Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jackson Heights

The service entrance leads to a supposedly car-free 78th Street with an in-the-works pedestrian plaza and park. Photo by Clarence Eckerson.

The City Might Give Up Its Plan to Ban Cars On One Jackson Heights Street

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 21, 2019 | 20 Comments

The city may surrender a years-in-the making plan to transform a Jackson Heights street into a pedestrian friendly car-free plaza because of a well-connected, wait for it, car dealership!

This is the scene moments after the driver hit and killed a pedestrian on the last day of 2018 in Jackson Heights. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Two More Deaths Bring a Bloody End to a Bad Year for NYC Pedestrians

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 1, 2019 | 2 Comments

Two more pedestrians were killed by drivers in the waning hours of 2018 — a year that saw an increase in pedestrian deaths despite declining fatalities for cyclists and motorists overall.

Proposed bike lane projects for Corona, Jackson Heights, and East Elmhurst. The dotted lines indicate the proposed routes: blue for painted lanes, green for protected lanes, and purple for sharrows. Image: DOT

DOT Plans Small ‘Big Jump’ into Bike Lane Expansion in Queens

By David Meyer | Oct 18, 2018 | 22 Comments

But new routes proposed for Elmhurst, Corona, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights fall short of their supersized name.

Residents come up with pedestrian safety upgrades along Northern Boulevard. Photo: Laura Shepard

Public to DOT: Give Us Safety On Northern Boulevard

By Laura Shepard | Oct 17, 2018 | 1 Comment

Opponents and supporters of prior street safety battles agree that the "New Boulevard of Death" must be fixed.

NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan, right, on Northern Boulevard this morning. Photo: David Meyer

Three Drivers Have Gotten Away With Murder on Northern Boulevard This Year

By David Meyer | Oct 10, 2018 | No Comments

The good news is that the DOT is committed to making street-safety improvements.

Councill Member Danny Dromm at a community bike event this past weekend. Photo: Claudia Corcino/Twitter

Council Member Danny Dromm Wants A ‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Northern Boulevard

By David Meyer | Oct 4, 2018 | 3 Comments

Dromm is the latest local official to demand that DOT take aggressive action to slow down drivers on Northern Boulevard.

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