Crime & Safety
Kosciuszko Bridge Bus Collision Stalls BQE Traffic, Officials Say
A bus crashed in Greenpoint near the Brooklyn side of the bridge Monday afternoon, the FDNY said.
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — A bus crash on the Kosciuszko Bridge in Brooklyn injured one person and stalled traffic on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Monday afternoon, officials said.
The bus crashed in the Brooklyn-bound lanes of the BQE, near Stewart Avenue and Cherry Street, around 2:25 p.m., according to the Office of Emergency Management and the FDNY.
One person was rushed to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in unknown condition, said an FDNY spokeswoman
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The accident caused traffic delays on the southbound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the Kosciuszko Bridge an hour after the accident occurred, according to an alert from Notify NYC.
Due to vehicle collision, expect traffic delays near BQE & Kosciuszko Bridge, BK, in BK bound direction. Consider alternate routes.
— NYCEM - Notify NYC (@NotifyNYC) June 5, 2017
B24 buses were also running with in both directions delays an hour after the crash, according to the MTA.
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The New York State Department of Transportation, the agency manages the bridge, did not have any immediate information about the crash.
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