Grieving Sunset Park community demands change after another cyclist is killed
BY GABRIELLE GUZ & VICTOR PORCELLI
A vigil for Em Samolewicz, the 18th cyclist killed in New York City traffic this year, was held on the site of her death at the corner of 36th Street and Third Avenue on Tuesday, July 30.
Samolewicz — a 30-year-old Massachusetts native, local artist and yoga instructor — was fatally struck by a truck on Monday after swerving to avoid a parked car’s open door. She was the second cyclist killed on that avenue (another fatality on the strip involved a pedestrian) and the 13th cyclist killed in Brooklyn this year.