No Charges for Driver Who Killed Senior in Bensonhurst Crosswalk
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A senior has died from injuries sustained when a motorist hit her in a Bensonhurst crosswalk last month. NYPD filed no charges.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bensonhurst
Driver Who Killed Xiali Yue Pleads Guilty to Violating Victim’s Right of Way
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A driver who struck and killed a woman in a Brooklyn crosswalk pled guilty to a Right of Way Law violation. The crash happened at around 8:13 on the morning of March 16, 2015. Xiali Yue, 61, was crossing Cropsey Avenue at 21st Avenue in Bensonhurst, in a crosswalk with the walk signal, when Alexander Smotritsky hit […]
Motorists Take the Lives of Human Rights Worker and Senior in Brooklyn
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A senior was killed by a motorist in Bensonhurst this weekend, and a Prospect Heights pedestrian who was struck by an alleged drunk driver earlier this month has died from her injuries. On July 5 at around 12:25 a.m., Roxana Gomez was walking at Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Avenue when she was hit by a BMW […]
Domenic Recchia: There’s a Place For Bike Lanes, But I’m Not Telling Where
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“I’m not against bike lanes,” City Council Member Domenic Recchia told the New York Times after forcing DOT to scrap plans for a four-mile painted bike lane along Bay Ridge Parkway two weeks ago. “I believe there’s a place for them.” I’d like to believe Recchia. After all, there are currently no on-street bike lanes […]