About these crash totals
Counts come from NYC police crash reports (NYC Open Data). We sum all crashes, injuries, and deaths for this area across the selected time window shown on the card. Injury severity follows the official definitions in the NYPD dataset.
- Crashes: number of police‑reported collisions (all road users).
- All injuries: total injured people in those crashes.
- Moderate / Serious: subcategories reported by officers (e.g., broken bones vs. life‑threatening trauma).
- Deaths: people who died due to a crash.
Notes: Police reports can be corrected after initial publication. Minor incidents without a police report are not included.
Close▸ Killed 9
▸ Crush Injuries 9
▸ Amputation 3
▸ Severe Bleeding 3
▸ Severe Lacerations 4
▸ Concussion 9
▸ Whiplash 82
▸ Contusion/Bruise 73
▸ Abrasion 54
▸ Pain/Nausea 33
About this chart
We group pedestrian injuries and deaths by the vehicle type that struck them (as recorded in police reports). Use the dropdown to view totals, serious injuries, or deaths.
- Trucks/Buses, SUVs/Cars, Mopeds, and Bikes reflect the reporting categories in the crash dataset.
- Counts include people on foot only; crashes with no injured pedestrians are not shown here.
Notes: Police classification can change during investigations. Small categories may have year-to-year variance.
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These totals count vehicles with at least the shown number of camera‑issued speeding violations (school‑zone speed cameras) in any rolling 12‑month window in this district. Totals are summed from 2022 to the present for this geography.
- ≥ 6 (6+): advocates’ standard for repeat speeding offenders who should face escalating consequences.
- ≥ 16 (16+): threshold in the current edited bill awaiting State Senate action.
Caught Speeding Recently in East New York-New Lots
- 2013 Gray Infiniti Sedan (THZ3185) – 40 times • 1 in last 90d here
- 2002 Red Honda Mp (SHM6992) – 39 times • 1 in last 90d here
- 2018 White BMW Suburban (LEA3592) – 39 times • 1 in last 90d here
- 2013 White Jeep Suburban (JMC6937) – 33 times • 2 in last 90d here
- 2017 Gray BMW Sedan (LNL1346) – 29 times • 1 in last 90d here
About this list
This ranks vehicles by the number of NYC school‑zone speed‑camera violations they received in the last 12 months anywhere in the city. The smaller note shows how many times the same plate was caught in this area in the last 90 days.
Camera violations are issued by NYC DOT’s program. Counts reflect issued tickets and may omit dismissed or pending cases. Plate text is shown verbatim as recorded.
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Six Dead, Hundreds Broken—But the Street Never Changes
East New York-New Lots: Jan 1, 2022 - Aug 11, 2025
The Blood on the Asphalt
In East New York–New Lots, the street is a wound that never heals. Since 2022, six people have died and 1,734 have been injured in crashes here. Thirteen of those injuries were so severe they changed lives forever (NYC Open Data).
Just last November, a 58-year-old woman was killed by an SUV on Pennsylvania Avenue. She was not at an intersection. She did not make it home (NYC Open Data).
A year before, a 43-year-old cyclist was crushed by a turning truck at Linden and Pennsylvania. The truck kept going. The cyclist did not (NYC Open Data).
The Pattern That Never Breaks
SUVs and sedans do the most harm. They killed three people and injured 235 more—pedestrians, cyclists, children. Trucks and buses left another sixteen with broken bodies. Motorcycles, mopeds, and bikes added to the toll (NYC Open Data).
The numbers do not lie. They do not comfort. They only count the dead and the hurt.
Leaders Speak, Streets Wait
Local leaders have taken some steps. Senator Roxanne Persaud voted yes on the Stop Super Speeders Act, a bill to force repeat dangerous drivers to install speed-limiting devices. She also backed the extension of school speed zones. Council Member Chris Banks co-sponsored bills for safer bike share and clearer safety rules.
But the street does not care about bills that sit in committee. The street does not wait for another study. “I was very frustrated that nothing has been done in more than three years since Daniel Vidal was killed,” said Juan Ignacio Serra, after another death on Morgan Avenue.
The Call That Cannot Wait
Every day of delay is another day of blood. Call your council member. Call your state senator. Demand a 20 mph speed limit. Demand real street redesigns, not just more signs. Do not wait for the next name to be added to the list.
Citations
▸ Citations
- Three Deaths Expose Morgan Avenue Danger, Streetsblog NYC, Published 2025-08-07
- Motor Vehicle Collisions – CrashID 4559907 - Crashes, Persons, Vehicles , NYC Open Data, Accessed 2025-08-11
- File S 4045, Open States, Published 2025-06-11
- File Int 1304-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-06-11
- Three Deaths Expose Morgan Avenue Danger, Streetsblog NYC, Published 2025-08-07
- File S 8344, Open States, Published 2025-06-13
- Two Killed By Subway Trains In NYC, NY Daily News, Published 2025-08-11
- Three NYC Crashes Leave Two Dead, Gothamist, Published 2025-08-05
- Bushwick Hit-And-Run Kills Pedestrian, Gothamist, Published 2025-08-04
- Driver Flees After Brooklyn Pedestrian Death, NY Daily News, Published 2025-08-03
Other Representatives
District 60
425 New Lots Ave. First Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Room 702, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248
District 42
1199 Elton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207
718-649-9495
250 Broadway, Suite 1774, New York, NY 10007
212-788-6957
District 19
1222 E. 96th St., Brooklyn, NY 11236
Room 409, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
▸ Other Geographies
East New York-New Lots East New York-New Lots sits in Brooklyn, Precinct 75, District 42, AD 60, SD 19, Brooklyn CB5.
▸ See also
Traffic Safety Timeline for East New York-New Lots
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Audi Driver Drags Man Half Mile▸Jan 1 - A white Audi struck Michael Foster on Caton Avenue. The car dragged him for blocks. The driver never stopped. Foster died in the street. The Audi vanished into the night. No arrests. The city’s danger stays.
NY Daily News reported on January 1, 2025, that Michael Foster, 64, was killed after a white Audi hit him on Caton Ave. near Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. The driver, described as speeding, dragged Foster for half a mile before leaving him near Linden Blvd. and Nostrand Ave. The article quotes a witness: "I saw him at the stop light. He would go out to the cars and beg for change." The driver fled the scene and has not been caught. No arrests have been made. The incident highlights the lethal risk for pedestrians in city streets and the ongoing issue of hit-and-run drivers evading responsibility.
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Audi Driver Drags Man Half Mile,
NY Daily News,
Published 2025-01-01
Jan 1 - A white Audi struck Michael Foster on Caton Avenue. The car dragged him for blocks. The driver never stopped. Foster died in the street. The Audi vanished into the night. No arrests. The city’s danger stays.
NY Daily News reported on January 1, 2025, that Michael Foster, 64, was killed after a white Audi hit him on Caton Ave. near Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. The driver, described as speeding, dragged Foster for half a mile before leaving him near Linden Blvd. and Nostrand Ave. The article quotes a witness: "I saw him at the stop light. He would go out to the cars and beg for change." The driver fled the scene and has not been caught. No arrests have been made. The incident highlights the lethal risk for pedestrians in city streets and the ongoing issue of hit-and-run drivers evading responsibility.
- Audi Driver Drags Man Half Mile, NY Daily News, Published 2025-01-01