Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Woodside

Prompted By Jimmy Van Bramer, CBS 2 Files a Decent Street Safety Story

By Brad Aaron | Oct 28, 2013 | 8 Comments

We wrote last week how Lou Young of CBS 2 blew an opportunity to educate viewers on the merits of potential safe street improvements on the Upper West Side. In covering a press conference in Queens convened by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Young’s colleague Andrea Grymes filed a story that does a much better […]

Van Bramer Calls for Traffic Calming After Hit-and-Run Death in Woodside

By Stephen Miller | Oct 2, 2013 | 7 Comments

Luis Bravo’s death at the hands of a hit-and-run driver wasn’t the first warning sign about the dangers of walking along Broadway between 69th Street and Northern Boulevard in Woodside. In March of last year, Ed Surmenian, who lives at the intersection with 61st Street, said drivers regularly speed down Broadway and contacted Council Member […]

NYC’s Hit-and-Run Epidemic Claims Teenager Luis Bravo in Woodside

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2013 | 4 Comments

Last weekend, another New York City pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Luis Bravo, whose age was reported as 18 and 19, was walking with a friend east on Broadway in Woodside at around 11 p.m. Saturday when he was hit by the driver of a dark-colored sedan, who was traveling south on 58th […]

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 […]

Thackoo Hargobin Killed by School Bus Driver in Queens, No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2012 | 9 Comments

A man was struck and killed by the driver of a yellow school bus while loading a truck in Queens yesterday. Thackoo “Tony” Hargobin was struck on Borough Place in Woodside at approximately 8:32 a.m., as he was securing bags of cement to the back of a flatbed, according to reports. He died at the […]