Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights

City Receives Federal Funding for Full Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Route

By Ben Fried | Nov 14, 2012 | 12 Comments

The first Select Bus Service route in Brooklyn is on track to start speeding bus trips next year, after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced yesterday afternoon that the project has secured a $28 million federal grant. The B44 route on Nostrand, Rogers, and Bedford Avenues, which runs between Sheepshead Bay […]

Pedestrian Hit at Nostrand Avenue and St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights

By Stephen Miller | Sep 17, 2012 | 2 Comments

At approximately 1:30 this afternoon, a van driver struck an unidentified man at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Reader David Sessions was in a nearby bodega when the crash occurred. “An FDNY ambulance was parked on the block, so they were immediately on the scene,” he writes. […]

Cyclist Emma Blumstein Killed by Truck Driver in Brooklyn, No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2012 | 97 Comments

The cyclist killed Tuesday by a truck driver on Bedford Avenue has been identified by NYPD as Emma Blumstein, 24. Based on NYPD’s description of the crash, Blumstein was the victim of a left cross. According to police, Blumstein was traveling south on Bedford, while the driver was northbound on Bedford and turning left onto […]

Pedestrian Killed in Crown Heights on Monday, No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | May 31, 2012 | 9 Comments

A 20-year-old man was struck and killed on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on Monday. The victim was crossing the street near Schenectady Avenue at approximately 8:40 a.m. when he was hit by the driver of a westbound Ford van, according to NYPD and published reports. He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he […]

Jusheem Thorne’s Hit-and-Run Killers Have Little to Fear

By Brad Aaron | Mar 29, 2012 | 4 Comments

A 25-year-old man was brutally killed by two hit-and-run drivers in Crown Heights early Wednesday. According to reports, Jusheem Thorne was riding his skateboard in the crosswalk on Rochester Avenue at Eastern Parkway when he was hit by the driver of a maroon Mercury minivan racing to beat the light. As he lay injured in […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Stripes on Washington Avenue

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2011 | 15 Comments

It looks like DOT is exercising its option to stripe a bike lane on Washington Avenue, imposing some order on street markings from Eastern Parkway to Atlantic Avenue. Previously it wasn’t really clear whether this part of Washington was one traffic lane or two traffic lanes in each direction, leading to a lot of double-parking, […]

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