Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about FDNY

City firefighter Brauley De La Rosa is back on duty after he tried to kill a cyclist with his car last month. Photo: Liz Gonzales

Ballistic Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Back on Duty

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 17, 2019 | 13 Comments

Taxpayers are again paying the salary of firefighter Brauley de la Rosa, who was arrested last month for using his Dodge muscle car as a battering ram against a cyclist.

FDNY Ambulance Driver Kills Gen Zhan, 81, in East Village Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Aug 30, 2016 | 17 Comments

An FDNY ambulance driver struck and killed a senior in the East Village yesterday. The crash happened at around 1:20 Monday afternoon. Gen Zhan, 81, was in the crosswalk on 14th Street at Second Avenue, walking south to north, when the driver, who was southbound on Second, hit him while turning left onto 14th, according […]

Citing FDNY Concerns, DOT Removes Two-Block Protected Bike Connection

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2016 | 97 Comments

DOT has erased a short contraflow protected bikeway that linked the Highbridge neighborhood to the car-free High Bridge in response to FDNY concerns about the movement of emergency vehicles. The project was part of a package of biking and walking improvements in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan implemented last year, timed to coincide with the re-opening of the High Bridge to the […]

Myth Busted: Safer Streets Are Not Slowing Emergency Responders

By Brad Aaron | Jan 3, 2013 | 9 Comments

A go-to NIMBY argument against safe street improvements is that bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, and ped refuge islands interfere with emergency responders. In 2009, one complainer at an event sponsored by then-Council Member Alan Gerson claimed that pedestrian islands on Grand Street “put lives in danger” by slowing down fire trucks and ambulances. Opponents of the […]