Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Corona

Francisco Moya’s 111th Street Proposals Are Going Nowhere

By Amanda Meth | Oct 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

Assembly Member Francisco Moya was in no rush to let his constituents know about the town hall meeting he ran at St. Leo’s Parish on Monday evening about the proposed redesign of 111th Street in Corona. No wonder: The event was an elaborate ploy to stop a street safety project that neighborhood advocates have worked long and […]

Francisco Moya’s Hush-Hush 111th Street Meeting Now Open to the Public

By Stephen Miller | Oct 1, 2015 | 3 Comments

Assembly Member Francisco Moya, who opposes a road diet and protected bike lane on 111th Street in Corona, has decided to let the public know about a town hall meeting he is hosting about the project on Monday — after Streetsblog asked about the lack of public notice. 111th Street, which runs on the western edge of Flushing […]

Will NYPD Charge Truck Driver Who Hit Cyclist in Corona Bike Lane?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2015 | 8 Comments

A truck driver hit a cyclist in a bike lane in Queens yesterday, causing serious injuries. Though the police account of the crash indicates the cyclist had the right of way, NYPD has not charged the driver with violating the Right of Way Law. The 19-year-old cyclist was traveling eastbound in the marked bike lane […]

Queens Residents Launch Campaign for Bike Lanes Connecting Parks

By Stephen Miller | Jul 10, 2015 | 9 Comments

Northern Queens residents who want to safely bicycle to nearby parks are trying to convince the city to install new bike lanes in neighborhoods from Astoria to Corona. It all started with a post by Sergio Peçanha to a Jackson Heights neighborhood forum about two weeks ago. With Travers Park and the adjacent 78th Street play street set for reconstruction soon, Peçanha wanted […]

Ferreras: “My Focus Is to Make 111th Street One Hundred Percent Safe”

By Stephen Miller | Jul 1, 2015 | 8 Comments

A grassroots effort to improve safety on extra-wide 111th Street in Corona yielded a DOT plan for a road diet, better pedestrian crossings, and a protected bike lane this spring. Then two members of Queens Community Board 4 stymied the proposal, at least for the time being. To keep the project moving forward, Council Member Julissa Ferreras has organized two neighborhood […]

CB 7 Committee Asks DOT for Amsterdam Protected Bike Lane “Immediately”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2015 | 7 Comments

On Tuesday, the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee unanimously passed a resolution asking DOT to immediately install a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue in the neighborhood. DOT has built out a southbound protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue from 110th Street almost to Columbus Circle over the past five years, but the city has not created a […]

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