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There is a project proposal to extend the Motor Parkway(Alley Pond bike trail) from where it ends at Winchester Blvd, to the Queens Farm Museum & Glen Oaks Village. The path we envision would go through Creedmoor, The Padavan Campus at Glen Oaks, and through the Queens Children's Psych Hospital. The amazing thing about each one of those properties is they are owned by the Governments of NYS & NYC.
We think this would make getting to our greenway safer for folks from Glen Oaks and make getting to the Farm Museum more appealing for folks from Hollis Hills & Oakland Gardens. It would also increase the beauty and attractiveness of the area while increasing the fitness of residents and the awareness and appreciation of the history of the area.
Lastly, Nassau is working to reactivate the Motor Parkway in their jurisdiction - so this plan could potentially make it possible to walk/run/ride from Flushing Meadows Corona Park to Bethpage State Park.
Here's their website, you can get a few more details about their plan there. If you think it's a good plan, we would ask that you sign their online petition.
With the Mayor's new Vision Zero project to reduce pedestrian fatalities from car accidents, there have been changes that can affect you. The speed limit on all NYC streets is now 25mph unless otherwise posted. There have also been speed cameras set up in our area within 1/4 mile a public school. The camera take a picture of anyone going 35mph or higher.
Permanent speed camera in our neighborhood:
- Eastbound Union Turnpike, just before the Cross Island Parkway.
- Eastbound Union Turnpike, at 233rd Street.
- Wesbound Union Turnpike, at 235th Street.
- Westbound Union Turnpike, just before Commonwealth Blvd.
- Eastbound Hillside Ave between the Keyfood and Martin Van Buren High School.
- Westbound Hillside Ave, right outside of the main entrance to Martin Van Buren High School.
- Eastbound Hillside Ave, between 251st and 252nd Street.
- Westbound Hillside Ave, just before 250th Street
- Westbound Union Turnpike, between 259th Street and 260th Street.
- Northbound Winchester Blvd between Braddock Ave and 88th Ave.
- Sounthboung Winchester Blvd between Seward Ave and Hillside Ave.
- Eastbound Braddock Ave, just before 222nd Street.
- Westbound Braddock Ave, just before Moline Street.
- Eastbound Braddock Ave, at the entrance to Keyfood parking lot.