Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queens

Check Out This Wonderfully Normal CBS 2 Queens Blvd Bike Lane Story

By Brad Aaron | May 13, 2016 | 7 Comments

There’s nothing particularly noteworthy about this CBS 2 feature on the plan to extend the bike lanes on Queens Boulevard. And that’s what makes it noteworthy. With shots of the street where lanes now exist, reporter Sonia Rincon begins the piece like so: “The DOT is reshaping the landscape of one of the most dangerous roads in the […]

De Blasio Advances Queens Boulevard Redesign Despite CB 4 Shenanigans

By David Meyer | May 11, 2016 | 39 Comments

Mayor de Blasio has instructed NYC DOT to move forward with the redesign of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst following a contentious meeting of Queens Community Board 4 last night, in which the chairman hastily pushed through a vote against the bike lane portion of the project. “I respect those who disagree with us, but in the […]

111 Corona Mothers Take Over 111th Street to Call for a Safer Design

By David Meyer | May 9, 2016 | 11 Comments

Mujeres en Movimiento — a Corona-based group of immigrant Latina mothers — marched on 111th Street this Saturday, calling on NYC DOT and Queens Community Board 4 to move forward with the city’s plan for traffic calming and a protected bike lane on the street. They were joined by their children, members of Immigrant Movement International Corona, and Queens street safety activists. More than […]

Change Is Afoot on Conduit Blvd, a Speedway Dividing Neighborhoods

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2016 | 13 Comments

Conduit Boulevard, a wide and dangerous road where drivers speed to and from JFK Airport, could get much-needed safety improvements from DOT between Atlantic Avenue and Sutter Avenue this year. The street is designed like a highway, with wide travel lanes and north- and south-bound roads separated by a huge median. Vehicle access from Atlantic Avenue is literally an on-ramp. In Nassau […]

A Car-Free Plaza Is the Key to DOT’s Safety Plan for Myrtle-Wyckoff

By David Meyer | Mar 31, 2016 | 7 Comments

The dangerous intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue at the Bushwick-Ridgewood border is in line for a major DOT redesign this year. The proposal calls for pedestrianizing the block of Wyckoff between Myrtle and Gates to reduce potential motor vehicle turns at the intersection by 70 percent. Myrtle-Wyckoff is a major transit hub, where the elevated M […]

DOT Proposes East-West Bike Route on 31st Ave in Queens

By David Meyer | Mar 15, 2016 | 15 Comments

Last summer, a group of Queens residents began organizing as the Queens Bike Initiative. Their mission: to push the city to build bike connections linking their neighborhoods in northern Queens to the borough’s parks. Nine months later, DOT has presented a plan to stripe a bike route on 31st Avenue [PDF], which the Queens Bike Initiative is lauding […]

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