Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jamaica

Lancman and Simanowitz: Let’s Keep Queens Bus Riders Stuck in Traffic

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2015 | 47 Comments

Tonight, DOT and the MTA will hold an open house to solicit input for proposed Select Bus Service routes linking Flushing and Jamaica. The plan to reduce travel times for tens of thousands of Queens bus riders has broad support from advocates and local electeds, including Assembly Member Nily Rozic. But the Times Ledger reports that […]

Fixes Set for Dangerous Jamaica Hills Intersection

By Stephen Miller | Mar 3, 2014 | 2 Comments

The intersections surrounding Hillside Avenue, Homelawn Street, and 169th Street in Jamaica Hills are on track for pedestrian safety upgrades this spring after NYC DOT’s plan [PDF] received the support of Queens Community Board 8 last week. With entrances to the F train on all four corners and bus stops served by 17 routes, the […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Not Charged in Death of Queens Pedestrian Mosa Khatun

By Brad Aaron | Jan 6, 2014 | 13 Comments

A hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a woman in Jamaica last night will not be charged with a crime, according to NYPD. Mosa Khatun, 38, was struck by the driver of a Nissan SUV at the corner of Highland Avenue and 169th Street at around 10:20 p.m., according to NYPD and the Daily News: Emergency […]

No Charges Filed for Pedestrian Deaths in Jamaica and East New York

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2013 | No Comments

Editor’s note: As we were finishing up this story, Gothamist reported that a 36-year-old cyclist was killed this morning in Claremont, and that another cyclist struck by a truck driver in Downtown Brooklyn earlier this month has died from his injuries. We will have more on these fatalities in a future post. Two pedestrians were […]

Five Killed in Four Days: Holiday Season Marked by Pedestrian Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jan 2, 2013 | 6 Comments

In separate crashes in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx, city motorists killed five pedestrians between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Four of the crashes, which took the lives of a child and three young mothers, were hit-and-runs. At approximately 8:45 a.m. on December 28, 11-year-old Miguel Torres of Jackson Heights was crossing at Northern Boulevard and 80th […]

Queens Pedestrian Maleka Begum, 54, Killed by Bus Driver Making a Turn

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2012 | 6 Comments

A 54-year-old woman was killed by a bus driver in Jamaica Saturday night. Maleka Begum was crossing the street at Hillside Avenue and Merrick Boulevard at around 8 p.m. when she was struck by the driver of a Nassau Inter-County Express bus, according to the Daily News. “She was crossing with my sister and the bus […]

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