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Elmhurst’s ‘Little Thailand’ Gets Open Street Redesign
An already popular open street will be converted to one-way — with the space used to bolster the many restaurants nearby.
June 19, 2024
Pols Detail ‘Road Map’ For Safe Streets in Western Queens
A group of western Queens lawmakers released a plan for street safety projects they want to see before 2030.
November 28, 2023
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS: The Eastern Regional Final is an Epic Battle of Long Island
This contest pits the 110th Precinct (our Queens champion) vs. the Brooklyn winners, the 84th Precinct. It's a slugfest.
March 30, 2022
Hospital Workers Outside Citi Bike’s Reach Will Get Bikes, But What About Bike Lanes?
With private help, the city assembles a small fleet — but offers no new protected lanes — for hard-hit staff.
April 21, 2020
Mayor Has No Citi Bike Expansion Plan Despite Tweet Offering Citi Bike Expansion
It turns out that a promise on Twitter is an empty promise.
April 19, 2020
Op-Ed: When Self-Quarantine Is a Privilege
Poor New Yorkers can't work from home to protect themselves from COVID-19. The city will be judged by how it responds to the most needy.
April 15, 2020
First Death on Queens Boulevard Since 2015 Vision Zero Fix
A pedestrian was run down and killed by an SUV driver on Queens Boulevard on Monday — the first traffic fatality on the former "Boulevard of Death" since the de Blasio administration transformed the roadway with a complete redesign in 2016.
December 17, 2018
Friday’s Headlines: ‘You Get a Citi Bike, And You Get a Citi Bike…’ Edition
The day was dominated by some pretty big news: Citi Bike will finally (well, over the next five years) expand, doubling its current coverage and adding 28,000 bikes. Everyone covered it, including Streetsblog, the Daily News (which had blamed Mayor de Blasio in 2017 in a memorable post), the Post, amNY, Bklyner, the Wall Street Journal, and even Endgadget, but not the Times (oddly).
November 30, 2018
DOT Plans Small ‘Big Jump’ into Bike Lane Expansion in Queens
But new routes proposed for Elmhurst, Corona, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights fall short of their supersized name.
October 18, 2018
Public to DOT: Give Us Safety On Northern Boulevard
Opponents and supporters of prior street safety battles agree that the "New Boulevard of Death" must be fixed.
October 17, 2018
