Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queens

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Man in Brooklyn Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Feb 23, 2015 | 8 Comments

NYPD said charges probably won’t be filed against the driver of a private bus who ran over and killed a man in a Brooklyn crosswalk, though it appears the victim was crossing with the right of way. Police said Martin Hernandez Tufino, 64, was crossing Avenue M north to south at around 2:11 p.m. Friday […]

Eastern Queens Electeds Want Bus Lanes. Will DOT Deliver?

By Stephen Miller | Feb 19, 2015 | 29 Comments

Council Member Rory Lancman and Assembly Member Michael Simanowitz have taken up the cause of opposing bus lanes for Select Bus Service in their eastern Queens districts. While the pair has gotten a lot of attention, they are outnumbered by almost a dozen city, state, and federal elected officials along the route urging the city to […]

Diversity Plaza Wishes You a Happy Valentine’s Day

By Stephen Miller | Feb 13, 2015 | 3 Comments

In preparation for Valentine’s Day, the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership set up a camera in Jackson Heights’ Diversity Plaza to learn how to say “I love you” in some of the 138 languages spoken in Queens. Diversity Plaza lives up to its name. In the video you’ll hear Farsi, Bangla, Hungarian, Italian, Urdu, Basaa, and Tibetan. Located in the heart […]

Bus Lane Foes Lancman and Simanowitz: Car Dependence Is a Fact of Life

By Stephen Miller | Jan 23, 2015 | 21 Comments

What happens when you hold a meeting about better bus service but bus riders don’t show up? Residents of Kew Gardens Hills packed an open house last night in a near-panic about the carmageddon they fear if bus lanes are installed on Main Street in their neighborhood. While the crowd last night was big and […]

Big Turnout for DOT’s First Queens Boulevard Safety Workshop

By Ben Fried | Jan 22, 2015 | 6 Comments

Change is coming to the most feared street in New York. More than 100 people turned out last night to tell NYC DOT how they want to improve safety on Queens Boulevard. Known as the Boulevard of Death for its appalling record of traffic fatalities and injuries, Queens Boulevard functions as a surface-level highway running […]

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 […]

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