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A cyclist was hospitalized following a collision in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx on Thursday morning, June 18, police said.
A police spokeswoman told Norwood News that at around 11.53 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to a 911 call regarding a collision of a 2022 Toyota Highlander driven by a 31-year-old woman. “She was going northbound on Briggs Avenue when she collided with a bicyclist,” the spokeswoman said.
She said the the 29-year-old cyclist was going down East 194th Street before the collision took place and sustained minor injuries. She said the cyclist was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital by EMS in stable condition. The cause of the accident was not yet disclosed.
With collision investigations, the NYPD handles all criminal aspects of the investigation, while NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) reviews the street design at the locations of such crashes.
Norwood News had recently reported on an annual “Ghost Bike” memorial tribute and Ride of Silence through The Bronx organized by Transportation Alternatives and the NYC Street Memorial Project to honor cyclist and e-bike riders who were the fatal victims of collisions. Read more here.
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As reported, a 69-year-old man was arrested on Friday, June 12, following a fatal April hit ‘n run collision in the Wakefield section of The Bronx that resulted in the death of a 29-year-old man from Mt. Hope.
An overview of some recent transit fatalities and collisions, including those involving bicycles and e-bikes is attached for Patrol Borough Bronx North for the 28-day period ending June 7 2026. As reported, the division of the borough into two distinct north and south patrol commands was implemented in May, having been first announced in February.
Patrol Borough Bronx North is headquartered at the 48th Precinct in Belmont and comprises NYPD Precincts 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, and 52, where the latest collision occurred.
On March 16, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn announced that DOT plans to reduce the speed limit to 15 mph at every eligible school location across the five boroughs by the end of Mamdani’s first term. They said the move is designed to protect children and their families on the City’s streets and represents the largest increase to date in the City’s use of Sammy’s Law to reduce speed limits across the city.
According to the Streetsblog, Sammy’s Law is a State law named for 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein who was killed by a driver on Prospect Park West in Brooklyn in 2013, and which was finally passed in Albany in 2024. After years of lobbying by advocates for safer streets, the law allows the City to impose reduced speed limits.
Source: NYPD via TrafficStat
City officials said more than 800 additional school locations will see speed limits reduced to 15 mph this year, bringing the total school locations with 15 mph speed limits to 1,300 by the end of the calendar year. They said the administration also plans to expand 15 mph School Slow Zones, where eligible, at all 2,300 school locations across the five boroughs by the end of Mamdani’s first term.
They said these 2,300 school locations house 3,200 schools citywide, with some schools co-located, and added that implementation will be prioritized based on available safety data, and other planned street safety improvements.
“Families spoke up after unimaginable loss to fight for Sammy’s Law and deliver our city the power to make our streets safer for New Yorkers,” the mayor said in March at the announcement. “Today’s expansion of Slow Zones for schools across all five boroughs is just the beginning. Lower speeds save lives, and we will use every tool at our disposal to protect our neighbors as they move about our city.”
“Our school children and their families should feel safe and comfortable as they travel to and from class. Speeding is the leading cause of traffic deaths, and even a small speed reduction can mean the difference between life and death in a crash,” said Flynn. “These speed limit reductions will follow our data-driven Vision Zero approach to deliver the greatest safety impact.”
Source: NYPD via TrafficStat
Officials said this year, DOT will implement 15 mph speed limits at the roughly 700 school locations with existing 20 mph School Slow Zones and establish about 100 new 15 mph School Slow Zones at other school locations with existing 25 mph speed limits. They said data showed that pedestrians struck at 25 mph are more than three times as likely to be seriously injured than pedestrians struck at 15 mph.
City officials went on to say that at each school, DOT will provide the mandatory 60-day notice and comment opportunity to local community boards before implementation of the new speed limit. They added that at the most dangerous locations near schools, the agency will continue to focus on upgrading street and intersection designs to help naturally slow vehicles and improve safety, including elements like speed humps, hardened daylighting and other safety upgrades.
They said the City has so far lowered speed limits at just over 100 locations since the passage of Sammy’s Law in the spring of 2024, including a regional slow zone in each borough. In addition to the 15 mph School Slow Zone expansion, they said DOT would continue to explore additional opportunities to roll out lower speed limits across the city in the months ahead.
Source: NYPD via TrafficStat
In August 2021, DOT called for the expansion of speed cameras in school zones following a Bronx fatal crash, and in October 2024, the expansion of New York City’s red light speed camera program was signed into law.
Read some other related cycling coverage here.
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