The story of modern Queens began when the Queensboro Bridge (aka the Ed Koch Queensboro bridge, but nobody in Queens actually calls it that) opened for business in 1909. Before the great span opened, ...

On March 30th, 1909, the Queensboro Bridge opened to traffic. Long Island City, and the rest of Queens, would never be the same. For the first time, vehicle traffic from eastern Long Island and ...

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A Walkway Was Set to Open on the Queensboro Bridge. Until it Wasn’t. A long-awaited pedestrian path appeared to be finished this month. A ribbon-cutting was scheduled. A news release was prepared.

This story was originally published on April 15, 2024, and was updated after congestion pricing launched on Jan. 5, 2025. The MTA has sold congestion pricing as a simple tolling scheme: $9 during the ...

The city’s Department of Transportation is proposing a rule change that would allow mopeds to use the Brooklyn Bridge and the lower level of the Queensboro Bridge, giving riders a legal route in and ...