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Hey, Empire State Building, Maybe You Can Sound the Alert About How Dangerous Brooklyn is For Cyclists
Cyclists are still being injured in Southern Brooklyn at a disproportionate rate.
April 2, 2020
‘FEELIN’ ZOOM-Y’: Reckless Driving Has Inspired Streetsblog’s New Song Parody!
Inspired by our recent report of rampant speeding going on on New York City's uncontested streets, our in-house song satirists The Speeders have come up with their latest parody, "Feelin' Zoom-y!" — based on one of the greatest city songs ever.
March 27, 2020
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals
Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
March 26, 2020
Disabled Woman Latest Victim of Road Carnage
A woman crossing a Queens street on an "electric mobility scooter" was run down and killed by the driver of an SUV over the weekend, but the driver was not charged, police said on Tuesday.
March 17, 2020
Queens Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Motorcyclist
A Queens woman was struck and killed on Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood on Saturday night by a motorcyclist whom witnesses described as traveling at an extremely high rate of speed.
March 16, 2020
Brooklyn Pol: NYPD Must Include Traffic Crashes In Crime Data
Council Member Mark Treyger wants New York’s Finest to include traffic crashes its world-renowned crime data portal known as CompStat so that crashes are treated with equal seriousness by the NYPD.
March 13, 2020
Defying Evidence, NYPD Won’t Say Driver was Speeding in Fatal Bay Ridge Crash
The badly damaged car — parked near the Bay Ridge police stationhouse — is riddled with damage consistent with striking a pedestrian at an excessive speed.
March 8, 2020
UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Speeding Driver in Bay Ridge
“I am deeply shaken by [this] death of a pedestrian — killed by a speeding driver," said the area's state senator.
March 5, 2020
New York Could Be First To Adopt ‘Crash Victims Bill of Rights’
"There's just a huge need for it," said Amy Cohen of the advocacy group, Families for Safe Streets.
March 4, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: Mourning in East New York Edition
A neighborhood grieves the lost of two children two days apart. Plus the rest of the day's news.
March 2, 2020