I am firmly against an Open Street which is 1 mile or more long and runs through a residential neighborhood, rapidly being turned into a commercial strip. This is the longest Open Street in NYC and the only one in an only residential neighborhood. This street is empty during the week when people should be working. The Supporters of this initiative seem to be primarily in garden apartment coops or at the East end of 34th Ave and determined to drive people into the 70s and Travers Park. The whole project is a power play by a few, and ill conceived at best! Could the building on 89th Street have been saved if there weren't barriers for fire-fighters to move? I don't know but it's something to think about. The thought that this is going to increase the real estate value of Jackson Heights is nonsense, it is my opinion it will have exactly the opposite affect.
It would be wise to select what is read about this more carefully, the NYC blog is one sided, not journalism at all, and an obvious plant. Frankly I think the New York Times article was as well, shame on them, might cancel my subscription.
There should be compromise, greatly reduced hours. And there needs to be patrolling of activities. The overall noise level is out of control!! It's nice that families can use it at night and weekends when there is light. Soon there will be no light in the evenings and it will be cold.