Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Canarsie

Olvin Jahir Figueroa, 3, Third Child Killed by NYC Motorist in Five Days

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2013 | 2 Comments

Three children were killed by New York city motorists last week, including a 3-year-old hit by an alleged drunk driver in Queens Friday night. Hours earlier, a 64-year-old man was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn. Olvin Jahir Figueroa and his mother were struck at Junction Boulevard and Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights just […]

Zero Information From NYPD on Crash Involving Elderly Man in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2013 | No Comments

Details are scarce surrounding a serious traffic crash involving a Brooklyn pedestrian last week. While FDNY confirmed that the crash occurred, and that the victim was severely hurt, NYPD said the department has no information. On April 17, @NYScanner — an anonymous Twitter feed that apparently gleans information from police scanners — tweeted that a […]

Man Sees Driver Run Stop Sign and Kill His Wife; NYPD: “No Criminality”

By Brad Aaron | Jan 25, 2013 | 6 Comments

A woman was killed by a bus driver in Brooklyn this morning. Despite an account from the victim’s husband that the driver blew a stop sign, NYPD has already declared that “No criminality is suspected.” At around 7:15 a.m., Lorraine Ferguson, 48, was crossing at Avenue K and 105th Street in Canarsie to catch the […]

Canarsie Pedestrian Luis Ruiz, 81, Killed Near Site of Fatal 2010 Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 13, 2012 | 4 Comments

An 81-year-old man was fatally struck by two drivers on Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie on Friday, less than a block from where a teenager was killed by a motorist in 2010. According to reports, Luis Ruiz was crossing the street at Avenue J at around 8:57 p.m. when he was hit by the driver of […]

Tamon Robinson, of Brooklyn, Chased and Killed by NYPD Officers in Cruiser

By Brad Aaron | Apr 23, 2012 | 22 Comments

The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the death of a Brooklyn man who the department says was run down by officers in a police cruiser. Tamon Robinson, 27, was loading paving stones into an SUV at Bayview Houses in Canarsie on the morning of April 12 when, according to accounts, he was chased by […]

When Is NYC Law Enforcement Going to Use Hayley and Diego’s Law?

By Ben Fried | Nov 4, 2010 | 13 Comments

The driver who ran down 13-year-old Sarah Parris in front of Canarsie High School will apparently face no charges, despite indications in published reports that he disregarded a stop sign extended by a school bus driver. Parris was killed while crossing Rockaway Parkway midblock to reach Canarsie High School, just before 8:00 a.m. Monday morning […]

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