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Gersh Kuntzman

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We're talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at gersh@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

A reckless driver strikes a pedestrian with the light and in the crosswalk in Bath Beach. Photo: YouTube

SEE IT: Pedestrian Struck by Reckless Driver in Bath Beach

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 9, 2022 | No Comments
It's so horrifying to see — yet, apparently, there's nothing to see here.
Lesson time. Photo: École polytechnique – J.Barande with the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

CYCLE OF RAGE: The DOT’s Reckless Driver Program Scratches the Very Outer Membrane of the Surface

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 9, 2022 | No Comments
Like jumbo shrimp or military intelligence, the Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program is an oxymoron. Let's look at the numbers.
Dock worker Bob Holden.

Citi Bike Finally Coming to Maspeth in January After Lengthy Delay

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 1, 2022 | No Comments
The news comes after a tumultuous community board meeting included a threat to bar cycling advocates from entering.
The Brooklyn District Attorney has declined to prosecute attorney Adam White for removing this obstruction from a driver's plate. Photo: Adam White

Freedom for Adam White! Brooklyn DA Declines to Prosecute ‘Criminal Mischief’ Maker

By Gersh Kuntzman and Julianne Cuba | Nov 30, 2022 | No Comments
"The case was declined prosecution — insufficient evidence to prosecute," said the spokesman for Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
Here's a classic top-of-the-T intersection in front of the Whole Foods in Gowanus. Photo: Google

#StuckAtDOT: Whatever Happened to Those Awesome Rule Changes for Cyclists?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 25, 2022 | No Comments
The Department of Transportation has not moved forward with a series of ambitious rule changes that would have improved cycling and encouraged more people to get around on two wheels, Streetsblog has learned.
The crosswalk does not apparently have a "walk" signal on the west side of South Avenue. Photo: Google

Pedestrian Struck and Killed on Dangerous Staten Island Arterial; No Charges

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 22, 2022 | No Comments
A senior citizen was run over and killed by the driver of a Ford van on Monday afternoon at a notorious Staten Island intersection, but the driver was not charged, said the NYPD.
It's your subway to save, guv. Photo: Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

ANALYSIS: Subway Riders Backed Hochul By Widest Margins; Now Governor Better Deliver

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments
They had her back, so now she better have theirs. New Yorkers who actually ride the subway supported Gov. Hochul by a much wider margin than her overall 69.5 to 30.3 election victory in the city over Republican Lee Zeldin.
Volunteers planted saplings at the Memorial Grove for Victims of Traffic Violence last week.

A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments
There are almost no other specific memorials for one of the world's leading causes of preventable death: car crashes, which kill roughly 1.2 million people annually.
Richard Smith and Julie Floyd, siblings of Ronald Anthony Smith, are calling for justice for their brother, who was killed by the NYPD in April on Eastern Parkway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Video Shows Cops Not Even Trying to Save Man they Struck on Eastern Parkway: Family

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments
Where was their courtesy? Where was their professionalism? Where was their respect for this man? He wasn't dirty. He wasn't no bum off the street. That's my brother," the victim's sister said on Monday.
DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez recently rode a scooter on the new Bronxdale Avenue bike lane. File photo: DOT

Bronx Scooter Pilot to Become Permanent — And Likely Expand

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments
The universe (of scooters) is expanding.
People still speed. A lot. But less. At least that's the story. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Speed Camera Update: More People Being Caught (But Fewer During the Day)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments
Overall tickets are up about 67 percent thanks to those overnight and weekend hours, but they're down about 15 percent in the 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours, evidence that drivers do indeed stop speeding after getting one or two automated tickets.
Council Member Rita Joseph wants more speed bumps. But they take years. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

#StuckAtDOT: It Takes Years (and Years) to Get a Speed Hump in this City

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 11, 2022 | No Comments
A Brooklyn City Council member has a simple question for the Department of Transportation: Why does it take years and years (and sometimes years and years and years) to put in a simple speed bump?
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