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Sunnyside Pedestrian Plaza

Whats the local appetite for a Pedestrian Plaza in Sunnyside? (Im a resident here who badly wants one!)

There’s two good locations to consider - the ‘Lewis Mumford Way’ section of Skillman, and also the area under the sunnyside arch on 46th by key foods.

Its kinda depressing to see people using the space under the train station to ’get outside’ but its one of the only options.

We don’t have much in the way of public parks in Sunnyside - besides the park off woodside ave, and the private park for Sunnyside Gardens, everything else is small and surrounded by traffic - perhaps a pedestrian plaza would help fill the gap?

DOT’s plaza page:
https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/nyc-plaza-program.shtml

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u/Then_File3388 — 3 days ago

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Skillman Avenue guidelines have been spray-painted!

Monday is street sweeping day on the north side of Skillman from 48th to 52nd Street; it's Thursday for the section from 39th to 48th. DOT crews spraypainted the guidelines for the bike lanes and pedestrian refuges, but drivers ignored them as soon as the crews were done. The third photo, of the street sweeping sign, is from Sunday.

I run the Safer Skillman Avenue Facebook page and blog; if anyone wants to organize around getting the one-driving-lane configuration extended west from 50th Street, please get in touch!

u/grvsmth — 3 days ago

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Thanks to everyone who came out for our first ride of the season last month, it was a blast! After the 0-12 losing streak, the Mets are 6-6 since the Bike Bus returned on 4/23, so of course we're taking credit for turning the team around. Don't be the reason we go on another skid - ride with us to the game next Friday and let's keep this momentum going.

Thanks to @shanerich5 on Instagram for this great video of last month's ride.

u/CitiFieldBikeBus — 13 days ago