These 27 Cyclists Died In NYC Crashes In 2019

NEW YORK CITY — Hugo Alexander Sinto Garcia. Hector Ayala. Susan Moses. Joseph Chiam. Aurilla Lawrence. Robert Spencer. Pedro Tepozteco. Victor Ang. Kenichi Nakagawa. Robert Sommer. Yisroel Schwartz. Mohammed Abdullah. Robyn Hightman. Ernest Askew. Devra Freelander. Alex Cordero. Liam Nhan. Em Samolewicz. Jose Alzorriz. Charles Cheeseboro. Donald Roberts. Abdul Bashar. Mario Valenzuela. Dalerjon Shahobiddinov. Bogdan Darmetko. Ada Martinez. Yevgeny Meskin.

These are the 27 cyclists killed in New York City in 2019. In all of 2018, there were 10 cyclist fatalities.

Patch went name by name, report by report, to find out who had died, where, when and how.

Here's where they died:

What we found:

Eighteen of the 26 cyclists lost their lives in Brooklyn crashes.

Eleven of the cyclists crashed in the dark, or after sunset and before sunrise. Seven died during rush hours, between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. or between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nine died in the middle of the day.

Two of the cyclists were doored, two struck by hit-and-run drivers (not including Hightman who was hit by a truck driver who left and returned), 10 were hit by trucks and one was killed by a drunken driver.

Four people died while riding e-bikes. One of those cyclists, Charles Cheeseboro, was not involved in a car crash but died after he hit a pedestrian in Central Park.

Patch's count of cyclist fatalities in 2019 is 27, one more than Department of Transportation and NYPD reports. Donald Roberts, the cyclist run over by an SUV driver now facing murder charges, is included here, but not in officials' tallies, because his death was deemed a homicide.

Four cyclists were killed before their 18th birthdays.

Here's who was killed, when and where:

Hugo Alexander Sinto Garcia, 26

• When: About 6 a.m. on Jan. 1
• Where: Third Avenue near East 28th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Hector Ayala, 41

• When: About 4 a.m. on Jan. 4
• Where: Linden Boulevard near Crescent Street in East New York, Brooklyn

Susan Moses, 63

• When: About 6:50 p.m. on Jan. 26
• Where: Kings Highway and Van Sicklen Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn

Joseph Chiam, 72

• When: about 6 a.m. on Feb. 4
• Where: West 45th Street and Eight Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

Aurilla Lawrence, 25

• When: About 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 28
• Where: Broadway and Rodney Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Robert Spencer, 53

• When: About 8 a.m. on March 14
• Where: Borden Avenue and Second Street in Long Island City, Queens

Pedro Tepozteco, 26

• When: About 5:30 p.m. on April 17
• Where: 47th Street near 17th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn

Victor Ang, 74

• When: About 6:40 p.m. on April 27
• Where: 11th Avenue near West 30th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan

Kenichi Nakagawa, 22

• When: About 5:25 p.m. on May 11
• Where: Dean Street and Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Robert Sommer, 29

• When: 8:20 p.m. on May 12
• Where: Avenue U and East 33rd Street, Brooklyn

Yisroel Schwartz, 16

• When: About 5:40 p.m. on May 15
• Where: 17th Avenue near 53rd Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn

Mohammed Abdullah, 29

• When: About 10:40 p.m. on June 9
• Where: Avenue D near East 105 Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn

Robyn Hightman, 20

• When: About 9:25 a.m. on June 24
• Where: Sixth Avenue between 23rd and 24th streets in Chelsea, Manhattan

Ernest Askew, 57

• When: About 9 p.m. on June 27
• Where: Chester Street and Sutter Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn

Devra Freelander, 28

• When: About 12:20 p.m. on July 1
• Where: Boerum Street and Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn

Alex Cordero, 17

• When: About noon on July 23
• Where: Castleton Avenue and Clove Road, Staten Island

Liam Nhan, 58

• When: About 3:50 p.m on July 23
• Where: McGuinness Boulevard near Norman Avenue, Brooklyn

Em Samolewicz, 30

• When: About 9 a.m. on July 29
• Where: Third Avenue and 36th Street, Brooklyn

Jose Alzorriz, 52

• When: About 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 11
• Where: Coney Island Avenue and Avenue L, Brooklyn

Charles Cheeseboro, 43

• When: About 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 26
• Where: East Drive near Terrace Drive in Central Park at 72nd Street, Manhattan

Donald Roberts, 47

• When: About 6 a.m. on Sept. 2
• Where: Broadway and Ellery Street, Brooklyn

Abdul Bashar, 62

• When: About 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 8
• Where: Third Avenue and 12th Street, Brooklyn

Mario Valenzuela, 14

• When: About 2 p.m. on Sept. 21
• Where: Borden Avenue and 11th Street, Queens

Ada Martinez, 66

• When: About 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 27
• Where: Rockaway Freeway and Beach 94th Street

Dalerjon Shahobiddinov, 10

• When: About 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 5
• Where: Foster Avenue and Seton Place, Brooklyn

Bogdan Darmetko, 65

• When: About 2:40 p.m. on Oct. 13
• Where: Cross Bay Boulevard and East Fourth Road, Queens

Yevgeny Meskin, 87

• When: About 10:10 a.m. on Oct. 30
• Where: Avenue P and Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn

Update: This list has been corrected to include Robert Sommers and remove Fernando Trejo, who was a pedestrian and not a cyclist. It was also updated to reflect that DOT and NYPD statistics differ, since Donald Roberts' death was marked as a homicide, not a traffic fatality. Patch will continue to update this list, map and data as new information comes in.