Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

Reckless Driver Severely Injures Scooter Rider in Midtown

By Noah Martz | Jun 17, 2022 | No Comments

A recidivist reckless driver who should not even have been on the road struck a scooter rider in Midtown on Friday, injuring him, before leaving the crash uncharged, police said.

StreetsPAC has endorsed seven challengers for Assembly races including (from left) Anthony Andrews, Patrick Bobilin, Delsenia Glover, Ryder Kessler, Samy Nemir Olivares, Hercules Reid and Jonathan Soto.

DECISION 2022: The StreetsPAC Guide to the Assembly Primary Season

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 17, 2022 | No Comments

Look out, Albany incumbents. Just in time for early voting, the city's only political action committee devoted to road safety and livable streets is urging city voters to retire seven current officeholders in 19 races across four boroughs.

We only bear a passing resemblance to "The Addams Family." Photo: File

Friday’s Headlines: Fight for Your Right To Party Edition

By Eve Kessler | Jun 17, 2022 | No Comments

Candid snaps as Streetsblog took the night off for the Open Plans Fun-raiser. Plus real news.

Look, ma, no safety! Hylan Boulevard is a speedway. Photo: Google

City Will Rein in Speeding Staten Islanders with Hylan Boulevard ‘Road Diet’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments

This road diet is just what the doctor, or in this case the senator, ordered.

NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez outside an Upper Manhattan senior center on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Amid Senior Pedestrian Death Crisis, City Rolls Out Small Safety Initiative

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 15, 2022 | No Comments

With more than 40,000 intersections across the city, it will take centuries to hit them at all.

Teachers parked illegally on Fourth Street in Park Slope. The hand-made sign refers to a former "Play Street" sign that the city removed. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

UH, THANKS: City Will Turn a Dead-End Block into a Plaza … But Only When Placarded Teachers Go on Recess

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

School's out for summer — but will a play street remain when teachers come back?

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