Not that we want to be, but you know we’ll never be like Brooklyn when you see signs like this.And it’s my beloved Tradefair on 30th Ave. I wonder if they’ll bust me when I sneak a bag in the store. It could get exciting! Maybe their wall of shame is filled with hipster eco…
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Astorians, allow me to be blunt: you have shitty taste in bread. Or maybe you have good taste, but bread in Astoria sucks. There was a great french bakery on Broadway. It closed because people complained it was more expensive than the bad bakeries. Duh… because they take time to make bread right and use…
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I love this. And was kind of thinking of this the other day while on a bus. I had 35 fellow passengers (kind of empty for the M60). I then tried to count 35 people in cars that drove by. It’s not easy, but it’s about two city blocks of cars. When push comes to…
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From the Wall Street Journal: A new helmet law reduces bicycle deaths among the affected age group by about 19%. It doesn’t affect older riders. Since serious bicycle accidents are rare, however, the absolute numbers are still small, about eight fewer deaths a year among kids 5 to 15 than would otherwise occur in the…
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The bike lanes through Queensplaza from Queens Blvd are starting to take shape. Very exciting! I’m still not clear how exactly you’re supposed to exit the bridge and head east. But I’ll assume they’re doing something logical and not leaving the long bike-the-wrong-way-against-traffic section heading east off the bridge.
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