Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunnyside

Boy, 5, Among Three NYC Pedestrians Killed by Drivers This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | Aug 12, 2013 | 6 Comments

Three New York City pedestrians, including a young child, were killed by motorists over the weekend. Two of the crashes were hit-and-runs. At around 8:25 p.m. Friday, Kyrillos Gendy, 5, his mother and sister were struck by a hit-and-run driver in a Mercedes-Benz sedan in Dongan Hills. From the Times: Just before he hit the […]

New Bike Routes on Tap for Long Island City and Sunnyside

By Stephen Miller | Jul 9, 2013 | 18 Comments

Western Queens is set to receive a slate of street safety and bicycle network improvements. The projects will add shared lane markings and bike lanes to neighborhood streets, improve connections to the Astoria waterfront and Greenpoint, and address pedestrian safety at the site of a fatal curb-jumping crash. The progress comes after more than a year of […]

Van Bramer on Queens Bike-Share: “Not Just Waiting For It… Pushing For It”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

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. This isn’t the first time Van Bramer — already a Citi Bike member — has pushed for bike-share. When the program was announced, he pressed the city […]

Queens Residents Press for Safety Fix at Car-Choked Sunnyside Intersection

By Stephen Miller | Jan 2, 2013 | 3 Comments

Two cyclists heading northeast on Greenpoint Avenue cross Borden Avenue. One path is legal but conflicts with turning cars; the other is illegal but avoids these conflicts. Video: Jessame Hannus Greenpoint Avenue has long been a dangerous connection between Queens and Brooklyn. The intersection with Borden Avenue in Sunnyside, where it crosses the Long Island Expressway, […]

New Survey Asks: Where Should Western Queens Get Bike Lanes Next?

By Stephen Miller | Sep 18, 2012 | 7 Comments

With the first phase of new bike lanes set to go before Community Board 2 this fall before being installed in the spring, DOT has a new survey asking western Queens cyclists where they’d like to see bike lanes come next. The survey is the latest step in months of outreach and feedback with members […]

DOT Plans Nine Miles of Bike Lanes For LIC, Sunnyside, With More to Come

By Noah Kazis | Jul 19, 2012 | 8 Comments

Bike lane mileage in Long Island City and Sunnyside, Queens, is set to double next year, under a preliminary plan from the Department of Transportation, with significant expansions to follow in subsequent years. The nine miles of new routes — along 11th Street, Skillman Avenue, 47th Avenue and 39th Street — were selected in a […]

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