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   From: NOT-SURE@idiocracy.gov   
      
   On 5/18/20 9:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > The city will convert another 12 miles of streets into pedestrian and   
   > bicycle-only thoroughfares, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.   
   >   
   > “We want to make it easier for people to socially distance,   
   > particularly as the warmer weather comes on, and the open streets   
   > initiative is helping us to do that,” de Blasio told reporters Wednesday   
   > morning.   
   >   
   > The 12 new miles of open streets, which vary in their hours of operation and   
   are set to open Thursday, include:   
   > •46th Street in Queens from Queens Boulevard to Greenpoint Avenue   
   > •Skillman Avenue in Queens from 39th Place to 43rd Street   
   > •39th Avenue in Queens from Woodside Avenue to Barnett Avenue   
   > •34th Avenue in Queens from 78th Street to Junction Boulevard   
   > •5th Street in Long Island City from 46th Avenue to 49th Avenue   
   > •27th Street in Long Island City from Hunter Street to Queens Plaza South   
   > •Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing from 155th Street to Northern Boulevard   
   > •Peck Avenue in Flushing from 137th Street to Main Street   
   > •4th Street in Brooklyn from 4th Avenue to 5th Avenue   
   > •Newkirk Avenue in Brooklyn from Coney Island Avenue to E. 17th Street   
   > •Grattan Street in Brooklyn from Morgan Avenue to Bogart Street   
   > •Prospect Place in Brooklyn from New York Avenue to Brooklyn Avenue   
   > •6th Avenue in Brooklyn from 44th Street to 51st Street   
   > •1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place and 4th Place in Brooklyn from Smith    
   Street to Henry Street   
   > •Berry Street in Brooklyn from N. 12th Street to Broadway   
   > •Joralemon Street in Brooklyn from Hicks Street to Furman Street   
   > •St. Marks Place in Brooklyn from 3rd Avenue to 4th Avenue   
   > •E. 7th Street in Brooklyn from Caton Avenue to Ditmas Avenue   
   > •Hall Street in Brooklyn from Park Avenue to Myrtle Avenue   
   > •S. Portland Avenue in Brooklyn from S. Elliot Street to Dekalb Avenue   
   > •Nassau Street in Brooklyn from Banker Street to Lorimer Street   
   > •Suydam Street in Brooklyn from Knickerbocker Avenue to Irving Avenue   
   > •Sharon Street in Brooklyn from Morgan Avenue to Olive Street   
   > •Leonard Street in Brooklyn from Montrose Avenue to Boerum Street   
   > •Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn from Johnson Street to Tillary Street   
   > •38th Street in Brooklyn from Dahill Road to 15th Avenue   
   > •Congrerssion Street in Brooklyn from Clinton Street to Henry Street   
   > •115th in Manhattan from Park Avenue to 3rd Avenue   
   > •13th Street and Little W. 12th Street in Manhattan from 9th Avenue to    
   Washington Street   
   > •17th Street in Manhattan from 10th Avenue to 8th Avenue   
   > •Hudson Boulevard East and Hudson Boulevard West in Manhattan from 35th    
   Street to 36th Street   
   > •West End Avenue in Manhattan from 87th Street to 96th Street   
   > •75th Street in Manhattan from Broadway to Riverside Drive   
   > •114th Street in Manhattan from Manhattan Avenue to Frederick Douglass    
   Boulevard   
   > •Edgecombe Avenue in Manha ttan from St. Nicholas Place to 145th Street   
   > •W. 238th Street in The Bronx from Tibbett Avenue to Irwin Avenue   
   > •140th Street in The Bronx from Brook Avenue to Willis Avenue   
   > •Rhinelander Avenue in The Bronx from Williamsbridge Road to Bronxdale   
   Avenue   
   > •Creston Avenue in The Bronx from Fordham Road to Kingsbridge Road   
   > •Oak Tree Place in The Bronx from Hughes Avenue to Quarry Place   
   > •Boston Road in the Bronx from 180th Street to Bronx Park South   
   > •Bronx Park South in The Bronx from Boston Road to Bryant Avenue   
   > •Jackson Avenue in The Bronx from 143rd Street to 147th Street   
   > •Clay Avenue in The Bronx from 173rd Street to Claremont Parkway   
   > •Bank Street in Staten Island east of Jersey Street   
   >   
   > The city has already created car-free open streets on 9 miles of city   
   > roadways, towards a goal of 100 total miles for walking, running, biking   
   > and recreation.   
   >   
   > De Blasio concocted the plan after weeks of pressure from advocates and   
   > elected officials upset over dangerous crowding in parks during the   
   > coronavirus pandemic.   
   >   
   > Hizzoner’s initial open-streets pilot — which ran for a few days in   
   > late March and early April — involved a heavy police presence that   
   > the city opted to forgo for the current program.   
   >   
   > The newest batch of open streets are instead set up and patrolled by a   
   > mix of local community groups, business improvement districts and police   
   > precincts.   
   >   
   > The mayor also announced the imminent completion of new protected bike   
   > lanes on Flatbush Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Ashland Place in Brooklyn,   
   > Crescent Street in Queens, and Broadway, 38th Street and 39th Street in   
   > Manhattan — as part of a plan to provide alternatives to potentially   
   > packed subway trains.   
   >   
   > The city wants to install even more bike lane miles this year, but is   
   > limited by a city statute that requires 90 days’ notice for any such   
   > projects, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg told reporters.   
   >   
      
   The Governor should be looking at air systems in large public buildings   
   and subways and and on buses......  and looking at hiring an army of   
   cleaning people to disinfect 24/7 in those places...  and make Nursing   
   homes and elderly care medical services and buildings a priority.   
      
      
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