Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights

Cyclist Emma Blumstein Killed by Truck Driver in Brooklyn, No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2012 | 97 Comments

The cyclist killed Tuesday by a truck driver on Bedford Avenue has been identified by NYPD as Emma Blumstein, 24. Based on NYPD’s description of the crash, Blumstein was the victim of a left cross. According to police, Blumstein was traveling south on Bedford, while the driver was northbound on Bedford and turning left onto […]

Pedestrian Killed in Crown Heights on Monday, No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | May 31, 2012 | 9 Comments

A 20-year-old man was struck and killed on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on Monday. The victim was crossing the street near Schenectady Avenue at approximately 8:40 a.m. when he was hit by the driver of a westbound Ford van, according to NYPD and published reports. He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he […]

Jusheem Thorne’s Hit-and-Run Killers Have Little to Fear

By Brad Aaron | Mar 29, 2012 | 4 Comments

A 25-year-old man was brutally killed by two hit-and-run drivers in Crown Heights early Wednesday. According to reports, Jusheem Thorne was riding his skateboard in the crosswalk on Rochester Avenue at Eastern Parkway when he was hit by the driver of a maroon Mercury minivan racing to beat the light. As he lay injured in […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Stripes on Washington Avenue

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2011 | 15 Comments

It looks like DOT is exercising its option to stripe a bike lane on Washington Avenue, imposing some order on street markings from Eastern Parkway to Atlantic Avenue. Previously it wasn’t really clear whether this part of Washington was one traffic lane or two traffic lanes in each direction, leading to a lot of double-parking, […]

It’s Time for DOT to Think Big at Grand Army Plaza

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2009 | 4 Comments

The view of Grand Army Plaza from Union Street. DOT has proposed converting parking on Union to another moving lane. Union Street in Brooklyn has a problem: The queue of cars waiting to drive through the intersection at Grand Army Plaza sometimes stretches as far as the eye can see. The bottleneck, which causes a […]

Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Brooklyn CB9 Gets a Bike Lane on Empire Blvd

By Ben Fried | Jul 1, 2009 | 19 Comments

DOT added bike lanes to its traffic-calming project for Empire Boulevard — at the request of CB9. Image: NYCDOT. These days, it’s not often that we get to report about New York City community boards pushing DOT for more progressive street designs. So sit back and enjoy this post. If you read Streetsblog regularly, it’ll […]

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