Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

On Jan. 19, Mayor Adams journeyed to Coney Island Avenue to promise to fix 1,000 intersections. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Update: ‘Get Stuff Done’ Mayor Far Behind on his Vow to Fix 1,000 Intersections

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

The mayor isn't even halfway towards reaching his promise to "make design improvements" at 1,000 intersections this year — and the promised redesigns have overwhelmingly been merely changing the timing of traffic lights.

Annemarie Gray has gone from City Hall to Open New York.

City Hall Land Use Honcho Heads to Advocacy Sector to Get Transportation-Oriented Stuff Done

By Streetsblog | Sep 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Adams administration's senior adviser for land use, Annemarie Gray, has quit her lofty City Hall perch to head to the private sector to run an organization at the forefront of advocating for building more housing across the city — with a focus around transportation.

Monday’s Headlines: Wild West Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

We sure wish reporter the West Side Rag had called us before publishing that doorstop of an investigation into a recent moped-on-pedestrian crash. Plus other news.

Sure, we put a French flag lapel pin on Joe Borelli's jacket, but everything else about this picture is true.

Sacrebleu! Staten Island Leadfoot Pol Joe Borelli is Now Getting Speeding Tickets in France!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

The Staten Island lawmaker — who admits that he regularly speeds (and pays tickets for same) in New York — got a camera-issued speeding ticket while on vacation in France last month.

Slaughter of the Innocents: 9-Year-Old Mowed Down By Reckless Driver

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 18, 2022 | No Comments

A 9-year-old child was run down and killed on a Sheepshead Bay sidewalk by a driver turning into a driveway, police said on Saturday, adding that the driver was not charged.

The boy cries in agony after his was hit by the driver.

Hit-and-Run Driver Injures a Kid on His Way Home From School in Coney Island

By Streetsblog | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

An elementary school kid was struck by a driver in Coney Island as he walked home from school with his grandmother this afternoon — and the driver kept on going, fleeing the scene even as witnesses tried to flag her down.

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