Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Driver Kills Cyclist in Ditmas Park, NYPD and Media Blame Deceased Victim

By Brad Aaron | Jun 22, 2015 | 28 Comments

Brooklyn: Ocean Ave & Church Ave. U/D; Cyclist struck by a vehicle, pronounced DOA at KCH. @NYPDHighway investigating pic.twitter.com/J2BkLOadEJ — New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) June 22, 2015 A driver killed a cyclist in Ditmas Park this morning. The cyclist, a 57-year-old man, was riding eastbound on Church Avenue near Ocean Avenue when he was […]

DOT’s Linden Boulevard Plan Improves the Basics and Not Much Else

By Stephen Miller | Jun 10, 2015 | 3 Comments

DOT unveiled its plan to reduce traffic injuries and deaths on Linden Boulevard last night to the Brooklyn Community Board 17 transportation committee. The project will introduce basic elements of pedestrian safety infrastructure, but it won’t significantly alter the design of one of the most dangerous speedways in Brooklyn [PDF]. Five people, including three pedestrians, have been killed on […]

Motorists Kill Three Pedestrians and Seriously Injure Two Kids in Five Days

By Brad Aaron | May 26, 2015 | 2 Comments

New York City motorists killed three adults and seriously injured two children in five crashes since last Thursday. At around 10 p.m. Sunday, the driver of a Jeep Wrangler hit 7-year-old Abriana Carrasco near an ice cream truck on E. 214th Street at Paulding Avenue in the Bronx, according to the Daily News. “You could hear her crying and […]

Utica Avenue Select Bus Service Will Roll Out This Fall

By Stephen Miller | Mar 20, 2015 | 3 Comments

The B46 is the second-busiest bus route in New York City, carrying nearly 50,000 passengers each day. A subway line on Utica was planned decades ago but never built, and today bus riders on the B46 struggle with crowded conditions and slow trips. Now service is set to get faster and more reliable with the addition of bus […]

DMV Suspends License of Driver Who Killed Mathieu Lefevre for Six Months

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 Comments

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles found the truck driver who killed Brooklyn cyclist Mathieu Lefevre responsible for the collision and suspended his driver’s license for six months. Leonardo Degianni’s DMV safety hearing took place on March 2, three-and-a-half years after he hit Lefevre at the intersection of Morgan Avenue and Meserole Street. At […]

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