Traffic & Transit
These Are NYC's Most Dangerous Small Streets For Cyclists: Study
Here are the 20 "neighborhood" streets where cyclists and pedestrians are more likely to be injured, according to Localize.city.
NEW YORK CITY -- These seemingly quiet neighborhood blocks are among the most dangerous for New York City cyclists, according to a new study.
Data analysts from real estate data site Localize.city, located 20 local streets across the five boroughs that witnessed the most pedestrian and cyclist injuries between January 2013 and January 2018.
While large avenues and thoroughfares present a more obvious danger to cyclists, the city's most dangerous smaller, one-streets see a crash, on average, every nine months, analysts found.
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“Over the past five years, nearly 8 percent of pedestrian and cyclist injuries or fatalities caused by traffic crashes occurred in single-lane intersections,” Localize.city data scientist Israel Schwartz said. “These intersections can be troublesome to those traversing them on a daily basis.”
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The 20 Most Dangerous “Neighborhood” Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists
BROOKLYN
- Newkirk Avenue and Argyle Road in Ditmas Park
- Injured Pedestrians: 4
- Injured Cyclists: 3
- Newkirk Avenue and Rugby Road
- Injured Pedestrians: 4
- Injured Cyclists: 2
- South Fourth and Keap streets in Williamsburg
- Injured Pedestrians: 2
- Injured Cyclists: 5
- South Third and Havemeyer streets in Williamsburg
- Injured Pedestrians: 4
- Injured Cyclists: 7
- Hooper and South Fifth streets in Williamsburg
- Injured Pedestrians: 2
- Injured Cyclists: 4
- Sterling Place and Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights
- Injured Pedestrians: 5
- Injured Cyclists: 2
- Lawrence and Willoughby streets in Downtown Brooklyn
- Injured Pedestrians: 5
- Injured Cyclists: 2
- Smith and Wycoff streets in Boerum Hill
- Injured Pedestrians: 2
- Injured Cyclists: 4
THE BRONX
- East 168th Street and College Avenue in Concourse
- Injured Pedestrians: 5
- Injured Cyclists: 3
- Field Place and Creston Avenue in Fordham
- Injured Pedestrians: 7
- East 196th Street and Valentine Avenue in Fordham
- Injured Pedestrians: 5
- Injured Cyclists: 1
- Goble Place and Inwood Avenue in Mt. Eden
- Injured Pedestrians: 4
- Injured Cyclists: 2
- East Mosholu Parkway North and Hull Avenue in Norwood
- Injured Pedestrians: 3
- Injured Cyclists: 2
MANHATTAN
- Ludlow and Rivington streets in the Lower East Side
- Injured Pedestrians: 7
- Injured Cyclists: 4
- Clinton and Rivington streets in the Lower East Side
- Injured Pedestrians: 5
- Injured Cyclists: 2
QUEENS
- 37th Avenue and 101st Street in North Corona
- Injured Pedestrians: 6
- Injured Cyclists: 1
- 37th Avenue and 99th Street in North Corona
- Injured Pedestrians: 5
- Injured Cyclists: 1
- 39th Avenue and 111th Street in North Corona
- Injured Pedestrians: 5
- Injured Cyclists: 1
- Woodward and Willoughby avenues in Ridgewood
- Injured Pedestrians: 1
- Injured Cyclists: 5
- 89th Avenue and 168th Street in Jamaica
- Injured Pedestrians: 6
Staten Island’s one-lane streets were not included in the study as they did not Localize.city's analysis threshold.
Transportation Alternatives advocate Thomas DeVito responded to Localize.city's findings by calling on city officials to install more curb extensions, expand the protected bike lane network and crack down on speeding drivers and illegal parking.
“New York City needs to be redesigning all of its streets to comply with a Vision Zero design standard," DeVito said. "We know how to design streets so no one is killed in traffic, we need the courage to do it.”
Read the full Localize.city report here.
Photo by Kathleen Culliton
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