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Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Three Victims in Four Hours on Sunday [Updated]
Correction: Park Slope Stoop reports that the Park Slope victim was walking, not riding a bike. The copy in this post has been altered accordingly.
February 29, 2016
Brooklyn Electeds to DOT: Put Safety First at Atlantic and Flatbush
About a dozen people braved the cold Saturday morning to call for pedestrian safety improvements at Brooklyn's Times Plaza and along the whole Atlantic Avenue corridor.
February 15, 2016
The Key for Park Slope to Keep Its Big Grocery Store: Less Parking
The notion that New York City housing construction shouldn't be weighed down by mandatory parking minimums got a combative response from some City Council members at a hearing today. Streetsblog will have a thorough round-up of who said what tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here's a quick detour to Park Slope for a related story about how parking rules everything around us.
February 10, 2016
The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike
DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system.
October 19, 2015
DMV: Six-Month Suspension for Driver Who Killed Sammy Cohen Eckstein
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles determined that the driver who killed 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein failed to exercise due care and did not have a valid license at the time of the crash. DMV administrative law judge Marc Berger suspended the driver’s license for six months.
July 8, 2015
Pedestrian Injuries Down 61% on Fourth Avenue in Park Slope After Road Diet
As in Sunset Park, the Fourth Avenue road diet has yielded impressive street safety dividends for Park Slope, including a 61 percent drop in pedestrian injuries. Now, DOT is moving forward with plans to cast its changes in concrete.
April 21, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Dodging Drivers on the Sidewalk
Heads up, New Yorkers. You never know when your neighborhood sidewalk will turn into a construction detour for motorists.
December 17, 2014
Hit-and-Run Drivers Strike Twice at Dangerous Fourth Avenue Intersection
A driver speeding north on Fourth Avenue in Park Slope this afternoon ran a red light and struck a woman, leaving her seriously injured before speeding away from the scene. Less than six weeks ago, a hit-and-run driver -- also speeding north on Fourth Avenue, also running a red -- injured a cyclist at the same location before crashing his car and fleeing on foot.
November 5, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Brooklyn Hit-and-Run Aftermath at 4th Ave and Degraw
Reader Mike Donohue sends this eyewitness account of a driver who fled the scene of a crash in Park Slope Sunday morning.
September 30, 2014