Cyclist Killed in Queens Collision With FDNY Fire Truck
A 54-year-old bicyclist was killed and one motorist was injured in a 4:02 p.m. crash at 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North, where police told the Daily News the collision involved an FDNY fire truck outside Juniper Valley Park.
What We Know
A 54-year-old man riding a bike was killed April 19, 2025, in a 4:02 p.m. crash at 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North in Queens. The city record lists a box truck and a bike, says one motorist was injured, and records Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News the collision involved an FDNY fire truck outside Juniper Valley Park; the article reported that the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, no arrests were made, and the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. The sources differ on travel direction: the city record lists the truck eastbound, while the Daily News says police described the fire truck as northbound on 80th Street and turning onto Juniper Boulevard North.
A Saturday afternoon crash outside Juniper Valley Park
The crash was recorded at 4:02 p.m. on April 19, 2025, at 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North in Middle Village. The city record says a 54-year-old male bicyclist was killed and one motorist was injured.
Police told the Daily News that the collision involved an FDNY fire truck being turned onto Juniper Boulevard North outside Juniper Valley Park and a man riding a bicycle. The article reported that the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
80th Street at the edge of Juniper Valley Park
The crash happened at 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North in Queens, at the edge of Juniper Valley Park, according to the police account reported by the Daily News.
CrashCountNYC's street-level context for 80th Street in Queens shows 566 crashes, 338 injuries, 25 serious injuries and 6 deaths since 2022.
The person killed was riding a bike
The city record identifies the person killed as a 54-year-old man riding a bike. The Daily News reported that police described the rider as a man and that he died at the scene.
The public accounts differ on travel direction
The city record lists a 2019 Ferrara box truck with six occupants and a male driver, along with a bike carrying one rider. It records both as making right turns, with the truck traveling east and the bicyclist traveling north before the crash.
The Daily News reported that police described an FDNY fire truck as northbound on 80th Street and turning onto Juniper Boulevard North. That differs from the eastbound truck direction recorded in the city data.
Traffic-control disregard is recorded; arrests were not reported
The city crash record lists Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor and includes that factor on the bicycle entry. The Daily News reported that police had made no arrests and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was continuing to investigate.