Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park

Film Maker Captures Everyday Motorist Law-Breaking at Deadly Crossings

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2014 | 67 Comments

Here are two excellent shorts from film maker Anna Zivarts that document conditions at intersections where pedestrians lost their lives. On the morning of January 2, 75-year-old Xiaoci Hu was struck by two motorists at Seventh Avenue and 65th Street in Sunset Park. Zivarts took a camera there and filmed several drivers, including one in a […]

Xiaoci Hu, 75, Killed in Sunset Park — NYC’s First Pedestrian Fatality of 2014

By Stephen Miller | Jan 3, 2014 | 11 Comments

Just after 6:45 a.m. yesterday, Xiaoci Hu, 75, of Sunset Park was walking south along the east side of Seventh Avenue when he was struck and killed in a two-car crash while crossing 65th Street. The intersection is wide, with multiple lanes in each direction, and is a busy route for drivers coming to and from […]

Another Serious Crash in 72nd Precinct Leaves Teenager in Critical Condition

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2013 | 16 Comments

A teenager was critically injured Tuesday when a motorist struck her in a Sunset Park crosswalk. Yasmelin Iglesias, 16, was crossing the street with her mother at 48th Street and Sixth Avenue at around 9 a.m. when she was hit by the driver of a commercial van, who according to the Daily News was traveling […]

No Charges or Summonses for Driver Who Killed Kiko Shao, 5, in Sunset Park

By Brad Aaron | Sep 27, 2013 | 32 Comments

A driver who was reportedly listening to loud music when he drove over a 5-year-old and nearly hit her sister in Sunset Park yesterday has yet to be charged or ticketed. An NYPD spokesperson said Kiko Shao was running northeast on 55th Street when she was struck by the driver of a Cadillac Escalade, who […]

West Side and Sunset Park Community Boards Advance Bike Lanes and Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Feb 21, 2013 | 7 Comments

Last night, two community boards in Sunset Park and Manhattan’s West Side voted to support bike lanes, bike parking and permanent pedestrian plazas. As a result, Sunset Park will be receiving shared lane markings on Fifth Avenue, the permanent reconstruction of a plaza at Ninth Avenue and 14th Street will move ahead, and bike lanes and […]

Eyes on the Street: Safer Crossings on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn

By Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2012 | 16 Comments

Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, from 65th Street to 15th Street, is getting its road diet after Brooklyn Community Board 7 overwhelmingly approved changes to the street in May. Seven pedestrians were killed in traffic along the corridor between 2006 and 2011. To make it safer, DOT is reducing Fourth Avenue from three lanes in each direction […]

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