Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hell’s Kitchen

10th Precinct CO Captain Paul Lanot and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill

The 10th Precinct’s Grievance-Based Policing Isn’t Making Streets Safer

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2017 | 3 Comments

The precinct, where drivers have killed four people walking and biking this year, has ticketed more cyclists in 2017 than speeding motorists, drivers who failed to yield, and off-route truck and bus operators combined.

Instead of cyclists and turning drivers merging into the same space at intersections, the design prompts drivers to turn more carefully across the bike lane. Image: Reed Rubey

Manhattan CB 4 Asks DOT for Safer Intersections on Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jul 20, 2017 | 10 Comments

Four Manhattan community boards have now endorsed advocates' concept for better-protected intersections.

10th Avenue at W. 55th Street. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD Blames Victim After Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Corbin Carr, 17, in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Jun 29, 2017 | 27 Comments

In light of the department's track record of putting out misleading crash information, initial police accounts can't be trusted in the absence of video evidence or testimony from witnesses other than the driver.

What Happened to the Pedestrian Islands on Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen?

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2017 | 11 Comments

A few readers have written in asking about the disappearing pedestrian islands on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen. The concrete islands next to the bike lane shorten crossing distances and slow drivers turning onto Ninth Avenue. A few weeks ago, the city started tearing them out.

A cement truck driver fatally struck a cyclist at W. 55th Street and 12th Avenue in Manhattan. The red arrow represents the approximate path of the driver and the white arrow indicates the approximate path of the victim, according to NYPD. Image: Google Maps

Cement Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Near Greenway in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Dec 15, 2016 | 81 Comments

The 65-year-old victim was on W. 55th Street, riding toward the greenway, when the driver struck her while attempting to turn right onto 12th Avenue, according to NYPD.

Maria Munez-Carna was struck by a flatbed truck driver making this turn from 10th Avenue onto W. 39th Street, toward the Lincoln Tunnel. Image: Google Maps

Truck Driver Kills Tourist at Lincoln Tunnel Access Point in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2016 | No Comments

Maria Munez-Carna, 57, was crossing W. 39th Street when 28-year-old Rance Clyburn hit her with a Freightliner flatbed as he turned left onto 39th from 10th Avenue

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