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The area around Hillside and Jamaica avenues is among the most crash-prone sections of Queens.
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The Queens area with the highest incidence of pedestrian KSI crashes (see heat map, Figure 1.##), Crown Heights-Brownsville witnessed 1,793 pedestrian crashes between 2008 and 2012, which led to 21 fatalities and 234 severe injuries. The population of this area is mostly black or African-American (roughly eight out of ten residents). Moreover, local a median income falls well below the borough’s as a whole.
23Queens Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
Community Input Hillside Avenue Corridor Case Study Area
JAMAICA
JAMAICAHILLS JAMAICA
ESTATESBRIARWOOD
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Cunningham
RufusKingPark
MapleGrovePark
HILLSIDE AV
JAMAICA AV
MERRICK BLVD
GUY BREWER BLVD
160 ST
QUEENS BLVD
METROPOLITAN BLVD
ATLANTIC AV
ARCHER AV
SOUTH RD
PARSON S BLVD
MAIN ST
SUT PHIN BLVD
GRAND CENTRAL PKWY
VAN WYCK
LIRR Jamaica
Speeding @ 139th St & 88th Ave: “This area needs a stop sign, or a bump. Cars are speeding, 60 to 65 miles per hour...this area is very close to a school zone.”
Long Wait to Cross @ 168th St & 89th Ave: “The wait time for crossing 168th St is way too long, so people are crossing against the light now.”
Failure to Yield @ 139th St & 85th Dr: “...the Stop sign on the left hand of the split is missing (it has been knocked down a half a dozen times in the last two years), and the Stop sign on the right has been hit and damaged. Cars speed down these streets and do not yield to the children or anyone else crossing here. There are many accidents in this area.”
PriorityIntersections
PriorityAreas
PriorityCorridors 1 2 3 4 5+
PedestrianKSI
SubwayStations
Black outline represents the approximate boundary of the case study area.
