Brooklyn Heights: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Mazda slams parked Mini on Henry 2025-08-19T08:30:00+00:00
   228 HENRY ST
   Eastbound Mazda struck a parked Mini’s rear on Henry Street. One woman died. Another was hurt. Following too closely flagged. Center front into center back. Quiet block. Sudden violence. Metal, glass, silence.
   A 2018 Mazda traveling east hit the right rear of a parked 2020 Mini sedan near 228 Henry St in Brooklyn. One female driver, 58, suffered apparent death; another occupant was injured. According to the police report, the contributing factor was “Following Too Closely.” Vehicle damage shows a center-front impact into the parked car’s center back end. The Mazda was going straight; the Mini was parked. The report lists no other confirmed factors for the drivers. The deceased driver had no safety equipment noted after the crash, per the record.
2. SUV Door Strikes Cyclist on Atlantic Avenue 2025-04-07T18:57:00+00:00
   187 ATLANTIC AVE
   Parked SUV door flung open. Cyclist’s arm torn. Blood on Atlantic Avenue. Driver stands unharmed. Distraction behind the steel. Another wound for Brooklyn streets.
   A 26-year-old man riding his bike west on Atlantic Avenue was struck when a parked SUV’s door opened into his path. According to the police report, the cyclist’s arm was split open, leaving him with severe lacerations. The 71-year-old SUV driver was not injured. The report lists 'Driver Inattention/Distraction' as a contributing factor. The crash highlights the danger when drivers fail to check for cyclists before opening doors. No helmet or signal use was cited as a factor.
3. Two sedans collide on Columbia Heights 2025-11-22T21:50:00+00:00
   COLUMBIA HTS
   Two eastbound sedans met hard on Columbia Heights by the BQE. Steel buckled. Three people hurt. Police checked every box as Unspecified and left the cause blank.
   Two sedan drivers traveled east on Columbia Heights by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn when they collided. The crash crumpled the left rear of a 2023 Tesla and the right front of a 2013 Mazda. Three occupants were reported hurt, including a 38-year-old male driver with neck injuries and whiplash who stayed conscious. According to the police report, officers marked every contributing factor as “Unspecified” for the crash and for each injured person. Police did not record speeding, distraction, failure to yield by either driver, or any other specific driver error in the dataset. No pedestrians or cyclists appeared in the report. The crash landed inside the 84th Precinct and Council District 33.
4. Driver backing into elderly man 2025-11-20T09:00:00+00:00
   43 HICKS ST
   A Brooklyn driver backed a Honda by Hicks and hit an 87-year-old crossing midblock. His arm bled. He went into shock. Police recorded backing unsafely by the driver.
   A 39-year-old driver in a 2019 Honda sedan backed north along 43 Hicks Street in Brooklyn and hit an 87-year-old man who was crossing away from an intersection. The pedestrian suffered an upper-arm injury, minor bleeding, and went into shock. According to the police report, the primary cause was “Backing Unsafely.” Police recorded backing unsafely by the driver as a contributing factor for both the driver and the injured pedestrian. No other contributing driver error appears before the driver’s backing unsafely in the report. The driver was licensed, and damage was recorded to the sedan’s left-side doors.
5. Brooklyn cyclist hits parked sedan 2025-11-05T15:20:00+00:00
   COURT ST
   On Court at Joralemon, a woman rode past parked cars. Her front wheel slammed a sedan’s right doors. She bruised her shoulder. Two people inside the car reported injuries. Police logged confusion and bad lane use.
   A crash on Court Street at Joralemon Street in Brooklyn injured a 52-year-old woman riding a bike and left the 42-year-old driver and a 30-year-old passenger in a parked sedan with unspecified injuries. According to the police report, the sedan was parked at the curb while the bicyclist passed eastbound when the bike’s center front hit the sedan’s right-side doors. Police recorded “Passing or Lane Usage Improper” and “Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Error/Confusion” as contributing factors. The record lists the driver as stopped at the curb with two occupants while the bicyclist moved alongside the line of parked cars before the impact.