Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carnage

It just takes a second for a cyclist to be killed. Left, Adam Uster on Franklin Avenue last week. Right, Broadway at 231st Street, where our writer had a close call. Photo: Maneka Kapoor

KOMANOFF: You Nearly Die, You Keep Going

By Charles Komanoff | May 11, 2023 | No Comments

What is the difference between life and death for a cyclist? This week, I wondered that question anew after I was nearly struck by a reckless driver in The Bronx while Adam Uster was killed by a reckless driver in Brooklyn.

The intersection where Dolma Naadhum, 7, (inset) was killed by a driver on Feb. 17. File image

Cops: Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl in Astoria is Collared

By Kevin Duggan | May 9, 2023 | No Comments

Police on Tuesday morning arrested the woman they say fatally struck a 7-year-old girl in Astoria with her car in February, charging the motorist with criminally negligent homicide, a felony that carries a top jail sentence of four years.

A cyclist crosses the intersection where Adam Uster was killed on Monday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Neighbors Call For a Safer Franklin Avenue After Killing of Cycling Advocate

By Julianne Cuba | May 5, 2023 | No Comments

A protected bike lane is needed, said the local Council member.

Adam Uster was killed on Monday in Brooklyn.

Cycling Advocate Killed By Trucker on Dangerous Brooklyn Street; Last Words from Mother: ‘Be Safe’

By Julianne Cuba | May 3, 2023 | No Comments

A cycling activist and member of Transportation Alternatives was killed while biking home from a Brooklyn grocery store on a dangerous street on Monday, according to his family and police.

Sarah Schick was one of the nine cyclists who have died so far this year.

Monday’s Headlines: Another Weekend, and Quarter, of CARnage Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

Fifty-one people — including a record-high nine people on bikes — were killed on the roads in the first quarter of 2023. Plus other news.

Activists gathered on Atlantic Avenue calling on the city to make the deadly corridor safer on Saturday, April 29. Photo: Kevin Duggan

In Wake of Death, Pols Want Mid-Block Crossings, Safer Atlantic Ave.

By Kevin Duggan | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

"It is wrong how deadly this strip is," Council Member Lincoln Restler said of the portion of Atlantic Avenue that functions as a speedway for drivers between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Barclays Center.

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