Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Left-turning sedan driver slams bike 2025-11-04T22:00:00+00:00
   OCEAN AVE
   On Ocean Avenue a sedan driver cut left into a motorcycle heading straight. Steel met flesh. The bike went down. The rider and his passenger flew and hit hard. Their legs and hips took the force. The driver stayed whole.
   Two people riding a motorcycle were hurt at Ocean Avenue and Glenwood Road in Brooklyn when a sedan driver turned left into them. According to the police report, the westbound sedan was “Making Left Turn” and the eastbound motorcycle was “Going Straight Ahead.” The crash ejected the 28-year-old rider and his 26-year-old passenger. Police recorded crush injuries to the rider’s lower leg and to the passenger’s hip and upper leg, and listed both as injured. The 56-year-old sedan driver was recorded as not injured. The report lists contributing factors as “Unspecified” for every person involved.
2. Teen Pedestrian Crushed by Distracted Driver on Foster Ave 2025-06-12T16:08:00+00:00
   FOSTER AVE
   A sedan struck a 14-year-old boy crossing Foster Ave. The teen suffered crush injuries. Police cite driver inattention and inexperience. The street became a danger zone in seconds.
   A 14-year-old pedestrian was hit by a sedan while crossing Foster Ave at East 5th Street in Brooklyn. According to the police report, the boy suffered crush injuries to his entire body. The driver, a 22-year-old man, was licensed and headed west. Police list 'Driver Inattention/Distraction' and 'Driver Inexperience' as contributing factors. The crash did not occur at an intersection. The report does not mention any pedestrian error as a cause. The impact left the teen injured and conscious at the scene.
3. Distracted Ford Driver Strikes Three-Year-Old on Coney Island Avenue 2025-02-23T00:00:00+00:00
   948 CONEY ISLAND AVE
   A Ford SUV slams its front bumper into a three-year-old girl stepping from a parked car. Blood spills on Coney Island Avenue. She survives, conscious, head gashed. The driver was distracted. Alcohol was involved. The city’s danger is plain.
   According to the police report, a three-year-old girl was struck by a Ford SUV near 948 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn. The incident occurred as she stepped down from a parked SUV. The report states, 'A Ford strikes her head with its front bumper. Blood pools on the curb. She is conscious.' The child suffered severe lacerations to her head and was listed as injured but conscious. The police report explicitly notes that 'the driver was distracted' and that 'alcohol was involved.' These driver errors—distraction and alcohol use—are central to the crash. The report does not cite any contributing factors related to the victim’s behavior. The impact and aftermath underscore the ongoing systemic danger faced by the city’s most vulnerable road users.
4. E-scooter driver injures boy at intersection 2025-12-03T21:39:00+00:00
   3921 18 AVE
   A man drove an e-scooter into an 11-year-old boy at a Brooklyn intersection at night. The child went down with a bruised face while the driver stayed unhurt. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver.
   An adult man driving an e-scooter eastbound hit an 11-year-old boy at an intersection near 3921 18th Avenue in Brooklyn at night. The boy was a pedestrian at the intersection and not in the roadway. He suffered a facial contusion and was listed as injured but conscious. The driver, age 32, was not reported injured. According to the police report, the contributing factor was “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way.” Police recorded failure to yield by the driver for both the pedestrian and the driver entries. No other specific causes were documented in the report.
5. SUV driver tears into sedan rear 2025-12-01T05:10:00+00:00
   BEVERLEY RD
   Before dawn on Beverley Road, an SUV driver drove straight into a sedan’s rear quarter. Two drivers hurt. A baby listed as involved. Metal twisted. Street fell silent again.
   A westbound SUV driver hit the right rear quarter of a northbound sedan at Beverley Road and Argyle Road in Brooklyn around 5:10 a.m. Both drivers were hurt. According to the police report, the 57-year-old woman driving the sedan suffered neck and internal pain. The 45-year-old man driving the SUV reported shoulder and upper arm pain. A baby boy was listed as a registrant occupant with injury marked as “Unspecified.” Police recorded contributing factors for both drivers only as “Unspecified,” offering no identified driver errors beyond that label.