Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Children

Cars get protection during a 2019 rally on 78th Street to demand the city make good on its promise to fully pedestrianize the block. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Cars Get Police Protection at Rally for Full Travers Park Plan

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 12, 2019 | 10 Comments

Hundreds of Jackson Heights residents, and scores of children, angrily protested the continued use of 78th Street by a politically-connected car dealership that has halted plans for a long-promised block-long greenspace between 34th Avenue and deadly Northern Boulevard.

Hit-and-Run Driver Rams Child Riding Bike Near Queens Schools

By David Meyer | Aug 14, 2018 | 13 Comments

The victim, an 11-year-old boy, was hospitalized in stable condition. The crash occurred in an area that could have been covered by speed cameras, had Senate Republicans not killed the program.

Five Weeks Later, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Hasn’t Charged the Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Luz Gonzalez and Left the Scene

By Brad Aaron | Jul 30, 2018 | 5 Comments

More than 50,000 people have signed the "Justice for Luz Gonzalez" petition.

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Girl on Brooklyn Sidewalk and Left Scene

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2018 | 48 Comments

With seven deaths, motorists have killed more children age 14 or under in the first six months of 2018 than in any year since 2014, when NYC launched the Vision Zero program.

NYPD: No Charges After Drivers Collide, Killing Shaena Sinclair and Injuring Her 6-Year-Old Son on Canarsie Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2018 | 6 Comments

The collision propelled a car onto the curb with enough force to kill, but NYPD says speed was "not a factor."