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After a Child’s Death, Can Newtown Road Be Reimagined?
Is this really the best the city can do?
March 20, 2023
Dolma’s Grieving Father, Pols Seek Traffic Light at Fatal Corner — But Larger Safety Improvements are Needed
The Department of Transportation says it will not add a traffic light at an Astoria intersection where a 7-year-old girl was killed earlier this month.
February 26, 2023
Locals Have Been Begging for Safer Street Where Trucker Killed Citi Bike Rider
Four dead cyclists in three years. Enough is enough, say Astoria activists.
January 6, 2023
BREAKING: Cement Truck Driver Fatally Strikes Woman on Citi Bike in Astoria
A trucker fatally struck a woman riding a Citi Bike in Astoria on Thursday evening, the fourth cyclist to be killed in the western Queens neighborhood in less than three years, according to officials.
January 5, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: The Best Neighborhood on Twitter Edition
People have been losing their shit over Autumn Florek's "Best Neighborhood in the City" March Madness-style bracket, which enters the finals today. Plus all the other news.
January 13, 2022
Opinion: The City’s Bike Lanes Need More Protection Than Flimsy Flex Posts
The Crescent Street bike lane, for all its successes, has some real flaws.
November 16, 2021
#StuckAtDOT: The Case of the Missing Crosswalk
A block in Astoria with a playground and a school lacks crucial pedestrian infrastructure. Why?
May 24, 2021
Is Road Rage a Medical Episode? NYPD Says Fatal Crash in Queens is Still Under Investigation
The NYPD is still pursuing the "It was just an accident" theory after a reckless and impatient driver killed a Queens delivery worker.
May 4, 2021
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS: Welcome to the Finals — the 114th vs. the 34th
This contest is motivated by one thing: the outrage we feel at the contempt that NYPD officers show towards their neighbors — and the finals were a microcosm of the entire tournament.
April 5, 2021
Truck Driver Kills Scooter Rider Near New Queens ‘Protected’ Bike Lane
An e-scooter delivery worker is dead after getting run over by the driver of a massive beer distribution truck in Queens.
November 12, 2020