Skip to Content
Streetsblog New York City home
Streetsblog New York City home
Log In
Carnage

Bike Rack Saves Pedestrians in Crash on Busy Brooklyn Street

The white Hyundai involved in the crash has been nabbed 10 times by city speed- and red-light cameras since Oct. 10, 2023, city records show.

Photo: Amber Adler|

This driver was stopped by this bike rack.

A New Jersey driver with a long record of recklessness on New York City streets crashed his car onto a sidewalk in Brooklyn on Monday morning, but his out-of-control car only came to rest after nudging up against a bike rack, witnesses said.

According to one witness, the driver jumped the sidewalk on Kings Highway between E. 17th and 18th streets at around 9 a.m. and was stopped from causing more violence by a bike rack that bent but did not break.

A witness and the NYPD said that no one was seriously injured. Police did not release the driver's name.

"Enough is enough!" said Amber Adler, an activist, Council candidate and member of Families for Safe Streets who was on the scene. "If it wasn’t for the bike rack outside of a local grocer, at least half a dozen people could have been injured or killed this morning. We live in a pedestrian-filled city. We need more bike racks."

Adler also advocated for several bike racks to be deployed in sequence to function as a bike rack bollard outside of establishments to "protect all New Yorkers from reckless drivers."

The white Hyundai involved in the crash has been nabbed 10 times by city speed- and red-light cameras since Oct. 10, 2023, city records show.

Photo: Amber Adler

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog New York City

Hit-And-Run Rogue Driver Caught After Seriously Injuring Cycling Senior in Heart of the City

A reckless driver struck a cyclist on Second Avenue then fled. He was later caught, but the victim suffered life-changing injuries.

July 30, 2025

Wednesday’s Headlines: Bedford Avenue Alert Edition

Come one come all to witness Eric Adams’s perfidy firsthand. Plus other news.

July 30, 2025

Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill Kills Lovely QueensWay Park (Plus Many Efforts to Erase ‘Racist’ Highways)

Here's another reason for Mayor Adams to have buyer's remorse over his bromance with President Trump.

July 29, 2025
See all posts