Streetsblog NYC: Woodside Wants Housing, But It’s Likely to Get More SUVs

Just what Northern Boulevard needs — another car dealership.

Members of Queens Community Board 2 are calling for a moratorium on all future car-related development along the so-called “New Boulevard of Death” after yet another car dealership has been proposed for the strip — charging that the half-dozen or so dealerships only wreak havoc on a neighborhood that desperately needs more housing and fewer cars.

Queens Ford Lincoln wants to rezone a plot of land on Northern between 58th and 60th streets in Woodside where a former restaurant has sat vacant for more than six years. In its place, the car dealer wants to erect a two-story “boutique showroom” for Lincoln SUVs.

Read the full article here: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/11/07/woodside-wants-housing-but-its-likely-to-get-more-suvs/