Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Jeremy Morales, shown in the white circle, was killed in Brooklyn by a driver who did not stop. Image via WCBS

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Jeremy Morales at Nostrand and Church Avenues in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Oct 2, 2017 | 8 Comments

Morales was at least the eighth person killed by a hit-and-run driver while biking or walking in NYC in 2017. Most hit-and-runs in the city don't result in arrests or tickets.

Car traffic exiting Prospect Park's East Drive at Grand Army Plaza on July 10. Photo: David Meyer

There's No Good Reason to Let Cars Back in Prospect Park

By David Meyer | Sep 8, 2017 | 11 Comments

Since July 17, all of Prospect Park has been continuously off-limits to private car traffic for the longest time in generations, since the loop was first allowed to become a shortcut for motorized traffic. Why not keep it that way?

The intersection of Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road immediately after an eastbound driver fatally struck Chaim Miller.

Bearing Witness to the Crash That Claimed the Life of Chaim Miller

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 6, 2017 | 30 Comments

This account of the crash that took the life of cyclist Chaim Miller in Brooklyn last Friday was written by an eyewitness who wishes to remain anonymous.

Flatbush Avenue at Avenue M. Photo: Google Maps

Driver Kills Senior on One of NYC’s Most Dangerous Streets, and NYPD Blames the Victim

By Brad Aaron | Jul 18, 2017 | 13 Comments

The NYPD public information office said it had only preliminary details, and that the investigation was ongoing. That didn't stop police sources from publicly absolving the driver.

Central Avenue, just east of Linden Street, in Bushwick, where a motorist struck and killed Ronald Burke early Friday morning. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD Blames Victim After Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Ronald Burke in Bushwick

By Brad Aaron | Jul 3, 2017 | 55 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a man cycling in Bushwick early Friday morning, and a yellow cab driver killed an elderly man walking in Greenwich Village last night. NYPD blamed the victim in both cases.

There’s a Great New Entryway to NYC’s Most Uncomfortable Bike-Ped Path

By Ben Fried | May 22, 2017 | 8 Comments

The new and improved entry path to the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade from Downtown Brooklyn is finally rideable. If the rest of the bridge path ever gets a widening and makeover to match this one, it will become one of the great walking and biking connections in New York.

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