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SEE IT! Is This Cop ‘Disoriented’ or Just Road-Raging Through Flushing?
It is unclear what interaction, if any, the officer had with the car in front of him, but it certainly looks like he was angry about something.
April 1, 2019
Flushing is Most Dangerous Place to Walk in Queens — So Where is Council Member Peter Koo?
Flushing residents are clamoring for safer streets. If only their city council member cared.
January 10, 2019
Spot Check: The Q44 Bus Offers Signs of Hope for Bus Service
After a Streetsblog commenter complained about the Flushing-to-Jamaica portion of this route, we checked it out.
August 10, 2018
Crowded, Car-Choked Downtown Flushing Shouldn’t Be a Void in the Bike Network
At a DOT forum to plan for better bicycling conditions in downtown Flushing, Council Member Peter Koo told the packed room he doesn't believe bike lanes belong in the area. Koo did not stick around for the rest of the meeting, but if he had, he would have heard a different story from his constituents, many of whom see biking as the only viable way to get to Flushing's dense downtown core.
May 25, 2017
This Angry Dude in Queens Is Reason #283 the MTA Needs Electronic Proof-of-Payment Yesterday
Off-board fare payment is a huge time saver for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who ride the city's Select Bus Service routes. It cuts out the time-consuming process of each passenger dipping a MetroCard one by one. But the technology that off-board payment relies on could be better.
May 8, 2017
Tow Truck Driver Kills Ping Xie, 81, in Flushing
Motorists have killed at least 19 people walking on NYC surface streets this year. Of 17 victims whose ages were reported, 12 were 65 or over.
March 14, 2017
Motorist Kills 65-Year-Old Man on Main Street in Flushing
The victim was at least the fifth person killed while walking or biking this year on a street the city knows to be especially dangerous.
January 17, 2017
NYPD U.S. Open Security Plan Closes Key Route Linking Corona and Flushing
As part of its security plan for this year's U.S. Open, NYPD is blocking public access to a road that runs through Flushing Meadows Corona Park, cutting off one of the few local street connections between Corona and Flushing.
September 8, 2016
Wider Sidewalks Coming to Flushing’s Crowded Main Street
Main Street in Flushing gets more foot traffic than anywhere else in New York after Times Square, but its sidewalks are too narrow to handle all those people. So later this month, the city will begin expanding the sidewalks on four blocks of Main Street, Council Member Peter Koo, DOT, and the Department of Design and Construction announced this afternoon.
July 19, 2016
Another Person Killed by Turning Motorist in the 109th Precinct
An ambulette driver was charged under the Right of Way Law for striking and killing a pedestrian in Flushing.
April 6, 2016