Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Borough Park

Kramer and Hikind Exaggerate Victory in War on Pedestrians

By Ben Fried | Jun 1, 2011 | 14 Comments

Last night Marcia Kramer served up more of her unique brand of public service journalism, triumphantly reporting that the city will remove pedestrian safety measures designed to prevent seniors from getting killed and maimed in Borough Park traffic. Touring Fort Hamilton Parkway with Dov Hikind, the State Assembly rep who threatened last month to sue […]

Dov Hikind Threatens to Sue the Safety Off Fort Hamilton Parkway

By Ben Fried | May 17, 2011 | 18 Comments

Assembly Member Dov Hikind is stooping to a new low, even by Albany’s standards, to ensure that traffic keeps on menacing pedestrians to the fullest extent possible on NYC streets. The central Brooklyn rep announced today that he’s trying to force the Department of Transportation to remove pedestrian refuges from Fort Hamilton Parkway, threatening what […]

School Bus Kills Four-Year-Old Boy in Borough Park

By Noah Kazis | Feb 17, 2010 | 7 Comments

A school bus on Amrom Altman’s block. Image: Google Street View. A yeshiva bus hit and killed a four-year-old boy in Borough Park this morning, the Times reports. According to witnesses, the child, Amrom Altman, was running after his school bus when he slipped on ice. The driver didn’t see Altman and continued to drive […]