Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Pedestrian Struck on Carroll Street in Critical Condition

By Ben Fried | Feb 2, 2009 | 13 Comments

Brownstoner reports that a pedestrian was struck after 8 a.m. today on Carroll Street in Brooklyn, at the intersection of Eighth Avenue. According to NYPD, the victim, a 57 year old man, is in critical condition at Lutheran Medical Center. The driver struck him while traveling east on Carroll, behind the wheel of what the […]

Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Haven on Hanson

By Ben Fried | Nov 18, 2008 | 3 Comments

Courtesy of Brownstoner, here’s a recent shot of sidewalk construction between Flatbush Avenue and Hanson Place, near the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The short passage — or slip ramp, as DOT calls it — allowing cars to turn onto Hanson from Flatbush and Fourth Avenue is now closed to car traffic. This is especially good […]

Two Pedestrians Killed Today in Separate Hit-and-Run Crashes

By Ben Fried | Oct 24, 2008 | No Comments

More grim news today: Gothamist and Fox 5 are reporting that a man was killed when he was struck by a big rig on Bowery and Grand. The truck driver continued over the Manhattan Bridge and was stopped by police on the BQE, according to Gothamist. And in Dyker Heights this morning, a driver killed […]

DOT to Present Ideas for Brooklyn’s Most Notorious Intersection

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2008 | 4 Comments

The confluence of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth Avenues is a traffic nightmare of epic proportions right smack next to a huge transit hub and shopping center. (We hear some sort of arena and housing complex might get built there too.) Crossing the street here is an unwelcome adventure for thousands of pedestrians every day, and […]

Brooklyn Paper Launches New Transpo Beat

By Ben Fried | Oct 10, 2008 | 3 Comments

To complement your headlines today, check out the Brooklyn Paper’s trio of transportation/public space stories, grouped under a new beat that the paper is calling "Mean Streets." Pedestrians need safer bus stop on Myrtle Avenue Street art memorializes cyclist killed by bus People’s choice winner announced in "Reinventing Grand Army Plaza" design competition The "Mean […]

Daily News Finally Finds Injustice in Pedestrian Fatalities

By Brad Aaron | Sep 29, 2008 | 16 Comments

On average, a New York City pedestrian is killed by a car about every three days. It happened again on Friday, when six-year-old Clarente Turner (right) and his mother were hit by a runaway SUV as they stood in a median, holding hands, at Kings Highway and E. 95th St. in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The […]

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