Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Bergen Street Cyclists Thank NYPD Precinct for Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | May 1, 2013 | 15 Comments

Bergen Street near Flatbush Avenue used to be a trouble spot for cyclists going from Prospect Heights to Park Slope, with one segment of the bike lane frequently obstructed by police vehicles. Last summer, a guerrilla protected lane appeared, buffered by orange cones, then disappeared, then reappeared, incredibly, in the form of metal crowd control barriers from the NYPD’s […]

Irvin Gitlitz, 83, Was First of Two Pedestrian Fatalities Wednesday

By Brad Aaron | Apr 4, 2013 | 33 Comments

The pedestrian killed by a truck driver at Flatbush and Atlantic on Wednesday has been identified as Irvin Gitlitz, 83, according to NYPD. Police say Gitlitz stepped between parked cars into the path of the truck driver, who was not charged or summonsed. Photos of the scene indicate that the truck was not equipped with […]

Brooklyn Victim Is Third NYC Pedestrian Killed by Truck Driver in Five Weeks

By Brad Aaron | Apr 3, 2013 | 15 Comments

Update: NYPD has identified the victim as 83-year-old Irvin Gitlitz. Another NYC pedestrian has been killed by a truck driver, this time at the intersection of Flatbush and Fourth Avenues. The crash happened this afternoon. The victim, a male in his 40s, was struck at around 12:50 p.m., and was pronounced dead at the scene, […]

A Collective Tries to Make Cargo Bike Deliveries Work in Brooklyn

By Stephen Miller | Feb 26, 2013 | 4 Comments

New York’s cargo bike industry is a tough business. One of the top constraints is geography. Most of the current operators, like the ones we profiled last week, concentrate on Manhattan below 96th Street. But a new group is trying to organize cargo deliveries in Brooklyn. The Cargo Bike Collective, based in Ditmas Park and Flatbush, […]

David Greenfield Monitoring Investigation of Crash That Killed Bystander

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2012 | 7 Comments

City Council Member David Greenfield is keeping an eye on the investigation into a fatal collision in Brooklyn last weekend, which so far points to the culpability of both drivers involved in the crash. Greenfield told Streetsblog that he has been in touch with NYPD and the office of District Attorney Charles Hynes regarding the […]

NYPD: “No Criminality” When SUV Drivers Collide, Plow Into Family

By Brad Aaron | Dec 10, 2012 | 26 Comments

No one was criminally responsible for a grisly high-speed crash in Brooklyn this weekend that left one bystander dead and three members of her family injured, according to NYPD. Accounts vary regarding the events leading up to the crash, which occurred at W. Fifth Street and Quentin Road in Gravesend at around 2:25 p.m. Saturday. […]

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