Announcements Driver Dead After Speeding Through Red Light CONEY ISLAND – A 30-year-old man is dead after speeding through a red light and crashing into another car. On Sunday, April 12 at around 9:51 p.m., Mohammad Rafaq, 30, was driving a 2005 Hyundai Elantra Westbound on Avenue Z. According to the NYPD, he was speeding when he
speeding Reminder: Citywide 25 MPH Speed Limit Takes Effect Tomorrow We don’t have these. But wouldn’t they be cool? (Source: peds.org)A citywide speed limit reduction goes into effect tomorrow, November 7, dropping from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. Part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/tag/
bicyclists Highlight Dangerous Ditmas Park Streets With An Interactive Vision Zero Map The city is looking for your input about traffic safety issues with its new interactive Vision Zero map [http://visionzero.herokuapp.com/]. Since it went up, users have already added a number of markers around the city, with reports ranging from poor visibility to speeding, jaywalking, double parking, and more.
drivers New Map Shows 133% Increase In Moving Violation Tickets In The 70th Precinct Neighbors have admitted frustration in the past over speeding and other moving violations in Ditmas Park. When 20 MPH speed limits were proposed for much of Brooklyn [/blog/transportation/would-you-support-a-20-mph-speed-limit-over-much-of-our-area] , neighbors said signs would mean nothing without enforcement. When a study about risky behavior in Community District 14 [/blog/transportation/
Belt Parkway Proposed Local Speed Limit Law Is A Hysterical Reaction Source: MovieClipsTHE COMMUTE [/author/arosen/]: Last week, Sheepshead Bites reported [/city-council-mulling-25-mph-speed-limit-citywide/] on legislation being considered by the City Council [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=862343&GUID=6E062EC0-0168-4378-A432-8CF34EFC837C&Options=&Search=] to lower the speed limit on city residential streets narrower than 60 feet wide from 30 mph to
Transportation September Speeding Ticket Void In The 78th Precinct In the month of September, the 78th Precinct issued no speeding tickets to drivers, according to the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/speed-demons-running-wild-brooklyn-article-1.1501982] , which adds that the neighboring 77th Precinct, which covers Prospect Heights and Crown Heights, handed out 77 tickets for speeding. They note that
speeding The Day: Free Bike Helmets, Brooklyn Past and Present, and Local Theatre It’s a multi-generational crossing in the nabe. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/].)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Today is hopefully the last day of rainy weather until Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service [http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.
co-location The Day: A Lost Dog, A Blood Drive and a Potluck Party on Putnam After some dousing rain, plants at Fort Greene Park look plumper than ever. (Photo by Francisco Daum)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. If you’re just crawling out of that foggy haze, you can find the perfect cup of joe with this list of local coffee shops on
hit and run Golden, Gentile Take Opposing Views On Speed Enforcement Cameras 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
speeding Breaking: 3 Car Accident on Avenue X Around 11:30 this morning, a white Pontiac Bonneville, ran the light at the intersection of Avenue X and Bedford Avenue causing a three car accident. According to numerous witnesses, the Pontiac was speeding when the driver entered the intersection. The driver of a silver Nissan was headed North when
law enforcement MBCG Seeks Radar Displays To Nab Speeders An example of a radar speed display monitor (Courtesy of Peds.org)If a driver speeds in Manhattan Beach, and everyone’s around to see it, will it slow his butt down? The Manhattan Beach Community Group is betting it will, and that’s why they’re lobbying to install
