Tag: Bicyclist Death (Biking)

A 29-year-old male bicyclist is in critical condition after colliding with a vehicle in Bay Ridge.

Brooklyn Man receives 14-year sentence for fatal hit-and-run of cyclist

March 6, 2024

A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the intentional hit-and-run killing of a cyclist. Korey Johnson, 45, from Ocean Hill, faced justice in the Brooklyn Supreme Court, where Hon. Elizabeth Warin delivered the sentence following his guilty plea to first-degree manslaughter. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the sentencing, highlighting the tragic escalation from a

Cement truck hits, kills cyclist in Borough Park

March 13, 2026

Emergency Medical responders transported the cyclist to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Cypress Hills driver sentenced in fatal hit-and-run that killed cyclist

March 13, 2026

“This defendant showed a callous disregard for public safety by choosing to speed and run a red light, taking the life of a cyclist.”

DA Eric Gonzalez creates Street Safety Bureau to prosecute traffic fatalities

July 17, 2020

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that his office has created a new Street Safety Bureau that will assist the NYPD with investigating traffic

Around Brooklyn: Bicyclist struck, killed in Williamsburg

January 31, 2020

Bicyclist struck, killed in Williamsburg A bicyclist was struck and killed Thursday afternoon at Rewe Street and Vandervoort Avenue in Williamsburg, according to CBSNewYork. Police

City adopts $1.7 billion street safety plan after uptick in cyclist deaths

October 30, 2019

The City Council passed a $1.7 billion bike safety initiative dubbed the Streets Master Plan on Wednesday, following a deadly 10 months on the city’s

City announces 100 miles of protected bike lanes installed under de Blasio

October 23, 2019

The de Blasio administration has constructed its 100th mile of on-street protected bike lanes in the city, even as cyclist deaths spike in Brooklyn, the

10-year-old cyclist killed by man driving without license: police

October 7, 2019

A 10-year-old boy riding his bike in Kensington was struck and killed by a man driving a car without a license Saturday, according to police. Dalerjon Shahobiddinov was riding his

Push for safe streets intensifies as City Council considers bills

September 30, 2019

Safe street advocates joined Brooklyn State Sen. Julia Salazar outside City Hall Monday to call on the City Council to pass a package of bills aimed at reducing traffic fatalities

Brooklyn Supreme Court. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn man charged with murder in cyclist’s death

September 27, 2019

A Brooklyn man was arraigned on murder charges for allegedly chasing down and running over a cyclist in Bushwick in September in a gruesome crash caught on surveillance video, prosecutors

Safety advocates to lead march from site of crash that killed 10-year-old

September 12, 2019

Ten-year-old Enzo Farachio was killed on Tuesday while waiting for a bus in Midwood. Two days later, street safety advocates have planned a march in his memory — and in

Murder charge for driver who ran over cyclist in Bushwick

September 3, 2019

An enraged driver who cops say ran over and killed a cyclist who was breaking into his vehicle on Monday morning now faces murder and manslaughter charges. Police said the

Cyclists hold memorial ride and die-in in honor of biker killed in Midwood

August 26, 2019

Hundreds of cyclists rode from Prospect Park to Midwood on Sunday in a commemorative bike ride for Jose Alzorriz, who was killed in a car crash on Aug. 11 while

Red-light scofflaw kills cyclist Jose Alzorriz in Midwood

August 12, 2019

The 14th cyclist of the year to be struck and killed in Brooklyn died on Sunday, police said, with startling and graphic surveillance and dashboard camera video showing the car

The vigil marking the death of cyclist Em Samolewicz drew area residents, cyclists and elected officials to the corner of Third Avenue and 36th Street.

At cyclist vigil, Sunset Park community demands change

July 31, 2019

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

A young cyclist waits at the intersection Monday where Ernest Askew was struck and killed by a car last week. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg

Brooklyn’s 10 most dangerous intersections for cyclists: report

July 30, 2019

Amid a spike in cyclist deaths in 2019, the sharpest increase has been in Brooklyn, where 13 riders have been killed already this year. That’s 72 percent of the city’s

People have installed "ghost bikes" around the city in memory of killed cyclists. This one is at Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush. Eagle file photo by Todd Maisel

Sunset Park cyclist killed in collision with tractor-trailer

July 29, 2019

A Sunset Park cyclist was killed Monday morning, hit by an oncoming tractor-trailer after swerving to avoid a parked car’s opening door, police said. The 30-year-old woman was identified identified

Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg (left) and Mayor Bill de Blasio (right) at a press conference for the administration's new "Green Wave" bike safety plan. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg

More bike lanes and fewer parking spaces, Mayor de Blasio announces

July 25, 2019

New York City will increase the pace of bike lane construction — particularly in southern Brooklyn neighborhoods — eliminate “thousands” of parking spaces and increase police enforcement following a spate

A cyclist raises his bike in the air after a moment of silence for Ernest Askew, who was struck and killed in Brownsville last week. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg

At Brownsville vigil for slain cyclist, a focus on inequity in bike lane networks

July 2, 2019

After 57-year-old Ernest Askew was struck and killed in Brownsville while riding his bike last week, safe street activists and local elected officials gathered Monday evening at the intersection of

Ghost bikes across the city mark the sites where cyclists have been killed. Eagle file photo by Todd Maisel

Cyclist struck and killed by cement truck in Bushwick

July 1, 2019

More cyclists have been killed in Brooklyn so far this year than were killed citywide in all of 2018. Devra Freelander, 28, was struck and killed while riding her bike

A 10th cyclist is killed in Brooklyn

June 28, 2019

A bicyclist was struck and killed Thursday evening in Brownsville — the 10th killed in Brooklyn so far in 2019. The borough’s total, from the first six months of the

Two cyclists riding e-bikes have been killed so far this year. Eagle file photo.

E-bike rider killed by drunk driver during deadly driving weekend in Brooklyn

June 10, 2019

A man riding an e-bike in Canarsie was struck and killed by a speeding drunk driver Sunday night, police announced Monday morning, capping off a particularly deadly weekend for drivers,

10 cyclists have been killed throughout the city so far in 2019, already matching the total number killed all of last year. Eagle file photo

Why are so many cyclists dying on southern Brooklyn streets?

May 23, 2019

Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week: iTunes Spotify Stitcher A map of bike lanes around the borough shows that only a few roads in southern Brooklyn are bicycle friendly. Infrastructure, a

A tribute for Rob Sommer at the site of his death. Photo courtesy of Myrna Roman

Family and friends mourn Marine Park cyclist who ‘just loved everyone’

May 20, 2019

Friends and family of Rob Sommer, the cyclist killed in a crash in Marine Park on May 12, gathered on Thursday at a wake to remember the man they called

Two more cyclist deaths in Brooklyn this week

May 16, 2019

Three cyclists killed in Brooklyn in the past week have brought the number of cyclist fatalities in the city so far this year to 10 — the same number the

Southern Brooklyn streets account for half the cyclists killed this year

May 13, 2019

A bicyclist struck and killed by an SUV Sunday night as he tried to cross a four-lane street in Marine Park was the eighth cyclist killed in New York City