Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Three New Yorkers, Including Two Seniors, Killed by Drivers in the Past Week

By Brad Aaron | Oct 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

Three people were killed by motorists in NYC since last Friday, including two hit-and-run victims. Two of the victims were also senior citizens. At around 4:40 a.m. Friday, a motorist in a dark-colored car fatally struck Antonio Ramirez, 40, at Audubon Avenue and 176th Street in Washington Heights, then fled the scene, according to reports. Along […]

Drivers Kill Three in Queens and the Bronx in Weekend of Vehicular Violence

By Brad Aaron | Sep 16, 2013 | 5 Comments

Three pedestrians were killed by drivers, including two who fled the scene, in Queens and the Bronx over the weekend. A senior was seriously hurt in another hit-and-run crash, also in Queens. Raj Chohan, 59, had just exited her parked car when she was hit by an alleged drunk driver on 117th Street near 97th Avenue, […]

Abigail Lino, 24, Killed in the Bronx; Driver Charged With Leaving Scene

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

Friends gathered at a Bronx courthouse last week calling for justice for Abigail Lino, who was one of at least four New York City pedestrians killed by hit-and-run drivers in August. According to reports, Lino was outside a club in Longwood at around 3 a.m. on August 31 when she and others ran away after […]

Feds Reject All Three NYC Applications for Latest Round of TIGER Grants

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2013 | 6 Comments

This morning, U.S. DOT announced the winners in the latest round of its highly-competitive TIGER grant program. While upstate New York won grants for two projects — a highway teardown in Rochester and a complete streets project in Olean — New York City missed out, with applications for ferry improvements, a greenway connection in the Bronx, and […]

Eyes on the Street: Traffic Calming, 20 MPH Zone at Williamsbridge Oval

By Stephen Miller | Aug 23, 2013 | 4 Comments

Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem isn’t the only green space receiving traffic calming improvements this summer. In the Bronx, Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval waged a fight with DOT to get crosswalks and pedestrian space near their park in the Norwood neighborhood. Now, a plan [PDF] presented to Community Board 7 this spring has been implemented. […]

Driver Injures Two on Bronx Sidewalk; NYPD: No Charges, No Tickets

By Stephen Miller | Aug 6, 2013 | 15 Comments

All too often, a New York City driver jumps a curb, strikes a pedestrian (or 10), and is on his or her way without so much as a traffic ticket. If the motorist is a repeat drunk driver, or if the crash kills a teenager, it might grab the public’s attention for a moment. But usually, victims are transported to the hospital, debris […]

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