AD 43: Jan 1, 2022 - Oct 16, 2025

Just after 5 AM on Sep 19, 2025, at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue, a driver hit a 69-year-old woman. She died at the scene, the record says (NYC Open Data).

She was one of 13 people killed on the streets of Assembly District 43 since 2022 (NYC Open Data). This year to date, 4 people have been killed, up from 1 at this point last year (PeriodStats). Pedestrians bear the brunt: 8 pedestrian deaths in this period, with hundreds more injured (small-geo analysis).

Eastern Parkway keeps taking

Eastern Parkway is a repeat scene. It accounts for 3 deaths and nearly two hundred injuries in this district’s dataset since 2022 (small-geo analysis). Utica Avenue is another hot corridor, with 2 deaths and heavy injury tolls. Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand Avenue add dozens more injuries.

Deaths peak at 6 PM and 8 PM, the highest counts for any hour in this dataset (hourly distribution). Police reports flag driver actions we can prevent: failure to yield and inattention show up again and again in injury cases here (small-geo analysis factors).

A district that knows loss

An 8-year-old was killed at Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue on Jun 28, 2025. Police recorded the driver going straight in an SUV; the child died of head injuries (crash record). A 101-year-old woman crossing with the signal was killed at Montgomery Street and Brooklyn Avenue on Apr 8, 2025; police recorded failure to yield by the driver making a left in a 2023 GMC (crash record).

On Oct 4, 2023, a truck driver turned right at Rogers and Clarkson and killed a man on an e‑bike (crash record). On Oct 21, 2023, two drivers collided at speed at East New York Avenue and Utica, killing a 32‑year‑old woman and injuring another person walking; police recorded unsafe speed (crash record).

Fix the corners that kill

Start with the worst sites: Eastern Parkway at Schenectady, Albany, and Utica. Daylight the corners. Add leading pedestrian intervals. Harden the turns. Use truck‑safe design where heavy vehicles run.

Targeted enforcement should match the data: evening operations when deaths spike; yield‑to‑pedestrian stings; attention to left turns on corridors with repeat harm (hourly distribution and factors).

Albany gave the tools. Will we use them?

Lower speeds save lives. The city now has the authority to lower limits and is rolling out 20 MPH zones. “A driver’s speed can mean the difference between life and death… the speed limit reductions we are making will help protect everyone,” said DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez (NYC DOT, Oct 9, 2024).

The next step is stopping repeat speeders. The proposed Stop Super Speeders Act would force the worst offenders to use speed limiters. Our detailed case is here: Take Action.

Assembly Member Brian Cunningham has history on street rules: he backed Sammy’s Law in 2023 (Streetsblog) and sponsored a bill to ticket illegal parking with street sweepers in 2024 (Streetsblog). In June 2025, he missed a committee vote on a school speed‑zone safety bill, S 8344 (Open States). “Sometimes we can’t account for whether or not the trucks actually got down the block… That destroys our catch basins because they don’t get clean,” he told a reporter this year (Streetsblog).

State Senator Zellnor Myrie and Council Member Rita C. Joseph represent this area too. The record here shows pain at the same corners, year after year. The tools sit on the table.

One woman died before dawn on Eastern Parkway. Slow the next driver down. Hold the repeat offenders back. Start at the corners that keep killing. Then keep going.

Take one step now: ask your officials to back speed limiters for repeat speeders and a 20 MPH default. Start here: Take Action.