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Photo: Paul Stremple/BklynerCYPRESS HILLS – A 22-year-old cyclist is dead after a driver in an SUV struck him earlier this month. On November 7 at around 1:00 a.m., Juan Tiu-Caxaj got out of his home on Autumn Avenue, rode his bike northbound on the street, and entered the
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Photo: Paul Stremple/BklynerSUNSET PARK – On Saturday, October 3 shortly after 7:30 a.m, Clara Kang was bicycling home, going eastbound on 56th Street near 3rd Avenue, having just finished the night shift at NYU-Langone Brooklyn. A 29-year-old man on a black and white 2018 Suzuki GSZ-R Motorcycle was
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MIDWOOD – A 29-year-old cyclist is dead after a driver struck him as he was crossing Ocean Parkway early this morning. At around 12:35 a.m., a 29-year-old man was riding his bike eastbound on Avenue N and was crossing Ocean Parkway at the crosswalk when the 38-year-old driver of
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGOWANUS – The number of cyclists killed in NYC streets this year has risen to 23 after a man riding his bike was struck by a driver. On Sunday, September 8 at around 9:32 p.m., 62-year-old MD Abul Bashar from the Bronx was riding his e-bike
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MIDWOOD – The driver who killed a cyclist about two weeks ago was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter and a host of other charges today. On Sunday, August 11, 18-year-old Umar Mirza Baig from Queens was driving southbound on Coney Island Avenue at Avenue L, ran a red light, slammed
Big Story
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK – Em Samolewicz, 30, was an artist and a yogi. Her friends and colleagues describe her as a gentle, kind soul; a “magical creature.” Two days ago, she was killed riding her bike and was the 18th cyclist this year in NYC killed by a vehicle.
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGREENPOINT – Two weeks after cyclists and advocates called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to better protect them, two more cyclists were killed by drivers in trucks. One was in Brooklyn. This marks the 17th cyclist death in NYC just this year. On Tuesday, July 3 at around
Bed Stuy
On a wet Sunday morning, neighbors and elected officials demonstrated their support for Kevin Flores’s family. (Greg Lewis/BKLYNER)UPDATE (1/30/18): A Go Fund Me page has been started [https://www.gofundme.com/supportthefamilyofkevinflores] to assist Kevin’s family with the cost of funeral arrangements BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Dozens
Police & Fire
Avenue X looking onto Coney Island Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A grandfather riding his bicycle in Sheepshead Bay was struck and killed by a truck on Avenue X last night at dusk. 69-year-old bicyclist Iosif Plazinskiy was riding along Avenue X near Coney Island Avenue when he was hit
City Councilmember Robert Cornegy
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Councilmember Robert Cornegy call for street safety for all following a cyclist death on July 13, 2015. (Photo by Fort Greene Focus.)Following the tragic death this Monday of a bicyclist by an out-of-control driver [/blog/2015/07/13/cyclist-killed-by-out-of-control-suv-near-barclays-center-early-this-morning/] who also hit two