Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park

No Charges or Summonses for Driver Who Killed Kiko Shao, 5, in Sunset Park

By Brad Aaron | Sep 27, 2013 | 32 Comments

A driver who was reportedly listening to loud music when he drove over a 5-year-old and nearly hit her sister in Sunset Park yesterday has yet to be charged or ticketed. An NYPD spokesperson said Kiko Shao was running northeast on 55th Street when she was struck by the driver of a Cadillac Escalade, who […]

West Side and Sunset Park Community Boards Advance Bike Lanes and Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Feb 21, 2013 | 7 Comments

Last night, two community boards in Sunset Park and Manhattan’s West Side voted to support bike lanes, bike parking and permanent pedestrian plazas. As a result, Sunset Park will be receiving shared lane markings on Fifth Avenue, the permanent reconstruction of a plaza at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street will move ahead, and bike lanes and […]

Eyes on the Street: Safer Crossings on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn

By Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2012 | 16 Comments

Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, from 65th Street to 15th Street, is getting its road diet after Brooklyn Community Board 7 overwhelmingly approved changes to the street in May. Seven pedestrians were killed in traffic along the corridor between 2006 and 2011. To make it safer, DOT is reducing Fourth Avenue from three lanes in each direction […]

Alberto Serrano Killed in Brooklyn, Driver Charged With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Aug 8, 2012 | 8 Comments

A driver has been charged with manslaughter and homicide for the hit-and-run death of a Brooklyn pedestrian. Police say Alberto Serrano, 31, was struck down by Javier Hernandez on 51st Street at Third Avenue, a few blocks from Serrano’s home in Sunset Park, at around 7 p.m. Monday. Serrano, a husband and father of two […]

CB 7 Approves 50-Block Ped Safety Project for Sunset Park’s Fourth Ave

By Ben Fried | May 17, 2012 | 13 Comments

In an overwhelming 31-2 vote (with three abstentions), Brooklyn Community Board 7 passed a motion last night in favor of re-engineering Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park for greater safety. The NYC DOT project [PDF] will add a substantial amount of pedestrian space at intersections from 65th Street to 15th Street, widening medians and narrowing crossing distances on […]

Deadly Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park Poised to Get Life-Saving Road Diet

By Ben Fried | May 3, 2012 | 22 Comments

It’s hard to imagine a street in more dire need of a safety upgrade than Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Lined with schools, senior centers, subway stations, churches and stores — and situated in one of the city’s top walk-to-work neighborhoods — the street is a magnet for pedestrians of all ages. It’s also […]

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