Traffic accident - Eastern Parkway / Brooklyn Ave.

errol · December 2007

NYPD report:

ON FRIDAY 12/28/2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 2301 HRS AT THE CORNER OF EASTERN PKWY AND BROOKLYN AVE, IN THE CONFINES OF THE 71 PCT, POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A PERSON STRUCK BY A VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL POLICE DETERMINED THAT F/B/30 OPERATING A 1999 NISSAN SEDAN WAS TRAVELLING EASTBOUND ON EASTERN PARKWAY WHEN HER VEHICLE STALLED AT BROOKLYN AVENUE. THE MOTORIST EXITED HER VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE TRUNK OF HER AUTO WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A 1996 PLYMOUTH SEDAN, ALSO TRAVELLING EASTBOUND ON EASTERN PARKWAY. THE OPERATOR REMAINED ON THE SCENE, THE AIDED WAS TRANSPORTED TO KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL WHERE SHE IS LISTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT THIS TIME. THERE WERE NO ARRESTS OR SUMMONSES ISSUED, THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

guvna · December 2007

I passed that scene. It wasnt pretty. I've stalled at E.Pkwy and Rogers before and was shocked at how close people drive up to a stalled vehicle before slowing down or switching lanes. All cars should come equipped with reflective triangles or flares to place 20 ft behind the car in case of stalling out.

lilbangladesh · December 2007

I swear that Eastern Parkway has got to be the Queens Boulevard of Brooklyn. I think you're taking your life in your hands if you cross against the light. I see people do it all the time, but I've never been brave enough to do that.

So I can imagine how dangerous stalling out on that street could be.

cool the kid · January 2008

lilbangladesh wrote: I swear that Eastern Parkway has got to be the Queens Boulevard of Brooklyn. I think you're taking your life in your hands if you cross against the light. I see people do it all the time, but I've never been brave enough to do that.

So I can imagine how dangerous stalling out on that street could be.

Eastern Pkwy and Utica Ave is the most dangerous corner in BK for pedestrians.

daver · January 2008

lilbangladesh wrote: I think you're taking your life in your hands if you cross against the light. I see people do it all the time, but I've never been brave enough to do that.

Um, you just look both ways and cross if no cars are coming. I do it twice every day, more often against the light than with it. You have to keep in mind that if you see a car coming, it may be doing 80MPH and perhaps you should go ahead and wait for it to pass rather than try to get by in front of it. Of course I'm usually crossing at about 5:30am and 10:30pm, during more busy times you are pretty much waiting for the light, period.

The accident sounds pretty bad. It doesn't particularly surprise me, and I agree that Eastern Parkway often seems like a personal racetrack for driving school dropouts. Perhaps they should stick some of those new recruits along Eastern with radar guns and try to get it under control.

oneasternparkway · January 2008

There are many times I would rather cross against the light at EP and Washington than with it, especially when dealing with eastbound left turns off of Washington.

And agreed on the dropouts/burnouts dragging out there. It's only a matter of time before a very nasty incident occurs either with someone getting in/out of a car by the library (though the folks in the stopped vehicles would be equally at fault) or around the museum. It's not uncommon to see cars approaching what looks to be 70mph (or greater) in the stretch from the top of the hill by the Gardens to the light at EP and Franklin.

lilbangladesh · January 2008

Well, that's why I don't cross against the light, even late at night. Cars may look far away, but since they are usually traveling very fast, I usually don't think it's worth the risk.

It's because it's a wide boulevard. Traffic studies have been done which shows that people tend to speed on wide boulevards. In some cities, streets have been narrowed to calm traffic down.

Traffic accident - Eastern Parkway / Brooklyn Ave.

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