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School Bus Driver Kills Cyclist in Boro Park, 24th Bike Death of 2023
Luis Perez-Ramirez, 44, was biking south on Fort Hamilton Parkway just before 3:15 p.m. when he was struck a by school bus driver making a right turn.
September 22, 2023
Fact Check: In Borough Park, Drivers Are the Real Problem, Despite What CB12 Thinks
Chairman Yidel Perlstein expressed sympathy for a resident who got ticket for going more than 10 miles per hour in a school zone — because she hit the gas to pass a person on a bike.
March 7, 2023
Cyclist Killed In Borough Park After Being Doored into Traffic
He's the ninth cyclist killed so far this year, police statistics show. According to the NYPD, just 10 cyclists were killed in all of 2018. Total road fatalities are up 21 percent so far this year, again according to the NYPD.
May 15, 2019
Two People are Killed by Drivers in Separate Incidents in Brooklyn and Queens
That's two more road deaths added to a year that is experiencing a 40-percent increase in fatalities.
April 17, 2019
Bearing Witness to the Crash That Claimed the Life of Chaim Miller
This account of the crash that took the life of cyclist Chaim Miller in Brooklyn last Friday was written by an eyewitness who wishes to remain anonymous.
September 6, 2017
Driver Not Charged for Killing Girl, 10, and Injuring Mother in Borough Park
A motorist killed a 10-year-old girl and injured her pregnant mother as the pair crossed a street in Borough Park Tuesday night. Blima Friedman was at least the eighth child age 14 and under killed by a New York City driver in 2014, and the third in the last six weeks.
December 3, 2014
Three New Yorkers, Including Two Seniors, Killed by Drivers in the Past Week
Three people were killed by motorists in NYC since last Friday, including two hit-and-run victims. Two of the victims were also senior citizens.
October 24, 2013
Bill Thompson Rents Ads-by-Bicycle to Woo Borough Park Voters
Here's an ironic twist for the mayoral candidate who all but ignored bicycling and walking in his transportation platform: Bill Thompson has rented mobile advertisements-by-bike, with yellow-vested, red-helmeted riders pedaling around Borough Park with Yiddish-language advertisements for his campaign.
September 10, 2013
No Charges Filed as Six Are Killed by NYC Drivers in Seven Days
A Brooklyn woman who was struck by a truck driver in Red Hook Wednesday was the latest victim among six city pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the last week.
March 14, 2013
Pedestrian Abraham Samet Killed by Driver in Borough Park Last Monday
Streetsblog has learned that the man killed by the driver of a van in Borough Park last week was Abraham Samet, 68.
March 19, 2012