Port Richmond Bleeds While City Leaders Look Away

Port Richmond: Jan 1, 2022 - Jun 4, 2025

Blood on Port Richmond’s Streets

A man runs a red light. A child is struck crossing with the signal. The street does not care. In Port Richmond, the numbers pile up. Since 2022, one person is dead, three are seriously hurt, and 303 have been injured in 640 crashes (NYC crash data).

Last year, a sedan hit a man crossing Post Avenue. He died at the intersection. The record shows: chest wounds, severe bleeding, killed while walking with the light. The car kept going. The street stayed the same.

The Cost of Delay

No child should be in danger just walking home. Yet in April, a four-year-old girl riding on a bike was hit by an SUV on Rector Street. She survived. Her scars will last. The driver kept going straight. The city kept talking about safety.

On May 11, police tried to stop a Nissan SUV for tinted windows. The driver sped off, crashed into a police car, and opened fire. “The gunman smashed his Nissan into the police car and then opened fire on the vehicle, striking it but missing the officers inside” (reported the New York Post). Two officers were cut by glass. Two guns were found in the car. The SUV had 27 violations, five for speeding. The system let it roll.

Leadership: Words and Silence

The city says it is acting. Speed cameras. Lower speed limits. But the deaths keep coming. No council member, no local leader has stood in Port Richmond to say, “Enough.” The silence is loud. The laws are slow. The streets are fast.

What Now? Demand Action

The disaster is not fate. It is policy. Call your council member. Call the mayor. Demand a 20 mph speed limit. Demand speed cameras that never go dark. Demand streets that put children before cars. If leaders will not act, replace them.

Take action now.