Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunnyside

Cars — not bike lanes — are the reason for poor FDNY response time, the city says. Photo: Isaac Blasenstein

FDNY: Traffic — Not Bike Lanes — is to Blame for Increased Response Times

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 19, 2019 | 9 Comments

“Travel time increases [are due] to continued population growth, with more vehicles on the road and more construction,” says the report, which was released late Tuesday.

The car that got slapped with 63 tickets, including 34 speeding tickets and seven red light tickets, is parked in the foreground of the general mess at the 23rd station house in East Harlem. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Neighborhood Residents to de Blasio: Get Reckless Recidivist Cop off Our Streets!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 14, 2019 | 17 Comments

The mayor remains silent on the issue of the Manhattan cop with 41 speeding and red-light tickets — so locals gave him an earful.

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer helped neighborhood activists clean the 43rd and Skillman avenue bike lanes on Saturday. Yes, he is wearing Mets gloves. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Sunnyside Spruced Up By Bike Lane Supporters

By Streetsblog | Feb 3, 2019 | 1 Comment

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.

Thumbtacks spotted in the 43rd Avenue protected bike lane. Photo: Office of Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer

NY Police Chief: Sunnyside Bike Lane Terror Attack Was ‘Particularly Nasty’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 5, 2018 | 25 Comments

Neither NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill nor Mayor de Blasio called last week's thumb tack assault an act of "terror," but both are taking it seriously.

Vigilante Throws Thumbtacks to Injure Cyclists Along 43rd Ave Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Nov 29, 2018 | 41 Comments

Bike lane opponents are resorting to terrorism.

Ignore the NIMBYs and See Sunnyside’s Bike Lanes in Action

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 19, 2018 | 26 Comments

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.

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