Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights

DOT Plans East-West Bike Connections in Crown Heights

By David Meyer | Jan 28, 2016 | 4 Comments

DOT presented plans for east-west bike lanes in Prospect Heights and Crown Heights to the Brooklyn CB 8 transportation committee earlier this week [PDF]. The proposal calls for painted lanes on St. Johns Place from Plaza Street East to Rogers Avenue and from New York Avenue to Ralph Avenue, with sharrows on the narrow one-way strip in between. St. Johns fluctuates […]

Empire Blvd Safety Fixes Run Up Against Parking and Gentrification Politics

By David Meyer | Dec 18, 2015 | 47 Comments

A federally-funded redesign and reconstruction of two dangerous Empire Boulevard intersections is in jeopardy, running up against a combination of parking politics and gentrification fears. The plan would add sidewalk space by simplifying two complex intersections where several streets converge [PDF]. On the western end of Empire, a slip lane would be closed at the intersection of Washington Avenue […]

DA Ken Thompson: Felony Plea for Driver Who Killed Roshard Charles, 5

By Brad Aaron | Nov 11, 2015 | 10 Comments

A driver who fatally struck a little boy in Crown Heights and left the scene has pled guilty to felony hit-and-run. On March 16, 2014, 5-year-old Roshard Charles was walking with his mother, little brother, and a friend on Empire Boulevard between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue when a driver aiming for a parking spot backed into him with […]

Empire Boulevard Reconstruction Will Create Two Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Sep 18, 2015 | 1 Comment

Dangerous intersections at each end of Empire Boulevard, which stretches east-west across the southern edge of Crown Heights, are set for some major new pedestrian space. A street reconstruction project will reconfigure the area where Empire Boulevard, East New York Avenue, Remsen Avenue, and Utica Avenue converge. There, DOT will reroute traffic, creating a new pedestrian plaza. Similar changes […]

No Charges for Driver Who Repeatedly Ran Over Brooklyn Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | Jun 30, 2015 | 18 Comments

A livery cab driver repeatedly backed over a Brooklyn rabbi Monday afternoon in Crown Heights, killing him, but no charges were filed by NYPD or Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. Yekutiel Rapp was crossing Empire Boulevard at Balfour Place at around 5:30 p.m. when the driver hit him while reversing out of a parking spot, […]

Alleged Unlicensed Driver Kills Brooklyn Pedestrian While Fleeing Police

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

@Naparstek @ascottfalk Thanks, we’re on it. — Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 23, 2010 An unlicensed driver fleeing police crashed into another vehicle and killed 21-year-old Dave Jones on a Brooklyn sidewalk Monday, raising questions about whether the officers adhered to NYPD policy on vehicular pursuits. Police pulled over 18-year-old Raymond Ramos near Schenectady Avenue […]

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