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Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 16-Year-Old Girl on 40 MPH Queens Speedway

By Brad Aaron | Feb 10, 2016 | 5 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a teenage girl in Rosedale early Wednesday morning. The 16-year-old victim was crossing Sunrise Highway at Francis Lewis Boulevard in the crosswalk at around 12:15 a.m. when she was hit by the driver of a van, who was traveling east on the highway, according to Gothamist. The Daily News reported that the […]

DOT Aims to Create a Walkable Main Street in Downtown Far Rockaway

By David Meyer | Feb 2, 2016 | 3 Comments

Sitting at the convergence of the Long Island Railroad, the A train, and multiple bus and commuter van routes, the area around Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway has the potential to be a thriving downtown for the neighborhood, but it suffers from longstanding disinvestment and its streets aren’t great for walking. Now EDC is working with […]

Total L.I.C. Street Rebuild to Include Safety Overhauls for Key Intersections

By David Meyer | Feb 1, 2016 | 12 Comments

The streets of Long Island City are getting a total rebuild, and as part of the project four major intersections along Jackson Avenue and Vernon Boulevard will get redesigned for greater safety. Many other intersections could get curb extensions or other traffic-calming treatments as part of the $38.47 million neighborhood-wide street reconstruction. Speaking this morning at the foot […]

Cement Truck Driver Kills Nancy Ventura, 61, in College Point

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2016 | 6 Comments

A cement truck driver killed a pedestrian in College Point last week. Accounts differ on how the crash occurred, and police have filed no charges. On Friday, January 22, at around 9:21 in the morning, 61-year-old Nancy Ventura was crossing College Point Boulevard at 15th Avenue, east to west, when she was struck by the […]

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The Transformation of Queens Boulevard, Block By Block

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jan 27, 2016 | No Comments

For many years, New York City’s Queens Boulevard was known as the “Boulevard of Death.” The street cuts through the heart of the Queens, expanding at some points to a chaotic 12 to 16 lanes of traffic — which makes it extremely dangerous for human beings. From 2003 to 2013, 38 pedestrians and cyclists were killed and 450 suffered severe injuries. Last year, the New York […]

Richard Brown: Probation for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Kamil Gorski

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2016 | 2 Comments

A driver charged with a felony for the hit-and-run death of a Queens pedestrian was sentenced to probation as a result of a plea deal from District Attorney Richard Brown. Raul Reyes and a second driver hit 36-year-old Navy veteran Kamil Gorski on Metropolitan Avenue on February 3, 2015, according to Brown’s office. Gorski died at Elmhurst Hospital. Brown did not […]

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