City Must Change ‘Terrifying’ Woodhaven Intersection, Residents Urge
Calling the intersection of Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard “downright treacherous” for pedestrians – especially the many young students who cross there on their…
Transportation
QueensWay Calculates Next Move
With a comprehensive study still pending, the Friends of the QueensWay and the Trust for Public Land said they were placing an emphasis on outreach…
CB 6 Zeroes in on ‘Boulevard of Death’
Community leaders in central Queens are hoping to breathe new life into the “Boulevard of Death.” Pedestrian safety continued its streak of being one of…
Kew Gardens Gets Short End of Longer MTA Bus Deal: CB 9
Both the buses and frustrations are growing in Kew Gardens. Members of Queens Community Board 9 have asked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to put the…
Pedestrian Safety Legislation Takes Shape in Queens
Queens lawmakers have kept busy drafting bills that they say would help Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vision of safer city streets become a reality. U.S….
City Must Expedite Street Project Preventing Broad Channel Sandy Recovery, Pol Says
The city Department of Design and Construction’s slow movement on a repaving and sidewalk repair project is keeping the Parks Department from being able to…
City DOT moves to make Maspeth safer
Outcry over an elderly woman’s death at a busy Maspeth intersection helped spur the city Transportation Department to make some changes along Grand Avenue this…
Peralta pushes for more pedestrian safety near PS 206
Pedestrian safety has become a hot topic in Queens, and state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) used the opportunity to renew his push for safer…
City solicits civics’ help for safer Woodhaven Boulevard
In an effort to make Woodhaven Boulevard – one of Queens’ most dangerous and congested roads – safer, the city Department of Transportation has been…
Queens leaders optimistic about city plan to curb pedestrian deaths
The city got a closer look at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero campaign to curb traffic-related deaths, and some of Queens’ pedestrian advocates said…
Mayor fills Maspeth in on pothole plan
An onslaught of winter snowfalls left some city streets riddled with potholes and Mayor Bill de Blasio hit the Maspeth pavement to plug them. With…
In Mid-Queens, City Will Grow Waste Collection Services
The city will expand its curbside collection of food waste and other organic materials to parts of Queens in the spring, according to Department of…
As borough’s pedestrian injuries, fatalities rise, community seeks solutions
The recent death of 8-year-old Noshat Nahian, who was struck and killed on his way to school in Woodside by a tractor-trailer making an allegedly…
Q58 Named Slowest Bus in Queens
Have any Q58 riders had a hard time getting to work lately? Or wherever they need to go? Chances are, according to a report released…
Woodhaven Speaks Up Against Railway Plans
The rules were clear as Woodhaven residents filed into their block association’s public forum Monday evening. “We want to hear from the Woodhaven residents first,”…