Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jimmy Van Bramer

Van Bramer: Deadly Northern Boulevard Should Be a Vision Zero Priority

By Brad Aaron | Feb 6, 2014 | No Comments

City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, state electeds, and advocates gathered in Queens this morning to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to make Northern Boulevard a Vision Zero priority by making hazardous intersections safer for pedestrians. Standing next to a recently repaired bus shelter at Northern and 48th Street, which was nearly destroyed by […]

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 […]

On Eve of NYPD Hearing, Van Bramer Calls for Thorough Crash Investigations

By Stephen Miller | Sep 27, 2013 | 8 Comments

Two weeks after a woman was killed while crossing Queens Plaza, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, joined by other elected officials and community leaders, stood at the busy intersection to call for better NYPD crash investigations, safety measures from DOT, and a citywide zero-tolerance policy for pedestrian deaths. Van Bramer’s press conference comes just days […]

Queens Residents, Elected Officials Ask DOT for Traffic Calming in Dutch Kills

By Stephen Miller | Jul 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

The Dutch Kills neighborhood sits on the northern edge of Long Island City, hemmed in by Northern Boulevard and Queens Plaza, with the East River to the west and Astoria to the north. Dangerous traffic is an everyday presence — and not just on the main arteries nearby. After a number of car-on-car crashes, neighborhood […]

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