OPINION: The Eastern Queens Greenway Needs Your Support
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Queens residents are advocating for safe routes among their great parks — which would benefit the entire city. Here's your chance to weigh in.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens Pedestrian is Dead in Notorious Car-Friendly Danger Zone
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Add another death to Robert Moses's tab.
Queens Coalition Brings Last-Ditch Effort to Sink ‘Wrong Way’ LaGuardia AirTrain
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Local groups ask Cuomo to halt plans so that the state can conduct an independent environmental review.
Yes, Mr. Mayor, the U.S. Open Turns Flushing Meadows Park into a Parking Lot
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Sure, the tennis tourney generates revenue for the city, but Queens residents are treated like garbage for three weeks.
Tour the Safer 111th Street With the People Who Fought Three Years to Make It Happen
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With DOT crews wrapping up work on the 111th Street project, local residents went for a celebratory ride last week. Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson was there and put together this video tour of the redesigned street and retrospective of the three-year advocacy campaign to make this project happen.
Eyes on the Street: Introducing the 111th Street Protected Bike Lane
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This just in: DOT crews are laying down green paint on the new 111th Street bike lane next to Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Work on the project started back in April, and new stripes have been in place for weeks, but until now people were still parking in the bike lane. With this green coat, the whole project is snapping into place.