Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Islands on College Point Boulevard in Flushing
Clarence took these shots of new pedestrian islands going in on College Point Boulevard in Flushing. "I counted seven or eight between between 33rd and Maple Avenues," he says.
College Point Boulevard, says Clarence, is "always dangerous to cross." Two pedestrians have been killed and dozens of pedestrians and cyclists injured by motorists on this segment of the street since the mid 1990s, according to Transportation Alternatives' CrashStat.
The 109th Precinct, which covers a large swath of Queens to the east and north of Flushing, issued 539 speeding tickets as of August -- a significant increase over 2012, when precinct officers cited 262 drivers for speeding all year, but still less than two summonses per day.
Another pic from Clarence after the jump, plus an aerial view of College Point Boulevard before these improvements.
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