Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Long Island City

Typical conditions outside the 108th Precinct in Long Island City. And every other NYPD station house. Image: Google Maps

108th Precinct Cracks Down on Sidewalk Parking — NYPD Placard Holders Not Included

By Brad Aaron | Apr 20, 2018 | 8 Comments

A year into Mayor de Blasio's "crackdown," cops and other placard-holding city employees know they can still leave their personal vehicles anywhere they damn well please.

The current DOT plan for Thomson Avenue will widen car lanes. Image: DOT

DOT’s Plan for Thomson Ave Caters to Cars, Not the Thousands of Students Heading to School

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2017 | 15 Comments

A DOT redesign proposed for Thomson Avenue by LaGuardia Community College doesn't do enough for street safety, and Queens volunteers with Transportation Alternatives are pressing the agency to come back with a stronger plan.

All the proposed bike-share stations in Brooklyn Community Board 9 would take up sidewalk space, not parking spots. Image: NYC DOT

Behold the First Bike-Share Expansion Maps of 2017

By David Meyer | Apr 6, 2017 | 12 Comments

DOT has released preliminary station locations for two areas in this year's Citi Bike expansion. The maps will be finalized by June, agency reps told the Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee last night.

After a Car Wreck, Dutch Kills Civic Association Flips Out Over Bike Corral

By Brad Aaron | May 23, 2016 | 36 Comments

After a speeding motorist collided with a motorist who failed to stop at a stop sign, the Dutch Kills Civic Association in Long Island City is telling the powers that be how unhappy they are — with a nearby bike corral. The corral was installed in April at the intersection of 29th Street and 39th Avenue following a […]

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Ride the New Pulaski Bridge Bikeway With Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 29, 2016 | No Comments

Today was a milestone for traveling between Brooklyn and Queens: NYC DOT opened the Pulaski Bridge bike path to lots of cheers with a celebratory ride. Before today, the Pulaski Bridge walking and biking path was dangerously congested, with more pedestrians and cyclists crammed on to its narrow right-of-way every year. The solution? Convert one lane of the roadway to a two-way […]

The Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Is Open and It’s Magnificent

By David Meyer | Apr 29, 2016 | 31 Comments

Pedestrians and cyclists don’t have to settle for scraps of space on the Pulaski Bridge any more. This morning, the bridge’s new two-way protected bikeway officially opened to the public, the culmination of a four-year effort to improve biking and walking access between Greenpoint and Long Island City. The Pulaski carries thousands of cyclists between Queens and Brooklyn across Newtown […]

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