Pedestrian Safety in Brooklyn Heights

2:57 PM EST on December 13, 2006

Pedestrian injury and fatality data from the Transportation Alternatives Crash Map

A note from Transportation Alternatives putting this morning's pedestrian fatality in Brooklyn Heights in context:

This morning's pedestrian fatality on Henry Street and Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights is not an isolated event. According to Transportation Alternatives' Crashstat data, six pedestrians have been hit at the intersection of Henry and Montague Street since 1995. Today's fatality is the seventh.
Between 1995 and 2004, 35 pedestrians total were hit at every intersection along Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Meanwhile, pedestrians have been hit along the entire length of Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. From the intersection at Cranberry Street to the intersection on Atlantic Avenue, 37 pedestrians were hit by cars.
Two years ago, Transportation Alternatives highlighted the severity of pedestrian crashes along Henry Street on the front page of our magazine. We urged DOT to publicize its own crash maps and use them to analyze the efficacy of traffic calming and other pedestrian safety measures.

Aaron Naparstek

AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.

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