Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunnyside

Plaza Upgrades Planned Beneath Train Viaduct on Queens Blvd in Sunnyside

By Stephen Miller | Apr 15, 2014 | 7 Comments

The parking-flanked space in the middle of Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside, beneath the vaulted elevated train viaduct at 40th and 46th Streets, today looks more forgotten than fun. The Sunnyside Shines BID is hoping to change that, and their plan to upgrade the pedestrian space was recently accepted by NYC DOT’s pedestrian plaza program. While these […]

Boy, 5, Among Three NYC Pedestrians Killed by Drivers This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | Aug 12, 2013 | 6 Comments

Three New York City pedestrians, including a young child, were killed by motorists over the weekend. Two of the crashes were hit-and-runs. At around 8:25 p.m. Friday, Kyrillos Gendy, 5, his mother and sister were struck by a hit-and-run driver in a Mercedes-Benz sedan in Dongan Hills. From the Times: Just before he hit the […]

New Bike Routes on Tap for Long Island City and Sunnyside

By Stephen Miller | Jul 9, 2013 | 18 Comments

Western Queens is set to receive a slate of street safety and bicycle network improvements. The projects will add shared lane markings and bike lanes to neighborhood streets, improve connections to the Astoria waterfront and Greenpoint, and address pedestrian safety at the site of a fatal curb-jumping crash. The progress comes after more than a year of […]

Van Bramer on Queens Bike-Share: “Not Just Waiting For It… Pushing For It”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

At a rally this afternoon on the steps of City Hall, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called for the city’s bike-share program to be expanded to western Queens as quickly as possible. This isn’t the first time Van Bramer — already a Citi Bike member — has pushed for bike-share. When the program was announced, he pressed the city […]

Queens Residents Press for Safety Fix at Car-Choked Sunnyside Intersection

By Stephen Miller | Jan 2, 2013 | 3 Comments

Two cyclists heading northeast on Greenpoint Avenue cross Borden Avenue. One path is legal but conflicts with turning cars; the other is illegal but avoids these conflicts. Video: Jessame Hannus Greenpoint Avenue has long been a dangerous connection between Queens and Brooklyn. The intersection with Borden Avenue in Sunnyside, where it crosses the Long Island Expressway, […]

New Survey Asks: Where Should Western Queens Get Bike Lanes Next?

By Stephen Miller | Sep 18, 2012 | 7 Comments

With the first phase of new bike lanes set to go before Community Board 2 this fall before being installed in the spring, DOT has a new survey asking western Queens cyclists where they’d like to see bike lanes come next. The survey is the latest step in months of outreach and feedback with members […]

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