The Department of Transportation announced its proposal to convert 5th Street in Long Island City into a one-way southbound roadway from 45th Road to 50th Avenue to address safety concerns, at a community meeting last Wednesday night at MoMA PS 1.
Queens deputy commissioner for the DOT Delila Hall noted that Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Sunnyside) and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) — both co-sponsors of the meeting — along with Community Board 2 and the Hunters Point Community Development Corporation, requested that the DOT monitor this stretch of 5th Street for a number of reasons, including congestion.
“As you know, a lot of construction is going on there; new high-rises, new schools, new playgrounds — and we are just as concerned,” borough planner for the department Hilary Gietz said.
The majority of
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