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Crash and Explosion on Prospect Park West Destroys Beloved War Memorial
It is not unfair to say that Americans are now far more likely to die in a car crash than in a foreign war.
March 6, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Home Rule’ Rocks Edition
Albany must unshackle the city so that it can use life-saving street-safety tools. Plus other news.
March 4, 2022
Video Shows Police Chase Preceded Horrific Crash on Staten Island
A recidivist reckless driver turned his SUV into a weapon of destruction in a high-speed crash at a notorious Staten Island intersection early Thursday morning — and a witness said a police chase may have preceded the crash.
March 3, 2022
DOT Finally Admits, ‘We Have a Problem on Canal Street’
Is it finally time to #FixCanal?
March 1, 2022
City Covers Up Failure After Cyclist Death, With Hastily Made Repairs After Months of 311 Complaints
The caved-in pavement on 40th Drive in Elmhurst that knocked 77-year-old Lin Wen-Chiang off his bike late on Thursday night, causing his death, has been hastily patched by city workers — too late, of course, to save him.
February 28, 2022
ONE YEAR LATER: NYPD Has No Answers for Grieving Mom of Brooklyn Hit-and-Run Victim
"I have nothing. I have nothing," she told Streetsblog this week as she prepared a small vigil with her two surviving children at the crash site at Court Street on Thursday at around 4:30 p.m.
February 24, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines: ‘Got Him’ Edition
Cops made a long-overdue arrest in a fatal hit-and-run. Plus other news.
February 23, 2022
DOT Commish Promises Safety Improvements at Queens Intersection Where Pedestrian Was Run Over Three Times
Ydanis Rodriguez promised that his agency would make safety improvements at a notorious Queens intersection, but it will take a few more days.
February 23, 2022
‘Apolline’s Garden’ is a Go, DOT Commissioner Says
Ydanis Rodriguez confirmed that a Brooklyn roadway where a 3-month-old girl was killed in her stroller by a reckless driver will be converted into a public plaza, pushing aside the parochial concerns of car owners who will no longer be able to use curbside space to park six vehicles for free.
February 22, 2022
Cops Say They’ve Arrested the Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed a Beloved Teacher on McGuinness Blvd
The death so horrified the community that McGuinness cleaves that then-Mayor de Blasio immediately announced that the roadway would undergo a $40-million facelift, which remains in the planning stage.
February 22, 2022
