Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Wrist Slap for DWI Killer After Brooklyn DAs Decline to Charge Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Apr 9, 2014 | 6 Comments

A convicted drunk driver was sentenced this week to probation, a nominal fine, and a six-month license suspension for killing a Brooklyn pedestrian. Shortly after midnight on July 5, 2013, 27-year-old Roxana Gomez was walking at Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Avenue when Eric Nesmith hit her with a BMW sedan, according to witness accounts and the Post. […]

Officials Talk Crash Prevention at Packed Brooklyn Vision Zero Town Hall

By Stephen Miller | Apr 2, 2014 | 3 Comments

Last night, Brooklynites filled Borough Hall, spilling into an overflow room for a Vision Zero town hall meeting with elected officials and city agency staffers. Among those on hand were Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan, Public Advocate Letitia James, and Borough President Eric Adams. Streetsblog wasn’t able to make it to […]

Witness: Crash That Killed Marlene Baharlias Likely Caught on Video

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2014 | 4 Comments

A man who says he saw the Tuesday crash that killed Marlene Baharlias echoes the story told by others: The driver backed into the senior on a Sheepshead Bay sidewalk. The witness believes a security camera in his building recorded the crash, but NYPD does not share details of crash investigations unless compelled by freedom of information requests. […]

Marlene Baharlias, 77, Killed by Motorist, Blamed by NYPD and the Post

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2014 | 12 Comments

A senior was killed Tuesday in Sheepshead Bay by a driver who witnesses say backed onto a sidewalk — contrary to anonymous NYPD sources who told the Post the victim was jaywalking. No charges were filed. Marlene Baharlias, 77, was walking home from the doctor with her husband when the driver of a Mercedes SUV backed onto the curb […]

Eyes on the Street: Real-Time Bus Arrival Display on Nostrand Ave [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Mar 13, 2014 | 13 Comments

New York finally has real-time bus arrival information and excellent route maps posted at bus stops. Or rather, at least one bus stop has this info, and it looks like the kind of thing that should spread to a lot more bus stops. NYC DOT policy director Jon Orcutt posted this photo on Twitter over […]

One Month In, DA Thompson Charges Sober Driver With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson has filed homicide and reckless driving charges against a sober driver who caused a violent crash in Crown Heights, killing another driver. On January 6, Jermaine Filmore ran a red on Eastern Parkway and hit two other vehicles, according to WABC. One of those cars hit a fourth car and […]

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