Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunnyside

DOT Has a New Plan for Bike Lanes on the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Mar 10, 2015 | 13 Comments

DOT has a plan to add bike lanes to the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, which carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens [PDF]. The agency has also mapped out new striped bike lanes and markings in Sunnyside and Long Island City [PDF], which would improve access to the bridge. A similar DOT plan for […]

Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes, Flips Parked Car Onto Sunnyside Sidewalk

By Stephen Miller | Oct 22, 2014 | 1 Comment

Last night, shortly after midnight, a driver crashed into six parked cars in Woodside, Queens, flipping one of the vehicles onto the sidewalk. His vehicle thrust to the opposite sidewalk on 51st Street between Skillman and 39th Avenues, the driver then revved the engine in an unsuccessful attempt to flee before exiting the vehicle. Soon […]

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Sunnyside Becomes a Bike-Friendly Business District

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 25, 2014 | No Comments

Transportation Alternatives has been working all across NYC to foster goodwill for bicycling in the business community. Recently, TA has begun to award Bike-Friendly Business District designations in neighborhoods where local merchants support bicycling and safer streets. The first one outside Manhattan is Sunnyside, Queens. Come along on this group ride that toured six of […]

Eyes on the Street: Tweet Us Your Pics of Sidewalk-Hogging Businesses

By Brad Aaron | Jul 3, 2014 | 35 Comments

Clarence shot the above photo of a common sight in NYC: car-oriented businesses that illegally commandeer sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to walk around parked cars or pushing people into the street. He writes: I just snapped these photos of a brand new curb extension in Sunnyside, on 37th Street and Queens Boulevard, and a car dealership […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Connection Over Sunnyside Yard

By Ben Fried | Jun 27, 2014 | 6 Comments

Looks like DOT crews are making progress on the neighborhood bike plan for Sunnyside and Long Island City that Queens Community Board 2 approved last year. Clarence took this photo of the new bike lane on the 39th Street bridge over the Sunnyside rail yard. He says it got striped a couple of weeks ago. […]

Plaza Upgrades Planned Beneath Train Viaduct on Queens Blvd in Sunnyside

By Stephen Miller | Apr 15, 2014 | 7 Comments

The parking-flanked space in the middle of Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside, beneath the vaulted elevated train viaduct at 40th and 46th Streets, today looks more forgotten than fun. The Sunnyside Shines BID is hoping to change that, and their plan to upgrade the pedestrian space was recently accepted by NYC DOT’s pedestrian plaza program. While these […]

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