Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queens

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Gabriela Aguilar-Vallinos, 27, on City Island Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Sep 14, 2015 | 11 Comments

Three people lost their lives in New York City traffic last weekend, including a woman bicycling home from her job in the Bronx. She was killed by a hit-and-run driver who remains on the loose. Gabriela Aguilar-Vallinos, 27, was heading home to Soundview after leaving her job at Sammy’s Shrimp Box on City Island. As she was […]

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The Queens Boulevard Protected Bike Lane Celebration Ride

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 28, 2015 | No Comments

If Queens Boulevard can get a protected bike lane, you can probably put one on almost any street in the country. Yesterday, the Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee hosted the first of what it hopes are many celebratory bike rides down Queens Boulevard, trying out the first 10 blocks of the bike lane installed this month by NYC […]

Before Riding the New Queens Blvd, Go Down Memory Lane With Streetfilms

By Stephen Miller | Aug 27, 2015 | 1 Comment

A celebratory bike ride this evening will mark the installation of bike lanes on Queens Boulevard — a safety improvement years in the making. Take a ride down Queens Boulevard in 2009 with this Streetfilm featuring the “bike pool,” organized to encourage safety in numbers for cyclists on the Boulevard of Death. Things will look quite […]

Eyes on the Street: Queens Boulevard Gets Its Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Aug 5, 2015 | 60 Comments

It’s happening: DOT crews are putting down green paint and thermoplastic stripes along 1.3 miles of Queens Boulevard between Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street. The redesign is the de Blasio administration’s most significant bike project to date and includes several pedestrian safety improvements as well. It was prompted by a long advocacy campaign for safer biking on the boulevard, […]

Van Bramer to Car Dealers: Stop Hogging Northern Boulevard Sidewalks

By Stephen Miller | Aug 4, 2015 | 53 Comments

Walking the car-clogged sidewalks of Northern Boulevard this morning with street safety advocates and press in tow, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called on two NYPD precincts to crack down on auto dealerships that treat pedestrian space as car showrooms. “They have a right to make money,” Van Bramer said of the dealerships. “But they do not have a […]

DA Richard Brown: $500 Fine for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Senior

By Brad Aaron | Jul 29, 2015 | 3 Comments

Pursuant to a plea deal with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, an allegedly unlicensed and impaired motorist who reportedly has a history of reckless driving arrests was sentenced to a small fine and probation for running over a senior and trying to flee the scene. William Stafford “plowed his 2005 BMW into an 89-year-old man” at […]

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