Long Island City
Streetsblog Basics
Questions Remain for Hunter’s Point South Transpo Plan
This morning, the Bloomberg Administration announced the developer for the first phase of Hunter's Point South, a Long Island City project the city is billing as the largest middle-class housing project since Co-Op City and Starrett City went up in the 1970s. A team led by the Related Companies will be developing the first 900 units at what will eventually be a 5,000-unit complex along the East River.
February 9, 2011
EDC’s Queens Plaza Project Adds Better Bike-Ped Routes, Subtracts Parking
The Queens Plaza North bike lane will run in a center median. Image: NYCEDC Protected bike paths are coming to Queens Plaza as part of a major redesign of the area by the city’s Economic Development Corporation. Construction work to transform the dangerous, overwide streets and surface parking at “the gateway to Queens” has been … Continued
July 20, 2010
Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalks, Better Bike Lanes, Safer Streets
Clarence Eckerson sends these shots of DOT street safety improvements taken on a recent ride near the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront. Above is the newly traffic-calmed intersection of Joralemon and Hicks -- part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project -- which now sports two sidewalk extensions. (According to the Post, a third corner was slated for a curb extension, but DOT changed plans after residents said they were worried about how fire trucks would negotiate the turn.) Says Clarence: "I am sure the speed reductions will be dramatic, the equivalent of a chicane."
November 23, 2009
Eyes on the Street: Stone Bike Lane in LIC
A reader sent in this photo earlier in the month of what looks like an inlaid stone bike lane on Center Boulevard, in the Queens West development in Long Island City. Repeated queries to DOT yielded no additional info, but we thought this one was too nice to sit on any longer. Anyone know how long this has been in place?
October 22, 2009
Peds and Cyclists Fighting for Space on the Pulaski Bridge
The Pulaski Bridge's walkway has seen more cyclists use it recently, but there's not enough space for both cyclists and pedestrians to use it safely and effectively.
October 1, 2009
The Race for District 26: Who Will Stem the Traffic Tide?
Of all the City Council districts in New York, the one crying out the loudest for transportation reform might just be the seat vacated by Eric Gioia -- District 26 in the southwestern corner of Queens.
September 10, 2009
Pablo Pasaras, Father of Three, Latest Victim of NYPD High-Speed Pursuit
Another NYPD high-speed pursuit ended in a crash over the weekend. This time, an innocent bystander is dead.
August 11, 2009
Queens CB1 Chair: Secure Bike Parking Serves “No Purpose”
A zoning change that would provide better bike parking options in new buildings is wending its way through the city's public review process, which means 59 community boards have a chance to vote on it. The Queens Gazette reports from the goings on at CB1, which encompasses Astoria and Long Island City:
January 6, 2009
CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking
From Transportation Alternatives' Queens Committee Chair Mike Heffron:
May 9, 2008
Sleek Bike Parking Facilities Appear in Queens and Brooklyn
2008 quickly bring good news for commuters in Downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City, Queens. Eric Chang of Transportation Alternatives' Queens Committee snapped these photos of the new covered bike shelter that was just installed at the Vernon Blvd /Jackson Avenue station on the 7 line in Long Island City. The third photo is from Fort Greene where Gil Ronen (pictured) along with T.A. and Green Fort Greene & Clinton Hill were instrumental in bringing over 70 new CityRacks to the historic Brooklyn neighborhood.
January 2, 2008