February 2022:

• Mayor visits 34th Ave

August 2021:

• Alfresco NYC announces prizes for the city’s best outdoor dining setups

• The Pandemic Gave New York City ‘Open Streets.’ Will They Survive?

• A Queens Avenue Shows How City Streets Can be Reimagined

• ‘Alfresco NYC’ Coalition Announces Winners for Best Outdoor Dining Structures and Open Streets in New York City

• SEE IT: 500 People Enjoying the 34th Avenue Open Street in Just 30 Minutes

• Here are the ‘Alfresco Award’ winners for NYC’s best open streets and outdoor dining spots

• Queens Avenue Shows How City Streets Can be Reimagine

• These Outdoor Dining Structures And Open Streets Won 'Alfresco' Awards

July 2021:

• OPINION: Opponents of Open Streets Need to Stop Ruining Kids’ Summers

• De Blasio to 34th Avenue Open Streets Opponents: Stop Parking in Children’s Play Areas!

• A Round and a Roundy: Open-Street Opponents Pounce on Play Space

• Bindlestiff Family Cirkus To Launch Flatbed Follies, Bringing World-Class Talent From Harlem To Hollis

June 2021:

• Cities are making covid-era street changes permanent. Some are facing pushback

• LANDSLIDE: Now Eric Adams Has Also Signed the 34th Avenue Linear Park Petition, Dashing Anti-Open Streets Group

• OPINION: A Linear Park on 34th Avenue is ‘The Best Thing’ for People with Disabilities

May 2021:

• OPINION: 34th Avenue is An Opportunity to Undo Decades of Unjust, Racist Policies

• DONOVAN RICHARDS: A Linear Park on 34th Avenue Can Lead the Reimagining of Our Streets

• JESSICA GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS: Why I Support a Linear Park in Jackson Heights

• OPINION: Council Member Dromm Clearly Supports Linear Park for 34th Avenue

• New York To Keep Streets Open for Pedestrians

• 34th Avenue Open Street in Jackson Heights made permanent by City Council vote

• Nueva York reinventa la vida en sus calles

• Jackson Heights community divided over linear park proposal

April 2021:

• Open Streets Coalition to Mayor: Give Us a Real Program (And Some Help)!

• New York City Council Bill Would Create More Car-Free Roads

• Jackson Heights residents back plan to make Open Streets permanent

• City Council paves the way to make 'Open Streets' program permanent

• Volunteers Are Actually the Ones Funding Open Streets Programs. Why Isn’t the City?

• Our Post-Pandemic Future Could Be a Lot Less Car-Centric

• Can ‘Open Streets’ Outlast the Pandemic?

March 2021:

• OPINION: De Blasio Must Challenge Status Quo to Make Open Streets Great

• How to Maintain Open Streets After the Pandemic

• Open Streets closed: Cars are reclaiming city blocks set aside for recreation

• Transforming streets for kids, PLAY at 34th Ave Open Street, Queens

• OPINION: De Blasio’s ‘Open Streets’ Announcement Falls Flat

• Mayor Pledges to Provide Greater Support to Community Groups That Manage Open Streets

• What an open street should look like ...

• Group Pushing Mayor De Blasio To Make Open Streets Policy In Jackson Heights, Queens Neighborhood Permanent

January 2021:

• Immigrants learn English along carless street in Jackson Heights  

December 2020:

• How New Yorkers Want to Change the Streetscape for Good *

• Back in Business: City offers new outdoor attractions amid COVID-19

October 2020:

• Open Street for 34th Ave. to be permanent

• Opinion: Creating Space in America’s Densest City

September 2020:

• Transportation Advocates Push for 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights to Be a Permanent ‘Open Street’

May 2020: 

• Jackson Heights Residents Early to Take Advantage of Open Streets Expansion