Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hell’s Kitchen

Driver Who Killed Charity Hicks Pleads to Homicide and Leaving the Scene

By Brad Aaron | Mar 22, 2016 | 1 Comment

The hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a Detroit woman as she waited for a bus in Hell’s Kitchen pled guilty to homicide and felony leaving the scene. He will serve a minimum of two and a maximum of six years in prison, pursuant to a judge’s plea offer. Thomas Shanley drove a Dodge SUV onto the […]

Developers Adding More Parking Than They’re Supposed To, Thanks to DCP

By Stephen Miller | Jul 24, 2015 | 2 Comments

For years, the City Planning Commission approved special permits that let developers in Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea get around limits on parking construction in the Manhattan core. Recently, the city implemented a new formula that reformers hoped would curtail these permits. But Community Board 4, Council Member Corey Johnson, and Borough President Gale Brewer say the city’s math […]

Cy Vance Nets Felony Conviction of Driver Who Killed Senior Shu Ying Liu

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2015 | 2 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance secured a felony hit-and-run conviction against a truck driver who killed a senior in Hell’s Kitchen. On February 5, 2013, Jack Montelbano ran over 69-year-old Shu Ying Liu with a private dump truck as Liu crossed 41st Street at Ninth Avenue in the crosswalk and with the right of way. […]

NYPD: No Charges for Collision That Killed Man on Hell’s Kitchen Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | May 19, 2015 | 11 Comments

NYPD filed no charges after a vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a man who was walking on a sidewalk in Hell’s Kitchen. Last Friday at approximately 9:45 p.m., 56-year-old Victor Grant was walking on 11th Avenue just south of W. 42nd Street when the drivers of a GMC SUV and a FedEx Freightliner truck collided […]

Crashes Highlight the Hell’s Kitchen Bus Crunch

By Stephen Miller | Jul 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

Last Monday, a left-turning coach bus driver struck two Spanish tourists in the crosswalk at 47th Street and 10th Avenue in Manhattan, sending them to the hospital with critical injuries. On Thursday, another bus driver crashed into scaffolding a few blocks away, causing minor injuries to passengers. The local community board chair says that without adequate […]

TSTC and Manhattanites Call for Port Authority to Improve Bus Facilities

By Brad Aaron | Apr 23, 2014 | 8 Comments

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign joined locals in Hell’s Kitchen today to call on the Port Authority to invest in improved and expanded bus facilities to relieve pressure on local streets. With no more space left in the authority’s existing facilities, a growing number of buses are parked by curbs near the Port Authority Bus Terminal. […]

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