Central Brooklyn
Car and truck traffic on Caton Avenue, between East 7th and 8th Streets. (Photo: Google Maps)After a lengthy effort, neighbors, elected officials, and representatives from the City’s Department of Transportation will gather to celebrate the new traffic signal at the corner of Caton Avenue and East 8th Street.
Police & Fire
Image via Google Maps.It was a tragic end to one 63-year-old Greenwood Heights man’s life as he was first carjacked and then fatally slammed by his own car as the thieves attempted to make a getaway. Police are now searching for two suspects — whose descriptions have not yet
North Western Brooklyn
Saumya Pandya Thakkar (left) and Shakuntala Pandya. (Photo via Imgur [http://imgur.com/BQpogwG])If you fancy a gentle cruise down a Park Slope thoroughfare, 4th Avenue is simply not your best bet. Construction has made a mess of 4th Avenue — a.k.a. the “canyon of mediocrity [http://www.
fort greene
Image via Cindy Klumb/Gothamist.Back on January 11 of this year, 63-year-old Pratt Institute employee Cindy Klumb was hit and run over by a driver on Myrtle Avenue at Ryerson Street. She sustained two broken ribs, a concussion, trauma to her neck and rotator cuff, and injuries that doctors
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
News
Police have released the identity of the victim who was struck and killed Sunday morning [/blog/crime/updatedcorrection-pedestrian-killed-on-5th-avenue-this-morning-in-apparent-hit-and-run-cops-say/] in a hit-and-run incident. 41-year-old Bahtiyor Khamdamov was pronounced dead after EMS brought him to Methodist Hospital. Police had arrived at the scene to discover him unconscious and unresponsive with severe trauma
Police & Fire
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)A local transportation group accused police Thursday of ‘victim-blaming’ during their investigation of a hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist on Avenue U. The group, Transportation Alternatives [http://transalt.org/news/releases/8516], cited an article by the Daily News
News
> Car plunges into filthy and frigid Gowanus Canal https://t.co/6NhNy7D1t8 — David Hale (@DavidHa51596823) January 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/DavidHa51596823/status/689137203352612864] A Brooklyn man who drove his car into the Gowanus Canal after fleeing from a ‘hit-and-run’ incident was held on $15,000 bail. Matthew Murphy
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA 54-year-old cyclist from Bensonhurst was struck and killed by a Ryder truck on Avenue U in Gravesend yesterday, reports the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/01/20/cyclist-killed-in-brooklyn-hit-and-run/]. > Reng Ma Can was biking on Avenue U near East 9 Street in Gravesend around
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Nathan ThompsonThe driver of a Dodge Charger turned a corner fast and hit several other cars on Rugby Road Sunday afternoon. The driver then jumped out of the car and ran away. Police were on the scene and it appears there was no one in any of the
88th precinct
Image via NYPD.The driver of a red or burgundy Volkswagen Passat who hit-and-ran an on-duty traffic agent on Washington Avenue is being sought by police, who today released the following images from a nearby surveillance camera. It was around 10:42pm last Friday, October 23 when the 30-year-old male
hit and run
Traffic changes will make Caton Avenue safer for the students who will be attending the incoming school at Caton Avenue and E. 7th Street, neighbors said. After much debate and an impassioned speech from Councilman Brad Lander, Community Board 7 members last night green-lighted the city Department of Transportation’s
Caton Avenue
The city DOT is planning major improvements for Caton Avenue.Neighbors who say they frequently feel as though their lives are at stake while navigating area roads fraught with short crossing times, speeding cars, unsafe turns, and more are urging the community to support the city Department of Transportation’s
Commissioner Polly Trottenberg
Don’t forget – Councilman Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com/blog/2014/12/11/next-steps-toward-kensingtonwindsor-terrace-street-safety] and Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] are holding a meeting tomorrow, January 8, with the city Department of Transportation, including Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, to address a series of concerns about street safety in the
hit and run
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the car they say was involved in the hit and run that seriously injured a pedestrian on 4th Avenue [/blog/crime/pedestrian-in-serious-condition-after-being-struck-by-car-on-4th-avenue] earlier this week. On Wednesday, November 5 at about 12:40pm, police say the blue 2008 Hyundai Elantra,
dependable towing
A tow truck driver allegedly slammed into five parked cars on Ocean Avenue and Avenue Y before fleeing the scene early Thursday morning, according [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/07/25/tow-truck-mayhem-causes-damage-rattles-nerves-in-sheepshead-bay/] to CBS News. Police told the outlet that they tracked down the 26-year-old driver, Igor Lyakhovetsky, arresting him