{"id":221231,"date":"2026-05-05T22:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221231\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T22:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:22:36","slug":"hampton-to-cut-ribbon-to-celebrate-reopening-of-queens-way-pedestrian-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221231\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampton to cut ribbon to celebrate reopening of Queens Way pedestrian area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAMPTON, Va. \u2014 There is a new outdoor space for people to enjoy in the city of Hampton. That space is on E. Queens Way between Wine St. and S. King St.<\/p>\n<p>Iryna Pattrson, owner of two businesses on E. Queens Way, is in support of the work done on what used to be the street outside her businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it brings more people together,&#8221; Pattrson said.<\/p>\n<p>Something that could be a big help for businesses on the street after construction there.<\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtkr.com\/transportation\/multiple-road-projects-set-to-open-up-in-hampton-in-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Multiple road projects set to open in Hampton in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple road projects set to open up in Hampton in 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Two thousand twenty five] was a little bit hard on us with the street being under construction,&#8221; Pattrson explained. &#8220;We did notice a definite decrease in sales.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually beautiful,&#8221; said Customer Tiffney Stallings.<\/p>\n<p>When News 3 interviewed Stallings, she was enjoying lunch in the outdoor space. She doesn\u2019t live in Hampton, but said if she did the outdoor space would bring her downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtkr.com\/news\/in-the-community\/hampton\/now-accepting-applications-new-pilot-program-aims-to-help-small-retail-businesses-across-hampton-roads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Now accepting applications: New pilot program aims to help small retail businesses across Hampton Roads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now accepting applications: New pilot program aims to help small retail businesses across Hampton Roads<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is nice to just come and sit and be able to relax and just walk around,&#8221; Stallings said.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly what the city was going for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the big things is, we just wanted to make the area more walkable,&#8221; Hampton Public Information Officer Mike Holtzclaw said.<\/p>\n<p>The city tells News 3 this was also an opportunity to do needed work on water and sewer pipes in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of the long-term impact on the whole corridor, it\u2019s very important work that got done,&#8221; said Holtzclaw.<\/p>\n<p>A ribbon cutting ceremony was scheduled for 4-6 p.m. May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Colter Anstaett<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a news tip or story idea for News 3&#8217;s Hampton Neighborhood News Reporter Colter Anstaett? Let him know<\/p>\n<p>Click <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtkr.com\/on-3\/how-we-use-ai-at-wtkr-news-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> to see how we use AI at WTKR News 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMPTON, Va. \u2014 There is a new outdoor space for people to enjoy in the city of Hampton.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-221231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}