Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

This is the site of Tuesday morning's crash in Williamsburg. Photo: Google

Cops Seek Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Williamsburg Man on Tuesday

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 18, 2021 | No Comments

According to the NYPD, the driver of the black luxury sedan was traveling southbound on McGuinness Boulevard at around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday when he or she slammed into the pedestrian at the intersection of Bayard Street.

DOT official Jason Banrey was berated for an hour by opponents of the 34th Avenue open street ... ON the 34th Avenue open street. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

UNCIVIL WAR! Parking-Obsessed Opponents of Health, Safety and Parks Berate DOT Officials for an Hour

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

Is this what democracy looks like? If so, can we try another system?

Department of Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman, moments before getting annoyed at a Streetsblog reporter. Photo: Dave Colon

STREETS WEEK! DOT Commish Diagnoses Conduit Boulevard, Then Prescribes The Wrong Treatment

By Dave Colon | May 10, 2021 | No Comments

As Streets Week! begins, here's an existential question that Mayor de Blasio doesn't like to answer: Why does New York even have roads like Conduit Boulevard?

Pedestrians and cyclists in both directions currently share this narrow path. File photo: Melodie Bryant

Queens Beep Pledges Big Cash for Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Project

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 10, 2021 | No Comments

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will announce on Tuesday that he will allocate $3 million from his office's infrastructure funds to underwrite a security fence on the Queensboro Bridge.

This is the Bensonhurst corner where Maria Zuardo, 81, was fatally struck. Photo: Google

Brooklyn Senior Run Down and Killed — Driver Not Charged

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 7, 2021 | No Comments

An 81-year-old woman who was run down just a few blocks from her Bensonhurst home has died — and her killer was not charged, the NYPD said.

Vision Zero in Decline: New Stats Show Blood Tide of Road Violence is Unchecked

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

April was the cruelest month — but the other months sucked, too.

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