Thursday, October 14, 2010

Motorcycle club getting a bumpy ride


QUEENS (WPIX) — Neighbors in Willet's Point are tired of complaining to the city about potholes on their roads. One group called PIX 11's Greg Mocker and invited him to a meeting off 34th Ave and 126th Street in Queens.

The Queensboro Motrocycle Club owns a clubhouse on 34th Avenue. Auto shops and industrial yards make up the rest of the area. Traditionally, it is known as the "iron triangle." The biggest neighbor is Citi Field, right across the street.

The club, which was founded 100 years ago, feel neglected by the city. Cars and trucks have to weave around giant potholes. For the past few years, members of the club have contacted department of transportation officials and representatives from the borough president's office. They showed Mocker paperwork from various agencies that indicates the road has been inspected and work could be forthcoming.

Members say it has taken years to get anything done. For decades, there has been a debate about how to develop Willet's Point. Members of the club say they pay their taxes and they're getting no city services.

Mocker contacted the Transportation Department which is researching it's involvement. A spokesman told Mocker: "DOT is aggressively resurfacing and re-engineering New York City's streets to make them safer for everyone who uses them. We filled more than and repaved nearly 900 lane miles in the last fiscal year and we encourage New Yorkers to report potholes that need to be addressed to 311."


Uh yeah, and the DOT HQ and asphalt plant is a few hundred yards away, on the other side of the highway...

Here's the "resolution", which is just the regular old bullshit.

5 comments:

georgetheatheist said...

These are shaved-head, tatooed, color-wearing bikers? What do they want? The Yellow Brick Road? It's the Baja 500.

Wussies.

Anonymous said...

They pay taxes and obey the law.....

Anonymous said...

this is such bull**** these people pay taxes and they are being denied services for years so the city can take there land its the same as being a slumlord and these people deserve the services that they have paid for what a disgrace

Anonymous said...

Now that Mocker has tackled Willets Point, can we assign him to cover St. Savior's, too?

oye411 said...

Biker or business man. Taxes are paid, laws are respected and yet, idiots comment about superficial appearance crap. The issues people, that what's important. Not the people that shed light on them..