Kevin Duggan | Jun 3, 2023 | No Comments
The north Brooklyn intersection where an SUV driver fatally struck a senior cyclist has long been a terrifying crossroad of reckless driving that locals have demanded the city fix, and residents called the elder’s death a preventable consequence of city officials bowing to opponents of safe street infrastructure. 
"We weren’t even double digits, we were in third grade," said Zoe Litt (left), standing with Nathalie Christman, who were both friends of Cooper Stock (inset), who was killed by a driver in 2014. Photo: Kevin Duggan

‘Cooper’s Troopers’: Teens March for Last Time to Honor Classmate Killed by a Driver 9 Years Ago

By Kevin Duggan | Jun 1, 2023 | No Comments
The youngsters — "Cooper's Troopers" — have been doing the walk from the Calhoun School every year to the intersection where Cooper was killed, and Thursday marked the final time for their tribute as they are set to graduate this year.
The Hudson River Greenway has developed a sinkhole just months after Parks patched it up. Photo: Danny Pearlstein

UPTOWN SUNK: Parks Dept’s Poor Work on Hudson River Greenway is Already Caving In

By Kevin Duggan | May 31, 2023 | No Comments
"The patch-and-paste didn’t take," said one user. "Especially at night, it comes upon you pretty abruptly — it can throw somebody off their bike."
Queens Boulevard, seen  near Borough Hall, could do with some bike and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure. Photo: Google

Safety at Last! City Will Finally Finish Queens Blvd. Bike Lane, Promised a Decade Ago

By Kevin Duggan | May 30, 2023 | No Comments
The Department of Transportation said it will repurpose a travel lane in each direction for bike lanes between Union Turnpike in Forest Hills and Hillside Avenue in Briarwood.
Penned in: New Yorkers routinely have to navigate cramped sidewalks thanks to garbage taking up space. File photo: Kevin Duggan

Sanitation Restaurant Trash Plan Threatens to Gobble Up More Sidewalk: Advocates

By Kevin Duggan | May 25, 2023 | No Comments
New York City's already crowded sidewalks could get even more clogged under a new proposal to let restaurants leave trash cans out at all hours — spurring some advocates to call on the city to have eateries instead leave waste receptacles in the street.
A flatbed truck driver struck a pedestrian on E. 125th Street in East Harlem on May 24. Screenshot via Citizen App.

Flatbed Trucker Fatally Strikes Pedestrian on 125th Street in East Harlem

By Kevin Duggan | May 24, 2023 | No Comments
The trucker struck the 53-year-old man near Third Avenue just before 10:40 a.m., and the victim died at the scene, according to the NYPD.
The intersection of Homelawn Street and Grand Central Parkway Service Road where Daniel Zuzworsky (inset) was killed in January. Photo: Steve Vaccaro

‘Shattered’: Driver Fined Just $250 After Killing Queens Man

By Kevin Duggan | May 23, 2023 | No Comments
The wheels of justice grind on.
Chez Oskar's intricate setup along Malcolm X Boulevard in Brooklyn will have to yield to street parking come November, 2024, according to a bill in the City Council. Photo: Angelique Calmet Strakker

RED TAPE: Council’s Outdoor Dining Bill Could Undo Gains of Pandemic Program

By Kevin Duggan | May 22, 2023 | No Comments
“The cost for us, it’s probably gonna mean the end of outdoor dining as we know it.”
Chez Oskar's outdoor dining structures beautify Malcolm X Boulevard in Brooklyn. Photo: Shannon Greer

Council Moves Final Outdoor Dining Bill as Seasonal Program

By Kevin Duggan | May 19, 2023 | No Comments
The City Council will finally move forward with plans for a permanent outdoor dining program that would restrict "streeteries" in the roadway to eight months out of the year while, according to new legislation released on Thursday.
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