Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Flushing

Main Street at Maple Avenue in Flushing, where Ana Urena killed 80-year-old Jao Lin Zhu in 2015. Photo: Google Maps

Driver Who Challenged Right of Way Law Pleads Guilty, Is Fined $50 for Killing Queens Senior

By Brad Aaron | Jun 21, 2017 | 2 Comments

Ana Urena hit Jao Lin Zhu, 80, in a crosswalk. She ultimately pled guilty to violating Zhu's right of way, but there is no indication that her license was suspended or revoked.

The Mandarin-speaking table at last night's workshop. Photo: Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce

Crowded, Car-Choked Downtown Flushing Shouldn’t Be a Void in the Bike Network

By David Meyer | May 25, 2017 | 5 Comments

At a DOT forum to plan for better bicycling conditions in downtown Flushing, Council Member Peter Koo told the packed room he doesn't believe bike lanes belong in the area. Koo did not stick around for the rest of the meeting, but if he had, he would have heard a different story from his constituents, many of whom see biking as the only viable way to get to Flushing's dense downtown core.

Pounding on these off-board fare machines probably didn't make them work better.

This Angry Dude in Queens Is Reason #283 the MTA Needs Electronic Proof-of-Payment Yesterday

By David Meyer | May 8, 2017 | 9 Comments

Off-board fare payment is a huge time saver for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who ride the city's Select Bus Service routes. It cuts out the time-consuming process of each passenger dipping a MetroCard one by one. But the technology that off-board payment relies on could be better.

Kissena Boulevard at Holly Avenue in Queens, where a driver fatally struck 81-year-old Ping Xie. Image: Google Maps

Tow Truck Driver Kills Ping Xie, 81, in Flushing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 14, 2017 | 3 Comments

Motorists have killed at least 19 people walking on NYC surface streets this year. Of 17 victims whose ages were reported, 12 were 65 or over.

Main Street at 58th Avenue in Flushing, where a motorist killed a 65-year-old pedestrian on January 11. Image: Google Maps

Motorist Kills 65-Year-Old Man on Main Street in Flushing

By Brad Aaron | Jan 17, 2017 | No Comments

The victim was at least the fifth person killed while walking or biking this year on a street the city knows to be especially dangerous.

NYPD U.S. Open Security Plan Closes Key Route Linking Corona and Flushing

By Brad Aaron | Sep 8, 2016 | 7 Comments

As part of its security plan for this year’s U.S. Open, NYPD is blocking public access to a road that runs through Flushing Meadows Corona Park, cutting off one of the few local street connections between Corona and Flushing. Meridian Road loops around the section of the park that’s bordered on three sides by the Grand Central […]

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