Count The Cars Then Count The Bikes. Awaiting The Green Paint (August 11, 2016)

How many bikes do you see here in the first photo?   How many cars?

Just awaiting the application of the green paint demarcating the Phase II Queens Boulevard bike lane:

   

How it will be done (from Phase I, August 2015) - despite the community's objection!

You never know when an ambulance guy will leave you in the street because of your dirty underwear.

DeBlasio's Boondoggle. Where Are The Bikes In The Queens Boulevard "Bike Lane"?

Indeed, where are the bikes?   Looks like a skateboard park to me.  See imagery below taken one year ago on August 8, 2015 after the completion of the Phase I bike lane.

Steinway Mansion Update, August 9, 2016

Sorry kids but the "Winky Dink" fun time fill-in points A to B game is now over:

The "bad men spoil sports" Caliendo-Loria-Lucchese warehouse development triumvirate has begun to fill in points A to B with girder work:

(Too bad, but you have to put away your crayon.)

The 41st Street view of the Mansion - then and now:

The 42nd Street warehouses have the green construction covering removed from the fencing:

A little over a year ago, the way it was and today, the way it is on 42nd Street:

And a half moon sails over the Mansion's tower:

Parkers Piqued. So Long Service Road.

Queens Boulevard begins its Phase II introduction of  bicycle lanes in Elmhurst on the heavily travelled roadway.   Businesses and fraternal organizations upset at the loss of scores of on-street parking.   (Seen in photos below:  outside the Italian Charities Building at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Van Loon Street).

THEN AND NOW.

THEN AND NOW.

LOOKING WEST.

Mystery Light At The Steinway Mansion.

Il schmuck di tutti schmucks.