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Flushing Meadows: Park or Parking Lot?
Streetsblog doesn't manage to get out to Queens all that often these days, so it's good to know that The Park Watchdog is keeping an eye on Flushing Meadows Park. Here is what he sees: Cars. Lots of them. Parked all over the grass.
October 26, 2006
Savvy Cyclist Class at Bike New York
Saturday, October 14, 9 am to 5 pm. Recycle-A-Bicycle Queens Shop Fifth Street at 46th Avenue, Long Island CitySavvy Cyclist Class
October 14, 2006
One Community That’s Ready to Work With DOT on Bikes
It is unusual for the New York Times to print a letter to the editor in response to another reader's letter, but yesterday the Times did just that. And so continues the super-slow motion debate on the Department of Transportation's bicycling policies. We're looking forward to next week's installment...
September 11, 2006
Signs of Crooked Pedestrian Priorities
A pedestrian crossing sign slants over the middle of Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, meant to remind drivers that human beings may try to cross the seven lanes of moving traffic on foot. It is little comfort to the pedestrians standing exposed on the 2 foot wide median noticing that the sign was recently run into.
August 30, 2006
The Suburbanization of NYC’s Waterfront
Recently, a bunch of us took a bike excursion along the East River waterfront from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn to the new Water Taxi Beach in Hunters Point, Queens. Traffic was light most of the way and street life relatively heavy.
August 28, 2006
Savvy Cyclist Class at Bike New York
Saturday, August 12, 9 am to 5 pm. Recycle-A-Bicycle Queens Shop
Fifth Street at 46th Avenue, Long Island CitySavvy Cyclist Class
August 12, 2006
Savvy Cyclist Class at Bike New York
Saturday, September 9, 9 am to 5 pm. Recycle-A-Bicycle Queens Shop Fifth Street at 46th Avenue, Long Island CitySavvy Cyclist Class
August 9, 2006
Motoring News Roundup, July 12, 2006
The 70th anniversary of the opening of the Triborough Bridge was celebrated this morning with a vintage car parade. As NY1 notes:
July 12, 2006