Jan. 13, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A minivan driver hit and killed an 87-year-old pedestrian in Canarsie on Friday, police said, in what appeared to be Brooklyn’s first traffic fatality of 2025. The victim, Esther Sealy, was trying to cross East 88th Street at Avenue L at about 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 10, per…
Aug. 30, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen North Brooklyn residents and street-safety advocates took to the streets of Greenpoint on their bicycles Tuesday night in protest of the city’s stripped-back redesign of McGuinness Boulevard. Protestors accused Mayor Eric Adams of ignoring the community and his own Department of Transportation by deciding the city would abandon…
Jul. 26, 2024 By Jada Camille
Street safety improvements are on their way to Atlantic Avenue, thanks to a series of short-term projects by the New York City Department of Transportation.
Jun. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 63-year-old man pedestrian using a wheelchair was hit and killed by the driver of an SUV at a Brownsville intersection on June 1, according to the NYPD.
Feb. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Greenpoint woman who was hit by a truck driver while crossing the street on Feb. 21 has died of her injuries.
Feb. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A cyclist was run over and killed in Williamsburg on Tuesday morning, just a block from the scene of another fatal crash less than 12 hours earlier.
Feb. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Atlantic Avenue has three new mid-block pedestrian crossings, which the city and local pols hope will make the busy roadway — nicknamed Brooklyn’s “Boulevard of Death” — safer for Brooklynites traversing the corridor on foot.
Jan. 22, 2024 By Adam Daly
The family of the Dyker Heights woman killed by a pickup truck driver a short distance from her home on Jan. 16 say they are “overcome with pain” following her death, as local pols push for greater pedestrian safety measures to be implemented.
Jan. 15, 2024 By Jada Camille
They’re calling for a back-up back-up!
Nov. 17, 2023 By Adam Daly
A 72-year-old woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street in Fort Hamilton on Thursday evening, police said.