Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jackson Heights

Van Bramer to Car Dealers: Stop Hogging Northern Boulevard Sidewalks

By Stephen Miller | Aug 4, 2015 | 53 Comments

Walking the car-clogged sidewalks of Northern Boulevard this morning with street safety advocates and press in tow, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called on two NYPD precincts to crack down on auto dealerships that treat pedestrian space as car showrooms. “They have a right to make money,” Van Bramer said of the dealerships. “But they do not have a […]

Queens Residents Launch Campaign for Bike Lanes Connecting Parks

By Stephen Miller | Jul 10, 2015 | 9 Comments

Northern Queens residents who want to safely bicycle to nearby parks are trying to convince the city to install new bike lanes in neighborhoods from Astoria to Corona. It all started with a post by Sergio Peçanha to a Jackson Heights neighborhood forum about two weeks ago. With Travers Park and the adjacent 78th Street play street set for reconstruction soon, Peçanha wanted […]

Car Dealers Turn Northern Boulevard’s Sidewalks Into Vehicle Showrooms

By Stephen Miller | Jul 8, 2015 | 15 Comments

As a matter of practice, car dealerships along Northern Boulevard, one of the most dangerous streets in Queens, illegally use its sidewalks and curb lanes as a showroom for vehicles. NYPD doesn’t enforce against the appropriation of sidewalks and won’t answer questions about it. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson recently walked down Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights and found cars […]

Diversity Plaza Wishes You a Happy Valentine’s Day

By Stephen Miller | Feb 13, 2015 | 3 Comments

In preparation for Valentine’s Day, the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership set up a camera in Jackson Heights’ Diversity Plaza to learn how to say “I love you” in some of the 138 languages spoken in Queens. Diversity Plaza lives up to its name. In the video you’ll hear Farsi, Bangla, Hungarian, Italian, Urdu, Basaa, and Tibetan. Located in the heart […]

Eyes on the Street: Safer Streets Come to Jackson Heights

By Stephen Miller | Sep 26, 2014 | 3 Comments

In June, Queens Community Board 3 overwhelmingly supported two traffic safety projects: a neighborhood Slow Zone for part of Jackson Heights and new pedestrian islands on Northern Boulevard. Now those improvements plus multiple Safe Routes to School projects are being installed. Clarence Eckerson Jr. snapped some photos earlier this week as DOT crews poured concrete […]

In Jackson Heights, Kids Learn About Bike Safety and Document Speeding

By Stephen Miller | Sep 15, 2014 | No Comments

On Saturday, Make Queens Safer kicked off the school year with a safe streets fair at Travers Park in Jackson Heights, next to the 78th Street play street. DOT distributed 723 bike helmets, more than half of them to children, and 70 kids swapped out their old bikes for right-sized models provided by Recycle-A-Bicycle. Hundreds […]

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