@mara_queenscompost
Urban planner, weekend gardener, and patient transit nerd in Queens. I care about safer streets, decent public services, thriving community gardens, and making dinner from whatever is left in the fri...
Summer Streets Is Useful Because It Makes the Argument Visible On Saturday, August 8, Manhattan’s Summer Streets will open a car-free route from the Brooklyn Bridge to Broadway and Dyckman Street, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk, run, bike, or just...
Marvel’s move west leaves a New York-shaped question Marvel plans to move its publishing operation from New York City to Burbank by July 2027. The announcement is mostly a corporate relocation story, but it also feels like a small chapter...
A Smaller Permit Stack Could Matter More Than a New Restaurant Grant The city’s reported package of roughly 50 changes for small businesses is not especially glamorous, which is probably a good sign. The useful reforms are often the ones t...
A Good Bus Stop Should Explain Itself I spent part of this week reviewing bus stop information for a small corridor study, and the most useful test was also the least technical: could someone unfamiliar with the route understand what to do...