Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queens

No Charges or Tickets for Driver Who Ran Red, Killed Woman on Sidewalk

By Stephen Miller | Oct 7, 2015 | 37 Comments

A driver ran a red light yesterday evening, crashing her SUV into another car, mounting the sidewalk and striking three people at a bus stop in Richmond Hill, Queens. Meena Mahabir, 52, was killed. Her 2-year-old niece was critically injured, and the toddler’s mother was also hospitalized. The driver does not face any charges and has not received any traffic tickets after the crash, NYPD said this […]

Electeds Call for Safer Flushing Streets After Hit-and-Run Killing

By Cristina Furlong | Oct 7, 2015 | No Comments

Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, the driver of a black SUV struck and killed Mariano Contreras, 41, on College Point Boulevard in Flushing. The driver fled the scene and has not yet been located. Yesterday, local residents and elected officials demanded accountability for reckless driving and called attention to dangerous street conditions in Flushing. State […]

Richard Brown: Misdemeanor Plea for Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2015 | 9 Comments

In a deal with District Attorney Richard Brown, a driver charged with felony hit-and-run and driving without a license after fatally striking a Queens pedestrian has pled guilty to violating the city’s Right of Way Law. Last February Valentine Gonzalez hit an unidentified woman with a box truck while turning left at Woodside Avenue and […]

How Bus Rapid Transit Can Save Lives on One of NYC’s Most Dangerous Streets

By Stephen Miller | Sep 29, 2015 | 138 Comments

Lives are at stake in the redesign of Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard, making the implementation of bus rapid transit on this southeast Queens corridor all the more urgent, according to a new analysis from the BRT for NYC coalition. Crash stats bring home the point that new pedestrian islands and other safety measures in DOT’s Woodhaven BRT […]

Campaign for a People-First Rockaway Freeway Meets Cars-First Inertia

By Stephen Miller | Sep 25, 2015 | 3 Comments

Rockaway Freeway, one of the few east-west routes across the Queens peninsula, isn’t a safe place to walk or bike. A local coalition has been trying to change that by repurposing street space, but their efforts are running up against the red tape of city bureaucracy and a car-centric community board. Rockaway Freeway runs beneath an elevated train. A road […]

Repeat Drunk Driver Pleads to Low-Level Felony for Killing Queens Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2015 | 5 Comments

A recidivist drunk driver who was charged with 10 felonies for killing a Queens pedestrian pled guilty to two low-level felony counts in a deal with District Attorney Richard Brown. At around 4:30 a.m. on July 5, 2014, Romulo Mejia drove a Ford compact into a man who was walking at Roosevelt Avenue and 92nd Street in Jackson Heights, according to the […]

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