Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Staten Island

DOT: “Our Job is to Keep Traffic Moving, Not Pedestrian Safety”

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 8, 2007 | 12 Comments

Scribner Avenue, New Brighton, Staten Island, formerly two- and now one-way, looking up the hill toward Bismarck Avenue from Westervelt Avenue Streetsblog reader Dan Icolari became curious about changes that were being made on his neighborhood streets in Staten Island. In researching the issue he found that progressive policy statements coming out of Department of […]

Super Staten Solar Stop Signs

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 7, 2006 | No Comments

New LED Flashing Stop Sign (with Solar Power Source) I found this Stop sign on the corner of Kissel Avenue and Snug Harbor Road near the entrance to Snug Harbor Little League. It appears to be a test model of a new generation of Stop signs that blink LED lights to be more visible to motorists […]

Hillary Feels Staten Island’s Pain on Traffic

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 14, 2006 | 4 Comments

While transportation issues are clearly not very high up on Mayor Bloomberg’s agenda, at least one New York elected official is acknowledging that the city has major traffic problems in need of big solutions. At last week’s Staten Island Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Clinton focused almost exclusively on transportation issues, according to the Advance: From scorning Staten […]

Weinshall Watch: Ribbon-Cutting on Staten Island

By Aaron Donovan | Jul 7, 2006 | No Comments

From the AP Daybook: Today at 2 pm, Transportation Commissioner iris Weinshall joins Staten Island officials at a ribbon-cutting for a new Park-and-Ride facility; Lindenwood Road and Lindenwood Place, Staten Island.

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Car Fight

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 28, 2006 | 9 Comments

Last night’s public hearing on the proposed NASCAR track on Staten Island turned into a melee. Union members, many of whom were apparently shipped in by the developer, shouted down and physically intimidated community people who had come out to voice concerns about the project. New York 1 showed video last night of one particularly […]

Patriots Park on Sidewalks

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2006 | 2 Comments

Oil Drum points to a recent spike in motorist insanity on Staten Island this week: A retired Port Authority cop out with his wife, pulls in to a strip mall to pick up some Chinese food. An ex-NYPD detective jumps out of his car and guns the guy down in a barrage of 17 bullets. […]