Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

HORRIFIC: A Brooklyn Baby is Killed in a Weekend of Carnage that Includes a Senior, a Cyclist and a Moped Rider

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 11, 2021 | No Comments

The bloodiest year in the de Blasio administration continued this weekend with multiple deaths, including a cyclist on the Upper West Side, a 3-month-old baby in Brooklyn, a moped rider on the Long Island Expressway, a senior citizen on the Upper West Side, plus at least two motorcycle riders.

1,000! Clarence Eckerson’s Streetfilms Hits the Ultimate Milestone

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 3, 2021 | No Comments

The 'Orson Welles of the Streets' looks back on the advent of his 1,000th installment.

A wall of water descends into the subway at 28th Street and Seventh Avenue. Photo: Via Twitter

Friday’s Headlines: ‘Apres Moi le Deluge’ Edition

By Eve Kessler | Sep 3, 2021 | No Comments

Officials engage in fingerpointing after the flooding. And other news.

This is Myrtle Avenue looking east towards Bedford — a completely dangerous part of a very dangerous neighborhood. Photo: Google

Woman Pushing Stroller Run Down and Killed by Trucker in Brooklyn

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 2, 2021 | No Comments

A woman who was pushing a child in a stroller across Myrtle Avenue in a notoriously dangerous section of Brooklyn was killed on Thursday morning by the driver of a flatbed truck, who was not charged, police said.

Mobileye — and the Met. Photo: Mobileye, an Intel Company

Self-Driving Car Industry, Promising Safety, Pushes Back on DOT Plan to Regulate Testing

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 1, 2021 | No Comments

The proposed rules would make NYC "inhospitable" to life-saving autonomous vehicle technology, reps for tech giants said at a hearing on Wednesday.

Wednesday’s Headlines: Good for You, Governor Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 1, 2021 | No Comments

An "extraordinary" legislative session (aka lawmakers doing their freakin' jobs). Plus all the other news.

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