Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Flushing

Wider Sidewalks Coming to Flushing’s Crowded Main Street

By David Meyer | Jul 19, 2016 | 9 Comments

Main Street in Flushing gets more foot traffic than anywhere else in New York after Times Square, but its sidewalks are too narrow to handle all those people. So later this month, the city will begin expanding the sidewalks on four blocks of Main Street, Council Member Peter Koo, DOT, and the Department of Design and […]

Another Person Killed by Turning Motorist in the 109th Precinct

By Brad Aaron | Apr 6, 2016 | 2 Comments

An ambulette driver was charged under the Right of Way Law for striking and killing a pedestrian in Flushing. The crash happened Tuesday at around 8:57 a.m. The victim — a 57-year-old man whose name has not been released by police, pending family notification — was crossing 35th Avenue in the crosswalk when Ramon Ortiz, 55, struck him with an SUV […]

Bus Lanes and Faster Boarding Come to Flushing and Jamaica

By David Meyer | Dec 2, 2015 | 14 Comments

Sunday marked the first day of service for Q44 Select Bus Service linking Jamaica, Flushing, and the southeast Bronx, so I headed over to Sutphin Boulevard and Main Street during the p.m. rush yesterday to check it out. The Q44 SBS features the standard package of improvements that DOT and the MTA have employed to cut travel […]

Trucker Who Killed Woman Admits Negligence, NYPD Still Blames Victim

By Brad Aaron | Nov 6, 2015 | 21 Comments

Update: The Daily News identified the Queens hit-and-run victim as Agalia Gounaris, 84, of Flushing. Police said the bus was located in Connecticut, en route to a casino, and that by that time evidence was lost due to rain. The driver was being questioned, the News reported. Motorists took the lives of two people walking yesterday, […]

Electeds Call for Safer Flushing Streets After Hit-and-Run Killing

By Cristina Furlong | Oct 7, 2015 | No Comments

Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, the driver of a black SUV struck and killed Mariano Contreras, 41, on College Point Boulevard in Flushing. The driver fled the scene and has not yet been located. Yesterday, local residents and elected officials demanded accountability for reckless driving and called attention to dangerous street conditions in Flushing. State […]

Q44 Select Bus Service: Bus Lanes for Flushing and Jamaica, Not in Between

By Stephen Miller | May 28, 2015 | 45 Comments

DOT and the MTA have released the plan for Select Bus Service on the Q44 linking Jamaica, Flushing, and the Bronx, which serves 44,000 passengers daily. The areas that need bus lanes most — downtown Jamaica and Flushing — are in line to get them, but not the rest of the route. Earlier this year, nearly a […]

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