Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

DWI Electric Bike Rider Injures Two Brooklyn Pedestrians, Cops Say

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 6, 2022 | No Comments

A drugged-out electric bike rider struck two pedestrians in Brooklyn, critically wounding one, cops said — a rare crash involving a bike rider and a pedestrian.

Reflecting on death. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Crash and Explosion on Prospect Park West Destroys Beloved War Memorial

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 6, 2022 | No Comments

It is not unfair to say that Americans are now far more likely to die in a car crash than in a foreign war.

The Legislature shouldn't decide the speed limits on our roads. Above, the Albany State House. Photo: Wally Gobetz/Flickr

Friday’s Headlines: ‘Home Rule’ Rocks Edition

By Eve Kessler | Mar 4, 2022 | No Comments

Albany must unshackle the city so that it can use life-saving street-safety tools. Plus other news.

Ukraine? No, Staten Island car damage. Photos: Vince DiMiceli

Video Shows Police Chase Preceded Horrific Crash on Staten Island

By Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

A recidivist reckless driver turned his SUV into a weapon of destruction in a high-speed crash at a notorious Staten Island intersection early Thursday morning — and a witness said a police chase may have preceded the crash.

A pedestrian squeezes between cars blocking the box on Canal Street.

DOT Finally Admits, ‘We Have a Problem on Canal Street’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

Is it finally time to #FixCanal?

The city covered over a sunken part of 40th Drive in Queens on Friday — but only after a cyclist was killed after failing into the depressed roadway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Covers Up Failure After Cyclist Death, With Hastily Made Repair

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 28, 2022 | No Comments

The caved-in pavement on 40th Drive in Elmhurst that knocked 77-year-old Lin Wen-Chiang off his bike late on Thursday night, causing his death, has been hastily patched by city workers — too late, of course, to save him.

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