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#284 Wouldn't it be great if... The old, abandoned LIRR running from Forest Park to Rockaway Beach was turned into a simpler version of the HighLine with native plants, an edible garden, along with a bike and pedestrian path? 64
3:53am Apr 23, 2011
Where? 99th Street from Forest Park to Howard Beach
By Anandi Premlall
#548 Wouldn't it be great if... lighting can enliven and secure a vacant site throughout the different stages within its development cycle? 24
12:52am May 07, 2011
Where? Franklin Ave between Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 11216
By David Del Rosario
#283 Wouldn't it be great if... there were more organic, edible community gardens as they are far and few in neighborhoods I grew up in. If they can be on rooftops that would be awesome and would utilize unused space. 22
3:19am Apr 23, 2011
Where? South Queens (Richmond Hill, South Richmond Hill,Forest Hills/Kew Gardens, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Jamaica, South Jamaica, Far Rockaway)
By Anandi Premlall
#534 Wouldn't it be great if... If strategically located vacant lots were filled with light. 9
9:36am May 06, 2011
Where? open weed-grown, abandoned gas stations, gravelly, barren, chainlink enclosed
By Leni Schwendinger
#505 Wouldn't it be great if... we built high-tech, multi-use, environmentally-instructive, flexibly-designed library-parks in our most impoverished neighborhoods. 6
11:59pm May 04, 2011
Where? The South Bronx, to start...
By Brendan Crain
#250 Wouldn't it be great if... the Seaman-Drake Arch were cleaned up and refurbished. 6
4:44pm Apr 20, 2011
Where? Broadway at 216th Street, Inwood
#417 Wouldn't it be great if... we found a new use for the old Flushing Airport site. 5
6:54pm Apr 29, 2011
Where? south of 20th Avenue along the Whitestone Expressway, just east of College Park
By Brendan Crain
#365 Wouldn't it be great if... we could go back to Euclidean geometry? 5
2:59pm Apr 27, 2011
Where? all city, son
#244 Wouldn't it be great if... they saved the old house catty-corner from I.S. 230 and made it into something nice for the neighborhood. 5
11:49am Apr 20, 2011
Where? NE Corner of 34th Ave and 74th Street
By Rosemary Ruggiero
#180 Wouldn't it be great if... the streets were not full of garbage or graffiti. 5
11:23am Apr 16, 2011
Where? Fordham Road strip, White Plains Road
By Osmani Gonzalez
#395 Wouldn't it be great if... there was a groomed and kept field (where an abandoned building was) for summer outdoor movies to show on the white, non-window side of building. 5
5:25pm Apr 28, 2011
Where? corner of 125 and Lennox Avenue
By Sheryl
#35 Wouldn't it be great if... There was an easier way to get from Queens to Brooklyn 5
10:18am Mar 25, 2011
Where? Queens, Brooklyn
#410 Wouldn't it be great if... there was GRAFITTI PARK where artists can go to tag their works on walls and spaces maintained by a staff. The works could be done on a rotating schedule that artist can sumbit their ideas to. 5
3:47pm Apr 29, 2011
Where? Harlem River East near 138st
By Steven E Brown
#411 Wouldn't it be great if... Every corner of 4th Avenue in Brooklyn had bulb outs and neck extensions. 5
4:28pm Apr 29, 2011
Where? 4th Ave, Atlantic Avenue to the Prospect Expressway, Brooklyn
By Doug Gordon
#125 Wouldn't it be great if... you extend the bike lanes uptown in Harlem? 5
11:35am Apr 13, 2011
Where? All of Harlem
#318 Wouldn't it be great if... There was a footbridge linking Albemarle Road in Ditmas Park. It is divided by the subway tracks which causes a long detour if walking through the hood and also creates a forbiddingly dark corner. 5
4:05pm Apr 25, 2011
Where? Albemarle Road, Brooklyn 11226
By Martin Perrin
#71 Wouldn't it be great if... we made more efficient use of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, allowing for walking, biking, and transit. 4
8:03am Apr 09, 2011
Where? Verrazano Narrows Bridge
#503 Wouldn't it be great if... the elevated section of Riverside Drive was redeveloped for pedestrians and its community rather than vehicles. 4
4:05pm May 04, 2011
Where? Riverside Drive from 129th to 135th
By Lisa Marie
#340 Wouldn't it be great if... If there were free public libraries where you could check out tools instead of books and periodicals? All kind of tools amassed through donations of individuals and corporations. 4
8:41pm Apr 26, 2011
Where? Central locations throughout the city-downtown Brooklyn for example.
By Zachary Wollard
#301 Wouldn't it be great if... there were a park and ride structure with a rooftop farm and a farmers market 4
3:33pm Apr 23, 2011
