The DOT plans to shut the 500-spot municipal parking garage next to Borough Hall Wednesday due to structural concerns, elected officials said.
Despite politicians’ pleas that the mayor should have his transportation commissioner reconsider closing the lot at 80-25 126th St., Borough President Melinda Katz and City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz’s (D-Forest Hills) said DOT maintained the disrepair required an imminent closure.
“The city engineers are saying it’s unsafe,” Katz said. “The city is working with us to get traffic agents to be able to guide folks to private lots and parking spots.”
She said the city has not been able to find extra street parking.
Michael Cohen, a spokesman for Koslowitz, said Department of Transportation intended to take down the 1963-era Queensboro Hall Parking Garage and operate a 300-slot surface parking lot in its place. He said the councilwoman’s team was not yet given a time line for this work.
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Ny. Doesn't know how to take care of infrastructures.
That parking lot is toast - how much do you want to bet that that's the future site of some bullshit "luxury" condos?
Perhaps DeSleazio will pull a Bloomturd bullshit maneuver and give the land to his friends for a dollar.
I would love to see him attempt to put affordable housing or a homeless shelters in FoHi (barf)!
Isn't that a park and ride lot too?
Everything in this borough is tumble down cause the people that run stuff give everything over to friends to run and repair.
Add to the mix of cheap construction and within a generation it will look like the 3rd world ghetto our pols want.
You know where this is going... A new "affordable housing complex". And all the parking will be lost. It will be the same thing that happened to the lot in flushing.
Why don't they use some of the new found millions from the speed cameras to rebuild the lot? Put the money to good use. Instead it will probably be paying for some subsidy for the illegals.
Duh Blazio has plans-- he'll hand it over to one of wife's cronies.
A perfect analogy about the Queens Borough President Office, a completely crumbling and inefficient system that does not work.
Traffic in the area is a nightmare. Hopefully a few people won't drive here anymore with the garage gone.
The packaging matches the contents
Maybe they can cart this my old Queens home away to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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