BP Adams Promises Safety Measures At Crossing Where Vehicle Fatally Struck 52-Year-Old Woman

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined with elected officials, traffic safety advocates, and school children Friday to announce planned changes to a dangerous intersection where last month a 52-year-old woman was fatally struck by a driver while crossing the street on a mobility scooter.

The changes to the intersection, at Avenue Z and Nostrand Avenue, will extend the sidewalks at the northeast and southwest corners by two feet and are part of a $1 million effort by the borough president to shorten crossings at several dangerous intersections throughout Brooklyn.

Adams said that in the last year there had been nine crashes at the intersection resulting in serious injury or death, including the collision that killed Carol Carboni. Last month, the 52-year-old woman was tossed from her motorized scooter when when she was hit by driver making a left turn onto Nostrand Avenue. She later died from her injuries.

“To lose a loved one simply for crossing the street is something we want to put an end to,” Adams said. “The goal here is to ensure that more of the commute of seniors and children is spent on the sidewalk instead of in dangerous streets.”

Adams said the sidewalk extensions, part of his Cross (Connecting Residents on Safer Streets) initiative, will advance the mayor’s agenda to eliminate pedestrian deaths through Vision Zero. Adams pledged to fast track the sidewalk extensions through the Department of Transportation and said that Commissioner Polly Trottenberg was behind the effort.

Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, who spoke at Adams’ press conference, said Carboni was latest tragedy take place at the intersection.

“This is a community that has many elderly people and many people with mobility issues,” she said. “Hopefully, we won’t be hearing about another serious injury that takes place at this location.”