Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

Cumbo Calls for Safer Atlantic Ave, and Trottenberg Promises Action

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2014 | 7 Comments

Minutes after Council Member Laurie Cumbo and street safety advocates called for immediate action to reduce traffic violence on Atlantic Avenue, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg told the audience at a Vision Zero forum in Crown Heights last night that DOT intends to make Atlantic one of its early priorities for safety fixes. Atlantic Avenue is […]

As Lucian Merryweather’s Family Grieves, Charges Against His Killer Reduced

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2014 | 13 Comments

Lucian Merryweather was one of at least 10 children age 12 and under killed by a New York City motorist in the last 12 months. As his family tries to cope with his death and joins others in demanding an end to traffic violence, court records say charges were downgraded against the driver who killed […]

Park Avenue in Clinton Hill Awaits Fixes as Another Crash Caught on Camera

By Stephen Miller | Dec 9, 2013 | 1 Comment

Last September, local elected officials joined the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and students from Benjamin Banneker Academy on Brooklyn’s Park Avenue to clock speeding drivers. The Partnership released a report offering suggestions to city agencies about how to improve pedestrian safety on the dangerous avenue, which has a crash rate higher than three-quarters of Brooklyn streets. More than a […]

88th Precinct Botches Traffic Fatality Stats As Families Demand Enforcement

By Stephen Miller | Nov 20, 2013 | 11 Comments

Last night, dozens of protestors gathered in Fort Greene to remember the at least 14 New Yorkers under the age of 18 killed in traffic so far this year, including Fort Greene’s own Lucian Merryweather, 9, and demand more traffic enforcement from the police. Chanting “NYPD, make it safer on our streets” and “safe streets, slow […]

At Merryweather Vigil, Public Advocate-Elect Pledges to Push for Safe Streets

By Stephen Miller | Nov 6, 2013 | 5 Comments

About 150 people gathered at a vigil last night for Lucian Merryweather, the nine year-old killed on the sidewalk by a reckless driver who jumped the curb at the intersection of Clermont and DeKalb Avenues in Brooklyn. Speakers at last night’s vigil included Merryweather’s family and friends, Council Member Tish James, who was elected to the […]

Vigil in Fort Greene for Lucian Merryweather Tonight

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2013 | 3 Comments

There will be a vigil tonight for Lucian Merryweather, the child who died last weekend when a motorist drove onto a sidewalk in Fort Greene. Lucian was 9 years old. He was at least the tenth child age 13 and under to be killed by a New York City motorist in 2013, according to data […]

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