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Park Slope BID Asks NYPD For ‘Help’ with Delivery Cyclists Then Quickly Regrets It
A business improvement district that had asked the NYPD to get delivery cyclists to slow down on a popular restaurant open street now says it will not invite the cops back after they spent much of Saturday ticketing the mostly immigrant and low-income workers trying to do their job.
June 7, 2021
OPINION: A 34th Avenue Linear Park Would Be a Haven for Kids
Children in Jackson Heights are starved for green space and safety — which is why the neighborhood needs a linear park.
May 28, 2021
Surging Candidate Garcia Supports 34th Ave. Linear Park
The former Sanitation commissioner is the first of this year's mayoral candidates to put her John Hancock on a petition calling for the creation of a linear park on 34th Avenue in Queens.
May 26, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Anti-Open Streets Crusaders Have their Heads in the Sand, Asses
Our national treasure cartoonist has been paying attention to the arguments against open streets — and he finds them absurd.
May 26, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: De Blasio Gets With His Own Program Edition
Mayor de Blasio tweeted support for his administration's open streets program, using surprisingly Streetsbloggy language. Plus all the other news of the day.
May 25, 2021
How To Design Life-Saving, Low-Speed Zones
A new guide by WRI and the World Bank sets out guidelines for planning, designing, implementing and evaluating low-speed zones. Check it out.
May 25, 2021
‘Nightmare’ on 34th Avenue? Residents Rally Against the ‘Gold Standard’ Open Street that Has Added Safety and Recreation Space
A protest against open streets ... on an open street!
May 22, 2021
FAKE COMPROMISE: The 34th Avenue Open Street Fight is About Entitlement and Grievance
Here is a memo to anyone covering Saturday's rally to reduce or eliminate the 34th Avenue open street: This battle is not about "compromise," it's about cars. And entitlement.
May 21, 2021
The Spring Classic: Hold The Next Mayoral Debate On An Open Street!
Shakespeare in the Park. SummerStage. Celebrate Brooklyn. Why not the next mayoral debate?
May 19, 2021
A Round and Roundy: Open Streets ARE the Compromise
Our national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy has read all the support for a linear park in Jackson Heights so, of course, he found the exact way to frame this story: what's a "compromise" if every street in this city is covered in cars?
May 19, 2021
