New report names Flatbush Avenue one of the region’s most dangerous roads for walking
One Brooklyn street is near the top of the list – and it’s not a good thing.
According to a new report released by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, pedestrian fatalities, between 2011 and 2013, totaled 732 deaths within the 12 downstate New York counties – 130 of them in Brooklyn — with Flatbush Avenue ranked as the third “most dangerous road” to walk on in the downstate area, tied with the Bronx’s Grand Concourse, behind only Route 25 in Suffolk and Route 24 in Nassau.
The analysis, appropriately titled: “The Region’s Most Dangerous Roads for Walking,” used federal traffic fatality data to catalog the most hazardous roads for pedestrians in downstate New York. The report ranks roads by total deaths and includes interactive maps which highlight the location, age, and gender of each pedestrian fatality.