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Big Turnout for DOT’s First Queens Boulevard Safety Workshop
Change is coming to the most feared street in New York.
January 22, 2015
Eyes on the Street: A New Sidewalk and a Safer Crossing in Woodside
A simple fix from DOT has made it easier and safer for pedestrians to walk between Woodside and Jackson Heights.
August 5, 2014
Two of the Most Dangerous Streets in Queens Set for Safety Upgrades
DOT has proposed concrete safety improvements for Northern Boulevard and Broadway, two of the most dangerous streets in Queens. If supported by Community Boards 2 and 3 next month, the projects could be implemented by the end of the year.
May 20, 2014
Pedestrian Islands Coming to Deadly Northern Boulevard Intersection
The intersection of Northern Boulevard and 61st Street in Woodside, where an unlicensed truck driver making a left turn through a crosswalk killed 8-year-old Noshat Nahian on his way to school last December, is set for some pedestrian safety fixes after months of work by elected officials and street safety advocates.
April 2, 2014
Unlicensed Truck Driver Kills Noshat Nahian, 8, in Northern Blvd Crosswalk
This morning just before 8:00 a.m., Noshat Nahian, age 8, was on his way from his home on 32nd Avenue to school at PS 152 when a tractor-trailer driver turning left onto Northern Boulevard struck Nahian in the crosswalk along 61st Street. He was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital.
December 20, 2013
Prompted By Jimmy Van Bramer, CBS 2 Files a Decent Street Safety Story
We wrote last week how Lou Young of CBS 2 blew an opportunity to educate viewers on the merits of potential safe street improvements on the Upper West Side. In covering a press conference in Queens convened by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Young's colleague Andrea Grymes filed a story that does a much better job reflecting the perils posed by reckless drivers.
October 28, 2013
Van Bramer Calls for Traffic Calming After Hit-and-Run Death in Woodside
Luis Bravo's death at the hands of a hit-and-run driver wasn't the first warning sign about the dangers of walking along Broadway between 69th Street and Northern Boulevard in Woodside. In March of last year, Ed Surmenian, who lives at the intersection with 61st Street, said drivers regularly speed down Broadway and contacted Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer to complain.
October 2, 2013
NYC’s Hit-and-Run Epidemic Claims Teenager Luis Bravo in Woodside
Last weekend, another New York City pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
October 1, 2013
Van Bramer on Queens Bike-Share: “Not Just Waiting For It… Pushing For It”
At a rally this afternoon on the steps of City Hall, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called for the city's bike-share program to be expanded to western Queens as quickly as possible.
June 13, 2013
Thackoo Hargobin Killed by School Bus Driver in Queens, No Charges Filed
A man was struck and killed by the driver of a yellow school bus while loading a truck in Queens yesterday.
August 21, 2012