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City Officials Were a No-Show At Monday Night’s Massive Jackson Heights Town Hall
The plan was to remove cars from a single block. Then a car dealership demanded some of the public space. Now city officials aren't talking.
April 16, 2019
The City Might Give Up Its Plan to Ban Cars On One Jackson Heights Street
The city may surrender a years-in-the making plan to transform a Jackson Heights street into a pedestrian friendly car-free plaza because of a well-connected, wait for it, car dealership!
March 21, 2019
Once Anti-Cyclist, Queens Pol Now Wants Camera-Enforced Protected Bike Lanes
Can Michael DenDekker be trusted? Few cyclists think so, so Streetsblog put him on the record. This time, it seems, he is trying to keep cyclists safe in bike lanes.
March 19, 2019
Sunnyside Spruced Up By Bike Lane Supporters
A hearty band of activists — and Mets-loving Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer — cleaned up the protected bike lanes on Skillman and 43rd avenues on Saturday, providing the latest demonstration that the community supports the lanes.
February 3, 2019
Ignore the NIMBYs and See Sunnyside’s Bike Lanes in Action
One day after 150 pro-parking cranks rallied in Sunnyside to protest safer roadways in their neighborhood, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. posted a counterpoint: the city's Safer Skillman plan in action.
November 19, 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
Another Person Killed By Driver on Northern Boulevard — Queens’s New ‘Boulevard of Death’
This is getting ridiculous.
September 9, 2018
