Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunnyside

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.

Hundreds Enjoy Sunnyside Bike Lanes As NIMBYs Lie Twice and Plot Their Next Move

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 11, 2018 | 31 Comments

Scores of cyclists showed their support for the paired protected bike lanes in Sunnyside on Saturday — just as the dead-end opponents prepped their own protest next Sunday with more disinformation.

Everyone wants something from a proposed development at Sunnyside Yards. Photo: Laura Shepard

Everybody Wants Something — But Especially Transit — at Sunnyside Yards

By Laura Shepard | Oct 25, 2018 | 27 Comments

Tens of thousands of people may one day be housed over the rail yard. Will the subway and LIRR be ready?

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