The streets around the College Point Corporate Park are heavily used and, according to one elected official, have been neglected for years.
State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) is calling for all governmental agencies involved to make repairs before the Police Academy opens next year. Last year, the NYPD put a temporary car tow pound in the corporate park that is expected to be there for years and adds to congestion.
At a press conference last week, Avella said that instead of making repairs to the Ulmer Street and 28th Avenue location, where issues include a partial street collapse, the city has installed a speed bump sign.
“Going over this bump, which is really a street collapse, the majority of motorists bottom out and damage their vehicles,” he said. “And this is the case for most of the roads in the area.”
Avella is asking for a meeting with the Economic Development Corp. and the city and state DOT to try to solve the problem.
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No picture of this "street collapse"
Typical chronicle sensationalism.
NYC streets are in bad condition in general, but Ulmer St is one of the worst. Those bumps and dips are getting so bad that you have to go over them at 5 mph or really risk damaging your car.
28 Avenue in that area was reconstructed maybe 5 or so years ago, and already it is looking terrible with bumps and dips. The city should sue the contractors who did that. Its already falling apart.
Maybe this is the real Vision Zero plan. If the streets are in such awful condition, everyone will have to drive slower, or risk damaging their vehicles. So pedestrians can jaywalk without fear! An automatic win for de Blasio.
"State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) is calling for all governmental agencies involved to make repairs before the Police Academy opens next year."
Yet another empty gesture by a politician (Seeking re-election BTW) which will amount to nothing but it did succeed in getting his name in the papers.. what bullshit!
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