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
Crashes
Police have identified a suspect in the hit-and-run crash that killed 27-year-old auto mechanic Felipe Castro [/blog/transportation/27-year-old-man-killed-in-hit-run-on-3rd-avenue] while he was repairing a car on 3rd Avenue earlier this month. On May 10 at about 7:30am, a 2013 Nissan Altima hit Castro and two cars at the intersection
drunk driving
Several concerned neighbors contacted us this morning about a particularly scary car crash shortly before midnight last night on E 17th Street between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads. “A SUV hit several parked cars on the street, totalling at least two of them. A lot of neighbors went running out when
4th ave
“NYPD – Blue” via Flickr by Alejandro MejÃa GreeneNearly 20 years after losing two family members to a hit-and-run driver, the Mcleer family of Staten Island is again facing the horrific reality of reckless, irresponsible drivers snaking through Brooklyn streets. The family’s 1 4-year-old son, Jackson Mcleer, was recently
bay 36th st
86th Street and Bay 36th Street (Source: Google Maps)Citing a recent hit-and-run accident, City Council candidate John Lisyanskiy is calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to install more traffic signals at busy thoroughfares in the community. Last week, we received a message from a local resident [/community-urged-to-help-track-down-hit-and-run-driver/] hoping
Dean Skelos
Source: nesnad via wikimedia commonsThe fight over speed enforcement cameras is getting nastier. Last week [/bloomberg-golden-speed-cameras/], Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally called out State Senators Marty Golden, Simcha Felder and Dean Skelos for having blood on their hands in refusing to include funding for speed enforcement cameras in the state budget.
hit and run
Photo By Erica ShermanThis week we reported [/bensonhurst-is-third-in-speeding-tickets-issued-for-all-of-brooklyn/] on calls by local political leaders to have the city invest in speed enforcement cameras, devices designed to reduce speeding in areas with lower police presence. While many politicians are eager to get speed enforcement cameras installed throughout the city in the
Argyle Road
Three cars parked on Argyle Road near Glenwood suffered varying degrees of damage late this afternoon after a hit-and-run by a vehicle that appears to have been making a left turn from Glenwood. Neighbors who live nearby said they heard tires screech and a loud crash, then heard the vehicle
72nd st
Following the death of Amjad Barakat of Sheepshead Bay, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver [/sheepshead-resident-amjad-barakat-killed-in-bay-ridge-hit-and-run/] in Bay Ridge last night, State Senator Marty Golden has issued the press release below: State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn), in response to a tragic hit and run last evening on