Bensonhurst
https://youtu.be/9rygkKJSLLo A 70-year-old man is fighting for his life after being struck in a hit-and-run in Bensonhurst Wednesday. The senior was thrown from his motorized scooter into a pile of debris at the corner of 85th Street and 25th Avenue at approximately 3:45pm, police said. Cops
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Photo by Mary BakijaAccording to the Home Reporter [http://homereporter.com/fdny-responds-to-flipped-school-bus-in-park-slope/], a yellow school bus flipped onto its side after being involved in a crash. The bus was reportedly struck by another vehicle. The crash happened at the intersection of 4th Avenue and 1st Street. Officials say the first
86th St.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3-U0szuYw Are trucks getting larger or are the gaps between 86th Street subway overpasses and the road shrinking? Most likely it’s the latter, according to a letter sent by local pols to the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) last week. Citing an
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A bicyclist sits on the ground following a crash on Ocean Parkway, near Cortelyou Road, last year. Photo by Je SuisThe 66th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml], which includes Kensington, is one of the most dangerous places to ride a bicycle in the
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Police-involved car accident. Photo by James Wall.A police van and private car collided on Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Avenue at approximately 1:00pm today, resulting in four people – including two officers – being taken to the hospital. “I was a block south of Neptune Avenue and heard two really
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The intersection at Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue.After a pedestrian was struck [/blog/crime/pedestrian-struck-dangerous-cortelyou-road-coney-island-avenue-intersection-wednesday-afternoon] at Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue last week, neighbors once again sounded the cry for safer conditions at a notoriously dangerous intersection that, for years, has drawn concerns from residents [/?s=%22cia%
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Kings Highway and East 18th Street, the scene of the accidents (Source: Google Maps)An MTA bus struck a pedestrian on Kings Highway near East 18th Street yesterday afternoon, dragging him a short distance and leaving him seriously injured. News 12 reports [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/pedestrian-hit-by-mta-bus-near-kings-highway-and-east-18th-street-1.9812060] that
18th ave
18th Avenue and 65th Street (Source: Google Maps)A 59-year-old man was hit by a car early Sunday morning, leaving him seriously injured. The accident happened as the man was crossing 65th Street at 18th Avenue at approximately 6:20am. The car, a pickup truck, whipped around the corner and
5104 18th ave
The construction site where the bus accident happened.A driver lost control of a packed school bus, jumping the curb and plowing through a construction fence into a gas station yesterday. The accident happened just after 5:00 p.m. at 18th Avenue and 60th Street, sending the driver to
325 ave m
Source: Google MpasA 22-year-old employee of Moisha’s Discount Supermarket (325 Avenue M) was killed last night when a forklift rolled backwards and crushed him against a wall. Gustavo Tapia, of Brighton Beach, was pushing a broken forklift up a ramp to a parking deck using a pallet stacker at
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Gravesend Neck Road and East 16th Street (Source: Google Maps)Update (1:00 p.m.): The 82-year-old pedestrian did not survive. The victim was transported to Coney Island Hospital, where the person was pronounced dead on arrival, according to the Vision Zero [https://twitter.com/VisionZeroNYC/status/447053517157830657] Twitter feed.
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Darrell Robinson, 62, is a chef, community volunteer and Army veteran who says he is committed to serving his Fort Greene neighborhood. (Photo by Amanda Woods) For chef and community volunteer Darrell Robinson, 62, life has come full circle. A U.S. Army veteran who served from 1969 to 1971,
Police & Fire
Minutes ago, reader Paypaul sent us this photo and tip, saying that a bicyclist was struck by a Department of Sanitation collection truck on Gravesend Neck Road and East 12th Street. Paypaul wrote: > I was walking up Neck Road going towards the Homecrest Library when I saw the aftermath
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Kings Highway and Nostrand Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)A New York City police officer was struck by a vehicle on Kings Highway and Nostrand Avenue, according to a report off the police scanner. The officer was hit at around 1:30 p.m. EMS arrived on scene shortly after and
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Benson Avenue at Bay 26th Street, the site of last week’s fatal accident. (Source: Google Maps)The accidental death of a delivery man on a bicycle on Bay 26 Street and Benson Avenue has renewed a community push for a traffic light on that corner. Mai Zhang, a 74-year-old
Police & Fire
Photo: TheRealSappy/TwitterPolice are investigating the cause of a Saturday evening accident [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9039066], in which a car veered onto an Ocean Avenue sidewalk and struck three people. The accident happened at approximately 4:30 between 5:00