Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Long Island City

Pulaski Bridge Bike Path Now Scheduled to Open by End of 2015

By Stephen Miller | Dec 11, 2014 | 16 Comments

About a year behind schedule, a major project to improve walking and biking between Queens and Brooklyn is set to move forward in 2015. The project, originally scheduled to be complete this year, will convert one southbound car lane on the Pulaski Bridge into a protected bike lane, giving more breathing room to pedestrians on what […]

DCP Sketches Out Waterfront Transit and Safer Streets for Western Queens

By Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2014 | 11 Comments

A new transitway from LaGuardia Airport to Downtown Brooklyn is the most ambitious recommendation in a draft report [PDF] from the Department of City Planning on transportation in Western Queens, which also includes a raft of smaller changes that would make the streets of Astoria and Long Island City safer and more livable. While the transitway is the […]

Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Likely Delayed Until Next Year

By Stephen Miller | Oct 8, 2014 | 13 Comments

One of the most anticipated livable streets projects of 2014 probably won’t get built until next year. NYC DOT’s plan to convert a traffic lane on the Pulaski Bridge to a two-way protected bike path, which would relieve crowding on the bridge’s narrow bike-ped path and calm traffic heading toward McGuinness Boulevard in Brooklyn, is […]

Queens CB 2 Endorses Long Island City Pedestrian Upgrades

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2014 | 2 Comments

DOT has a plan to make it safer to walk near Court Square and Queens Plaza in Long Island City. Hunter and Crescent Streets between Queens Plaza South and 44th Drive form a triangle of sorts, in an area dotted with bus and train connections, including the Court Square subway station, which serves as a […]

Tonight: Important Complete Streets Meetings in Manhattan and Queens

By Stephen Miller | Sep 4, 2014 | No Comments

Tonight’s a big night for livable streets events, with community board meetings on proposals for Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, and Long Island City. Plus, join Streetsblog at ARTCRANK if you’re looking for some fun. Key community board meetings tonight are: Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee will consider a resolution requesting that DOT […]

Sooner or Later, the Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront Needs Better Transit

By John Petro | May 22, 2014 | 30 Comments

The Brooklyn and Queens waterfront is in the midst of a grand transformation that’s only just begun. Newly built Brooklyn Bridge Park is already firmly established as one of the city’s most stunning public spaces. The Brooklyn Navy Yard now hosts glitzy fashion shows by international designers like Alexander Wang and Dior. Long Island City’s waterfront is […]

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