Driver Sought in Hit-and-Run in Crown Heights — Was It Intentional?
Police are seeking the heartless hit-and-run driver who flattened a pedestrian in Crown Heights on Friday night — a brutal, but rare, instance of road violence captured on camera that is now being investigated as a possible hate crime because the collision may have been intentional.
January 8, 2023
Tragedy Times Two: Lev Fruchter Has Now Lost Both Parents to Road Violence
First, Rachel Fruchter was killed by a reckless, uninsurable driver in Prospect Park in 1997. Then, Norman Fruchter was killed last month by a reckless uninsurable driver in Bay Ridge.
January 6, 2023
Pedestrian Killed at a Dangerous Bronx Intersection that City Has Failed to Make Safe
A pick-up truck driver killed a pedestrian early on New Year's Eve at a notoriously dangerous Bronx intersection, then left him to die, cops said.
January 4, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: Vice News’s Great Get Edition
I've been committing criminal mischief all over town, yet Vice News got a truly awesome scoop. Plus the rest of the day's news.
December 30, 2022
Citi Bike Raises Fees as Advocates Urge Mayor Adams to Keep His Promise of Public Funding
Citi Bike told its 215,000 members the bad news: Annual memberships will rise to $205 from the current $185. And electric bikes will cost 17 cents per minute instead of 15 cents per minute.
December 29, 2022
BREAKING: DOT Will Not Reach Required Bike and Bus Lane Requirements This Year
The Department of Transportation has finally confirmed Streetsblog's earlier reporting: It will not build the 30 miles of new protected bike lane and 20 miles of dedicated bus lanes required by law this year.
December 27, 2022
How to Cut Drunk Driving — Discourage the Drinking … Or the Driving?
New York transportation officials are backing a bill that has been proposed more or less every year, yet never makes it out of committee. There has to be a better way.
December 22, 2022
Three Council Members Whose Districts Surround Prospect Park Demand the Return of E-Bikes
Three Brooklyn Council members whose districts all touch Prospect Park are demanding that the Parks Department allow the battery-boosted bikes to be used inside the greenspace, which, like other city parks, don't permit e-bikes.
December 21, 2022
Video Shows Cop Speeding in NYPD Van — And May Have Been Watching a Soccer Game Before Fatal Crash
On video, a cop pulls out his phone to make a call — and the phone is still playing a soccer game, suggesting that he was watching the match as he was driving.
December 19, 2022
