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Elmhurst Reps Want LIRR Station Reopened and New Revenues to Pay For It

By Noah Kazis | Apr 12, 2012 | 4 Comments

Elmhurst’s elected officials voiced support for transit investment at a town hall hosted by Congressman Joe Crowley and Council Member Daniel Dromm last night. A group of politicians including the two hosts, State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, and Assembly Members Grace Meng and Francisco Moya called for reopening Elmhurst’s Long Island Railroad Station, shuttered in […]

The Jackson Heights Plaza Is Growing on Some Local Merchants

By Noah Kazis | Apr 11, 2012 | 8 Comments

A package of enhancements and adjustments to the new pedestrian plaza on 37th Road in Jackson Heights — the object of a high-profile backlash from a group of local merchants this winter — is winning over some of the skeptics. DOT has placed new planters and seating to spruce up the plaza and give it more color, […]

Unlocking the Potential of the New Jackson Heights Plaza

By Ben Fried | Feb 10, 2012 | 16 Comments

Earlier this month you might have noticed a few press accounts about merchants in Jackson Heights who think a new public plaza on one short block of 37th Road is crimping their bottom line. The plaza is actually part of a much broader plan to improve street safety, speed bus trips, and reduce traffic congestion […]

Jackson Heights Play Street Open Extra Month, Could Become Permanent

By Noah Kazis | Jul 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

Jackson Heights’ 78th Street Play Street, a summertime street closure won in last year’s best feel-good story of grassroots activism, has been expanded from two months of car-free space to three this year. If all goes well in September, when the school year has started, some sort of year-round street closure should be in the […]

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A Car-Free Street Grows in Queens

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 4, 2010 | No Comments

Back in 2008, Jackson Heights residents banded together to win car-free Sundays on 78th Street, creating a new, temporary public space for children and families in one of NYC’s most park-starved neighborhoods. This year neighborhood activists aimed much higher: They wanted to make the street car-free 24-7 for the entire months of July and August. […]