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Traffic Accidents

  • Voice Choices

    May 2, 2012

    ARTY ROCK ANTHEM

    Andrew Bird is in the house tonight
(at Beacon Theatre)

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    AG's Office: Pretending To Get Hit By A Car In New York Is Fairly Lucrative. It's Also Illegal

    ​Turns out, there's a lot of cash in pretending to get hit by a car in New York City. Unfortunately, it's also illegal -- just ask the 16 Brooklyn residents arrested today for their alleged involvement in an insurance scam that consisted staging car wrecks and, in some cases, pretending to get hit ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2012

    Why Won't the NYPD Charge Motorists Who Maim or Kill?

    The NYPD hands out plenty of traffic tickets

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    New York City Traffic Fatalities at 100-Year Low

    ​This week has brought a wave of PR-department-approved good news to New York City residents. We have less crime! We are healthier! We might just live...forever! And...we're better at driving and/or walking, apparently. Mayor Bloomberg along with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Department of ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 30, 2011

    Jadakiss

    ​This week has brought a wave of PR-department-approved good news to New York City residents. We have less crime! We are healthier! We might just live...forever! And...we're better at driving and/or walking, apparently. Mayor Bloomberg along with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Department of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    A Refuge for Foodies With Legal Problems?

    ​On Journal Square's main drag in Jersey City, the prominent legal offices of Anise & Anise. After a voluminous meal of dosas, iddlies, and other South Indian brunch items in Jersey City, and groggy from so much food, a friend an I stumbled on the law offices of Anise & Anise. Pretty funny ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Mother of Cyclist Killed in East Williamsburg Says NYPD Didn't Return Her Calls

    FacebookMathieu Lefevre​Gothamist has an interview today with the mother of Mathieu Lefevre, the 30-year-old Brooklyn artist from Canada who was hit by a truck and killed in East Williamsburg while biking last week. Lefevre's mother, Erika, said that the family was told to go to the NYPD Accid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Bicyclist Hit By Truck and Killed in East Williamsburg

    ​According to police, a 30-year-old man was struck and killed by a truck on Meserole Street and Morgan Avenue last night around midnight. Cops have determined that the man was biking alongside a flatbed truck that made a right turn; as the truck turned, it hit the biker. His identity hasn't be ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 7, 2011

    The Olivia Tremor Control

    ​According to police, a 30-year-old man was struck and killed by a truck on Meserole Street and Morgan Avenue last night around midnight. Cops have determined that the man was biking alongside a flatbed truck that made a right turn; as the truck turned, it hit the biker. His identity hasn't be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Delancey and Essex Intersection Is A Hell Zone

    via​Here's a warning sounded by the Daily News today: The intersection of Essex and Delancey street is pretty much the worst place in the city to walk or drive a car or get in a taxi or do anything. Just, like, try not to go there, okay? It's scary. It's where Satan would be like, "Hey, this i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Hit-and-Run Asshole Leaves the Scene of Accident, But Gets Caught on Tape

    Neighborhood favorite Joey Boots took his camera down to the scene of a Bronx car accident last night just to survey the scene. Everyone appears safe, though a little shaken, while one of the cars involved, a Corvette, has its whole front end smashed and the battery removed. But that -- nor the came ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Ray Deter, Bar Owner, Hit While Biking On Canal Street

    Facebook​Ray Deter, the owner of East Village and Williamsburg bars d.b.a., was hit by a car on Canal Street yesterday evening. Deter, who was not wearing a helmet, was turning onto West Broadway at the time of the accident and is now in critical condition. His wife told the Daily News that do ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 15, 2011

    RIDE THE BIG SCREEN

    Films about your favorite recreational activity. No, the other one.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    New York City: Now With 30 Percent Fewer Car Wrecks, But Still Not Very Safe

    ​If you've ever ridden in a New York City taxi, you know that it can be one of the most terrifying experiences of all time. In a new report called "Vision Zero," Transportation Alternatives confirms your worst fears, finding that "on average, 317 New Yorkers are killed in traffic every year," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Macho Man Randy Savage Dead in Car Accident After Heart Attack

    Iconic wrestler and Slim Jim spokesman "Macho Man" Randy Savage died this morning in a car accident after suffering a heart attack, TMZ is reporting via Savage's brother. May he rest in peace. (Don't panic.)

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Frites n Meats' Propane Tank Explodes, Injuring Two

    Julie Shapiro/DNAInfo​Well, this certainly puts last Friday's food truck scuffles into perspective: earlier this afternoon a propane tank on the Frites n Meats truck exploded after the truck collided with another vehicle. Two people on the truck were burned; fortunately, their injuries do not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    15th Passenger Dies of Injuries From Bronx Bus Crash; Survivors Return to Casino

    ​A 15th person has died from injuries sustained during this weekend's horrifying bus crash in the Bronx, in which the bus was cut in half by a pole it skidded into. Ophadell Williams, the bus driver, had told officers that the bus had been clipped by a tractor trailer, causing the skid, but ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Shaun Adorno's Killer? Cops Again Ask For Help.

    Suspected killer of Shaun Adorno​The NYPD has re-released photos of a suspect in the murder of Shaun Adorno, the infamous Staten Island 31-year-old who answered the door at his Mariners Harbor home last July 23 and was assassinated by a slick-looking dude in a gray business suit.At the time, Adorn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Shaun Adorno's Killer? Cops Again Ask For Help.

    Suspected killer of Shaun Adorno​The NYPD has re-released photos of a suspect in the murder of Shaun Adorno, the infamous Staten Island 31-year-old who answered the door at his Mariners Island home last July 23 and was assassinated by a slick-looking dude in a gray business suit.At the time, Adorn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2010

    Tiger Woods Crashed His Car, Derailed His Life One Year Ago Today

    This time last year, Tiger Woods was on his way down. On November 27, 2009, the once-golden golf star was injured in a car accident outside of his home in Orlando, Florida. According to preliminary local reports and the initial statement Woods posted to his website, "the car crash that sent him to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Traffic Accidents Are Killing Fewer New Yorkers; Pedestrians Still Kind of Screwed

    ​The Health Department and the Department of Transportation have released some new research to remind you to pay attention to what you're doing whether you're walking or driving, even if you have the light. Because you still don't want to kill someone, or be killed. Do you? The good news: New ... More >>

  • Film

    July 27, 2010

    Charlie St. Cloud, Starring Zac Efron's Abs

    ​The Health Department and the Department of Transportation have released some new research to remind you to pay attention to what you're doing whether you're walking or driving, even if you have the light. Because you still don't want to kill someone, or be killed. Do you? The good news: New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Video: Bicyclist Narrowly Avoids Collision That Would've Turned Him Into Street Meat

    Via New York Times City Room writer J. David Goodman's Twitter feed comes a .gif video of a Chinese cyclist almost getting pulverized by a car crash.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Laura Bush Has Gay Friends!

    ​And remorse over her deadly car accident when she was 17! In her new memoir, ex First Lady Laura Bush reveals that she urged Dubya not to make gay marriage a significant issue because, like, they know some gays!

  • Voice Choices

    March 24, 2010

    Weasel Walter, Vinny Golia & Adam Lane

    ​And remorse over her deadly car accident when she was 17! In her new memoir, ex First Lady Laura Bush reveals that she urged Dubya not to make gay marriage a significant issue because, like, they know some gays!

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2010

    2 Brooklyn Women Injured in Early Morning Hit-and-Run

    ABC News​Police in Brooklyn are looking for the driver in a hit-and-run accident which injured two young women crossing Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights at 4:30 this morning. Investigators say the green Acura, its windshield caved in and side mirror missing, was later found abandoned two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Is Tiger Woods Finally Interesting?

    ​"Tiger Woods was in a minor car accident" said the official statement on the golfer's website the other day. But as speculation, gossip, and innuendo grew like wildfire once word of this mishap got out, the accident became less and less minor and more and more image threatening.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2009

    Suspected Bronx DWI cop wasn't alcohol tested for over five hours

    ​Prosecutors released a timeline of events following the arrest of detective Kevin C. Spellman after he allegedly struck and killed Drana Nikac with his Chevrolet Malibu in Kingsbridge Heights on Friday. He wasn't, it turns out, tested for alcohol for over five hours. The criminal complaint a ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 27, 2009

    Senso

    ​Prosecutors released a timeline of events following the arrest of detective Kevin C. Spellman after he allegedly struck and killed Drana Nikac with his Chevrolet Malibu in Kingsbridge Heights on Friday. He wasn't, it turns out, tested for alcohol for over five hours. The criminal complaint a ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 20, 2009

    Dark Meat+Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt (CMJ)

    ​Prosecutors released a timeline of events following the arrest of detective Kevin C. Spellman after he allegedly struck and killed Drana Nikac with his Chevrolet Malibu in Kingsbridge Heights on Friday. He wasn't, it turns out, tested for alcohol for over five hours. The criminal complaint a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    11-Year-Old Killed in Car Crash; Driver Charged with DWI

    ​About 1 a.m. Sunday morning, Carmen Huertas was driving seven girls to a slumber party at her home when she lost control of the car at West 96th Street, crashed into a guardrail and a tree, and flipped the vehicle. Everyone was hurt -- some of the passangers have broken bones, for which they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Yesterday's Disasters: Fall, Crash, Heart Attack at Wheel, Fatal Parking Lesson

    ​Henry Siebor, 42, a Polish immigrant and construction worker living in Greenpoint, fell four stories to his death yesterday when a scaffold on which he was working in Park Slope collapsed at one end. Siebor was wearing an untied safety harness; the harnesses of his two colleagues on the scaff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    The Worst Singer in History

    I'm tired of listening to wingnuts, but I never get tired of hearing a nut named Wing, the bizarre cult sensation from New Zealand via Hong Kong with the reedy voice, weird rhythms, and life-threateningly kitsch taste. (Then again I never grow weary of watching car pileups either.)

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2009

    Topper

    I'm tired of listening to wingnuts, but I never get tired of hearing a nut named Wing, the bizarre cult sensation from New Zealand via Hong Kong with the reedy voice, weird rhythms, and life-threateningly kitsch taste. (Then again I never grow weary of watching car pileups either.)

  • Voice Choices

    June 3, 2009

    'Ropeadope 10th Anniversary Party'

    I'm tired of listening to wingnuts, but I never get tired of hearing a nut named Wing, the bizarre cult sensation from New Zealand via Hong Kong with the reedy voice, weird rhythms, and life-threateningly kitsch taste. (Then again I never grow weary of watching car pileups either.)

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Couple Killed in SI Hit-and-Run by Man with 17 Suspensions

    Livery car driver Mohamed Elnahal was driving his wife, Mervat Saad Ibrahim, and a friend, Nabila Ahmed, early Saturday morning on Staten Island when a Mercedes ran a red light at the corner of Cebra Avenue and Victory Boulevard and hit them broadside. Elnahal and Ibrahim were killed; Ahmed is in s ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 28, 2009

    FACTORY-FRESH

    Andy Warhol is still our mirror

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008
  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008
  • Voice Choices

    March 4, 2008

    SEX, DRUGS & TANGO

    Explore the seedy underbelly

  • NYC Life

    January 8, 2008
  • News

    November 6, 2007

    Bus Kill

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • Film

    October 17, 2006

    'Conversations With God'

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2006

    Two Killed--and Cory Lidle on Plane

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2006

    Your Turn: Afraid of Crossing the Street?

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • Film

    September 6, 2005

    'Just Like Heaven'

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • Film

    September 28, 2004

    Film

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • NYC Life

    January 28, 2003

    Two-Bedroom Apartment in New Building

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • Film

    July 13, 1999

    I’m Losing You

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • News

    November 17, 1998

    Road Rage

    Cars Rule in Prospect Park

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