Central Brooklyn
Dome Playground at Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A 12-year-old student was hit by a car Wednesday morning, next to the Dome Playground in Kensington. The boy was riding his bicycle to yeshiva, and was struck by a Lexus near Cortelyou Road and Dahill Road, just
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A scene from Victoria Nicodemus’ vigil. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.)A grand jury has charged the man who ran over Victoria Nicodemus with manslaughter, reports DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160627/fort-greene/driver-who-fatally-struck-victoria-nicodemus-indicted-for-manslaughter-da] . Marlon Sewell was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the fatal collision on December
Police & Fire
Scene of a crash on Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Y. (Photo: Stacey Kraus)Four people were hospitalized this afternoon when an Access-A-Ride slammed into another vehicle near the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Y, according to a witness. Neighbor Stacey Kraus, who sent photos of the crash, said the
Police & Fire
> @sheepsheadbites [https://twitter.com/SheepsheadBites] driver runs over person after fight on east 14th and P pic.twitter.com/FFt7vixjcT [https://t.co/FFt7vixjcT] — Jack Aboutboul (@jackfoundation) March 2, 2016 [https://twitter.com/jackfoundation/status/704825212269887488] A driver ran over his opponent during a fight in Midwood Tuesday night,
Announcements
The Department of Sanitation has created a snow mountain at Shore Boulevard and Irwin Street. (Photo: Audrey Brown)It appears the Department of Sanitation, in their effort to quickly clear the roads after this weekend’s record-breaking blizzard [/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/], has created a treacherous crossing on Shore Boulevard by piling almost
Central Brooklyn
A 71-year-old-man was hit by the driver of white Ford E-250 van around 7:20pm Thursday evening as he crossed Ocean Avenue at the corner of Beverley Road, according to the police. The van, which was heading southbound on Ocean Avenue and had a green light, hit the man as
Police & Fire
Source: WikipediaThe number of pedestrians struck by vehicles in Sheepshead Bay and its surrounding neighborhoods fell by 30 percent in 2015, according to police. Speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting Wednesday, Captain Jason Hagestad, the station house’s executive officer, reported that 185 people were struck by cars
Police & Fire
(Photo: Qfamily [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dasqfamily/348368964/] / Flickr) Cops arrested the driver of white van who struck and killed a 77-year-old woman last week while she crossed Gravesend Neck Road near East 21st Street. The NYPD says 23-year-old Zafrom Ghafoor has been charged with failure to yield and
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Source: changeschanging / FlickrPolice arrested the MTA bus driver who struck and killed a 62-year-old woman last week while she was crossing the street at Avenue Z and East 17th Street. The NYPD announced Monday that the driver, 52-year-old Wayne Alman, has been charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian.
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A 62-year-old woman was killed Monday night after she was hit by an MTA bus while crossing East 17th Street at Avenue Z, authorities say. The NYPD identified the woman as Eleonora Shulkina. They say she
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)An 85-year-old woman died at Methodist Hospital Wednesday from injuries caused two days earlier when she was struck by a car at the intersection of Kings Highway and East 16th Street, police say, Police identified the
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A car fatally struck an 82-year-old man Friday while he tried to to cross Gerritsen Avenue at the Knapp Street intersection, according to the NYPD. Police say the octogenarian, Joseph Ciresi, was walking towards his home,