Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Long Island City

Eyes on the Street: Just Another Brush With Death at a Typical NYC Crossing

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2016 | 33 Comments

The design of 29th Street and 39th Avenue in Long Island City is typical of thousands of New York City crossings: an intersection of relatively narrow streets where drivers are allowed to park to the edge of crosswalks with no design elements to force motorists to slow down. The combination of poor visibility and lack of traffic-calming features […]

Long Island City’s Streets Need to Catch Up With a Growing Neighborhood

By David Meyer | Dec 11, 2015 | 8 Comments

Long Island City is booming with new residences, and more are on the way with the massive Hunters Point South development. As the area becomes home to more people, its streets need to catch up. On Wednesday night, Council Member Van Bramer and DOT hosted a public workshop to discuss how $8 million in capital funds can […]

Eyes on the Street: Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Rounding Into Form

By David Meyer | Dec 10, 2015 | 9 Comments

DOT crews are taking advantage of the frighteningly warmer-than-usual late fall weather to make serious progress on the Pulaski Bridge bikeway. When the bikeway is complete, pedestrians and cyclists will have a lot more room and won’t have to share the crowded path on the west side of the bridge. The concrete barrier separating the bike lane from […]

Eyes on the Street: Progress on Pulaski Bridge Bikeway

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2015 | 14 Comments

Last week DOT posted photos of construction work on the Pulaski Bridge bikeway on the project’s Facebook page. DOT is adding a protected lane that will create more room for people who bike and walk the bridge, which connects Greenpoint and Long Island City over Newtown Creek. The project has been on New Yorkers’ wish list for […]

Eyes on the Street: Signs That the Pulaski Bikeway Will Really Happen

By Ben Fried | Sep 15, 2015 | 1 Comment

A reader sends in this shot of the southbound side of the Pulaski Bridge, taken yesterday morning. That was the day NYC DOT said construction would start on the two-way protected bike lane over the bridge, which has been beset by delays until recently. Not that long ago it looked like construction of the bikeway, […]

Lentol: Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Construction to Begin September 14

By Stephen Miller | Sep 3, 2015 | 20 Comments

Construction of the Pulaski Bridge protected bike lane is now set to begin in a matter of days, according to Assembly Member Joe Lentol, and could wrap before the end of the year. DOT had announced last month that drainage design issues would delay the start of construction until next March, but that no longer seems […]

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