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Thursday’s Headlines: A Small Victory Edition
A taxi driver pays a minimal price for the death of 66-year-old cyclist Kwok Kwan last year. Plus other news.
December 1, 2022
Pedestrian Struck and Killed on Dangerous Staten Island Arterial; No Charges
A senior citizen was run over and killed by the driver of a Ford van on Monday afternoon at a notorious Staten Island intersection, but the driver was not charged, said the NYPD.
November 22, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance (In More Ways Than One) Edition
One day, the city mourns its traffic victims. The next day, an Upper West Side community board moves to create more of them. Plus all the other news.
November 21, 2022
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
There are almost no other specific memorials for one of the world's leading causes of preventable death: car crashes, which kill roughly 1.2 million people annually.
November 18, 2022
Video Shows Cops Not Even Trying to Save Man they Struck on Eastern Parkway: Family
Where was their courtesy? Where was their professionalism? Where was their respect for this man? He wasn't dirty. He wasn't no bum off the street. That's my brother," the victim's sister said on Monday.
November 16, 2022
Days After Two Girls Were Critically Injured, DOT Hits Reset on its Sunset Park Safety Fix
Back to the drawing board. The Department of Transportation has scrapped a redesign of two dangerous avenues in Brooklyn that the agency proposed fixing in 2021.
November 9, 2022
Pedestrian Seriously Injured in Park Slope Crash as Bloody Year Continues
A pedestrian was critically injured when the 21-year-old driver of a massive Ford van slammed into him in Park Slope — and the latest analysis of crash data shows that such injuries remain all too common.
November 3, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: Swan Song Edition
It's the end of the Streetsblog era for our blondish editor. Plus other news.
October 27, 2022
SEE IT: Red-Light-Running Driver Causes Horrific Crash on Canal Street
"No! Nooo! Aaahhhh!" Those are the horrifying utterances made by a Manhattan cyclist a split second before he was hit by a driver on Canal Street last week.
October 26, 2022
How Electronic ‘Eyes’ Will Patrol the Curb of the Future
Cameras could police bike lanes, loading zones and more — if Albany lets the city move. Advocates: Keep plugging!
October 26, 2022