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Gersh Kuntzman

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We're talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at gersh@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

A montage of how cars defile a sculpture by Lorenzo Pace (inset).

CYCLE OF RAGE: Why Does the Parks Dept. Let Drivers Defile Black History?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 24, 2023 | No Comments
New York City would never allow people to park on top of its Holocaust memorial. And it would never let people drive on a major civil rights monument. Nor would it let people spew pollution at a national cemetery. Except that it would.
Rendering (inset) vs. reality (main photo) under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

DOT Shows Off Ways to ‘Reconnect’ Communities Harmed by BQE, But Questions Remain

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 21, 2023 | No Comments
On Tuesday night, the Adams administration offered a glimpse of some changes it hopes to make along the BQE corridor.
Plate covers remained on sale at this Advance Auto Parts store in Brooklyn. Photos: Gersh Kuntzman

City Begins Long Process of Making it Harder to Evade Speed Cameras

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 21, 2023 | No Comments
Scores of online vendors are still selling egregious plate obscurers, and even a brick-and-mortar retailer that had been warned by the city was still hawking an illegal cover.
Mayor Adams on an electric Citi Bike last year — a device that is not legal in city parks. But that will change this summer.

Mayor Announces ‘Charge Safe’ Plan to Help Delivery Workers Get Legal Bikes, Safe Batteries

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments
Parks and greenways would also finally allow legal electric bikes ... finally.
Hundreds of people walked the Queensboro Bridge south outer roadway in 2020 to demand more space for people like them. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Delay Ahead: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Now Put Off Til ‘Early 2024’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments
The Department of Transportation quietly revealed at a Council hearing this week that it has once again pushed back the timeline on transforming the south outer road of the Queensboro Bridge into exclusive space for pedestrians — with the lane now slated to open in 2024.

March (Parking) Madness: A Clash of Two Disgusting Titans in Brooklyn

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 14, 2023 | No Comments
This first-round Brooklyn battle includes last year’s winner loser. And it may have this year’s, too!
The Morgan Avenue "bike lane" is notoriously dangerous. Photo: Google

UPDATE: Cyclist Killed by Hit-and-Run Trucker in Industrial Williamsburg

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 10, 2023 | No Comments
A 56-year-old man on a bicycle was hit and killed by a truck driver in industrial Williamsburg late last night — and cops are now searching for the driver who fled. Locals know how dangerous the area is because of reckless truckers.
It's been a frustrating few weeks.

Cycle of Rage: One Hand Whitewashes the Other on NYPD Plate Defacing

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 9, 2023 | No Comments
A field report after Streetsblog seeks disciplinary records on 12 cops who defaced their plates.
The crash site. The lawyer whose office is in the picture did not know about the crash. Photo: Google

Teen Drivers Kills Two Senior Citizens in Queens: Cops

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments
Rosaline Tulshi was crossing the four-lane speedway at 193rd Street at around 6:10 p.m. when the driver of a 2004 Toyota Camry traveling westbound slammed into her, causing fatal injuries.
It's the 62nd vs. the 71st in a first-round Brooklyn battle.

March (Parking) Madness Begins: A First-Round Bath Beach vs. Crown Heights Battle

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments
The two precincts in this First Round battle certainly showed some of the egregious behavior that we've come to expect from police officers in the City of New York

Outrage Builds over Watered-Down ‘Citizen Reporting’ Bill

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments
Street safety activists are livid that a promising bill to encourage greater ticketing of drivers who dangerously park in bike and bus lanes has been watered down to remove key provisions, including a financial incentive for the person reporting the illegal parking, while also adding in new burdens on would-be complainants.
Bing could fix this!

Paging Kevin Roose! My Conversation with the Bing Chatbot Was Much Better than Yours!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 5, 2023 | No Comments
Here's a story about why we no longer fear artificial intelligence, and, indeed, hope it will someday be running the country.
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