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
accidents
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
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Manhattan Beach resident Kathleen H. sent us the above photo with the following note: > These cars look like they were involved in a high speed highway accident. In reality, this occurred in front of our local school, at approximately 8:15, when children are arriving at school. Anyone going
66th precinct
A neighbor just emailed us this shot of Coney Island Avenue at Church Ave, where she says there was a big accident that’s causing heavy traffic, and she believes that a pedestrian may have been involved. An FDNY spokesman says one pedestrian was struck on the corner at 7:
Transportation
Neighbor Janice emails to say she just passed what looked like a car versus bicycle accident on Coney Island Avenue at Avenue C. An ambulance and the police were on the scene. We’ll try to get some more details, but in the meantime, anyone know anything more?
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Photo by David T.In the ongoing war between private and public transportation, there is no compassion, no kindness, no mercy. No one is spared, not even innocent bus shelters standing by the side of the road, doing nothin’ to nobody. Everything is fair game, and curbs mean nothing to
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Yesterday we asked readers to send any information about a “horrible” accident that happened Sunday morning on Emmons Avenue and East 14th Street [/horrific-car-accident-sunday-morning-got-info/], in which one car flipped over and another got pretty smashed up. We received another batch of photos and a video last night from Igor L.
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From New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_HmZ89D9Op4NCwApdrEwuZO] : > Two deadbeats were busted for slashing another customer while trying to skip out on a bill at a Sheepshead Bay diner, cops said yesterday. > Steven Madden, 31, and Damien Bass, 27,