Ridgewood
Streetsblog Basics
The MTA Is Headed To The Lab To Design The Ridgewood Busway
A filthy private road underneath the elevated M tracks could become a gleaming bus-first corridor.
October 3, 2025
New Protected Bike Lanes Will Connect to Ridgewood Reservoir
Getting to Highland Park will no longer be a dangerous nightmare.
August 23, 2024
Queens Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Motorcyclist
A Queens woman was struck and killed on Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood on Saturday night by a motorcyclist whom witnesses described as traveling at an extremely high rate of speed.
March 16, 2020
MTA Revives Old Proposal For Busway Underneath M Train
Ridgewood could be next in line for a genuine, bona-fide, car-defying Busway.
February 13, 2020
SUV Driver Runs Over and Kills Senior in Queens — And is Actually Charged!
Thousands of other drivers who kill and maim under similar circumstances are not ever charged.
December 16, 2019
Another ‘Busway’ Success: Fresh Pond Road Commuters are Getting Better Service
Bus speeds along Fresh Pond Road in Queens — where the city removed some metered parking to create a dedicated bus route during the evening rush hour — have improved by 125 percent.
November 15, 2019
City Finally Wins! Ridgewood Bus Lane is ‘Rational’ and ‘Makes Perfect Sense’
Justice Joseph Esposito said, basically, that it's time for car owners to stop thinking the roads only belong to them.
September 23, 2019
Circus Comes to Fresh Pond Road as Judge Visits a Bus Lane to Assess Legality
As people gathered to protest government inaction on climate change on Friday, a Queens judge walked nine blocks to decide if the city can prioritize tens of thousands of transit riders over a few dozen car owners.
September 20, 2019
Citi Bike Expansion Begins Next Week into Ridgewood and Deeper into Bushwick
Citi Bike will stretch from Williamsburg all the way to Broadway Junction by the time this phase of the expansion is finished.
September 18, 2019
UPDATE: Judge in Queens NIMBY Suit Declines to Demand City Halt Ridgewood Bus Lane
Plaintiffs argue that businesses are suffering and side streets are choked with cars. But the city wants to speed buses to help tens of thousands of long-suffering riders.
September 18, 2019