Driver Charged After Fatal Gowanus Three-Vehicle Crash
A 34-year-old driver was killed at Second Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn on Sept. 14, 2025, and police told Brooklyn Paper that Alexey Ivanov was arrested after allegedly running a red light.
What We Know
At about 6:25 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2025, a fatal crash was recorded at Second Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn. The official record lists one motorist killed and two motorists injured, with unsafe speed recorded as a contributing factor. Brooklyn Paper, citing police, reported that 38-year-old Alexey Ivanov drove north on Second Avenue, allegedly ran a red light, and hit a 2006 Mercedes headed west on 9th Street. The impact led to a collision involving a Dodge pickup truck. The Mercedes driver, 34-year-old New Jersey resident Arturo Alberto Baez Cordero, later died. Police arrested Ivanov on charges including manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, reckless driving, speeding, and disobeying a traffic control device.
Police said a northbound driver ran a red light
The crash was recorded at about 6:25 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2025, at Second Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn. The official record lists one motorist killed and two motorists injured.
Brooklyn Paper reported that police said 38-year-old Alexey Ivanov was driving north on Second Avenue when he allegedly ran a red light and hit a 2006 Mercedes headed west on 9th Street. The impact led to a collision involving a nearby Dodge pickup truck.
The crash happened at Second Avenue and 9th Street in Gowanus
The official record places the crash at Second Avenue and 9th Street in the 11215 ZIP code in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Paper described the location as Gowanus and reported that the collision occurred in the 78th Precinct.
A New Jersey driver died after the crash
Brooklyn Paper identified the driver who died as 34-year-old New Jersey resident Arturo Alberto Baez Cordero. The official record identifies the person killed as a 34-year-old male driver.
Brooklyn Paper reported that Ivanov, two passengers in his vehicle, Cordero, and the Dodge driver were taken to hospitals. The article reported four people injured, while the official public crash record lists two people injured.
The vehicle descriptions are not identical across sources
The official record lists two station wagon or sport utility vehicles and a pickup truck. Brooklyn Paper, citing police, described Ivanov as driving a Honda minivan, Cordero as driving a 2006 Mercedes station wagon, and the third driver as using a Dodge pickup truck.
Speed and red-light allegations shaped the case
The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. For Ivanov’s vehicle, the official vehicle record also lists traffic control disregarded.