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Sidewalk here needs fixing. This area is not well maintained and not befitting of a subway station.
Needs to be some better infrastructure here to protect pedestrians from traffic. Maybe a protected bike lane. This is where people walk to get to the subway. The turn in and out of the casino is dangerous for pedestrians as well, since the cars are coming at such a high speed.
There are no crosswalk lines on this side of the street.
There are steps that don’t let someone with a wheelchair to get on the sidewalk.
Needs lighting and brush needs to be cut down to make a more clearer path.
Lived here 8 years as an adult, had to walk along the conduit to get to the trains and buses as well, grew up here as a kid when my grandparents owned the home. One of my earliest memories is from I was 5 and my dad had to grab me because a hub cap came flying off a speed car and almost hit me. In my 8 years there, twice homes and cars in drive ways were completely destroyed from speeding cars losing control and jumping the curb. Shoveling the snow was always a hazard because they would still speed. I could just be pulling weeds and I'd have to run cause I would hear the cars hit the curb. Multiple times the trees and guard rails across the street were hit. The entire block from corner to corner always seemed covered in debris from car accidents or broken beer bottles from people throwing them at other cars in rage. If you lived directly on the conduit, like my family, there is no way to pull in and out of the driveway safely unless the road way was completely empty because cars will come flying from lefferts and not slow down if they see you. I am surprised more people were not hit trying to cross to the park since there is only one entrance with a true crosswalk for a huge park. Just slowing down to turn down 115th street is dangerous because you don't know if the car behind you is speeding so fast they can't slow down in time. Everyone on the block has 100s of stories that involve the unsafe conditions the cars speeding and reckless driving has caused just within eye shot of our stoops.
As a lifelong resident of Ozone Park, I personally would be interested in seeing a new skate "plaza" in this area. A skate plaza would be a good choice because no matter what it will take time to show the community how this green patch can turn into an actual park. Skaters are often the bravest citizens of the urban world. They have been used as an effective tool for reclaiming public spaces in other cities like SF. I think this is no exception. A skate plaza would first attract skaters. Those skaters would then attract other young people. Those young people would then attract entire families. A skate plaza is also great because it doubles as both a skate park and a general third space. From a community perspective it might be easier to sell too. There's a strong skate community in NYC that would turnout to support the development of this project.
This particular stretch of the Conduit could use a bike lane crossing. I often commuted via bike from my house in Queens to Canarsie. Crossing back and forth over the Conduit was always the most dangerous part of the ride (to put that into context, I would through the barely lit ENY Industrial Park on the same commute). Overall it would also be good to squeeze down the lanes of the actual highway here because many people cross from Euclid/Grant Avenue Subway stops to the other side. When the MTA shuts down service past Euclid, I often half to walk across this dangerous stretch of road to get home.
There should only be 3 lanes on the North Conduit. 4 Lanes is too narrow for cars it is not safe. There should be yellow lines close to the curb with residences, as was done on the Van Wyck service roads. They have areas where cars are allowed to park. We should be able to do so on the North Conduit as well. We have a lot of houses with driveways on the blocks between Lefferts and 114th Street.
If a traffic light is added here, pedestrians can cross the North Conduit safely to get to the Southern Fields. Also, there would be less speeding between Lefferts and 114th St., so it would also be safer for pedestrians walking to the train station.
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