Williamsburg’s Broadway Is A Hotbed of Traffic Deaths
This won’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who’s spent any time walking under this dingy stretch of the JMZ line, with its odd-angled intersections and poor visibility, but here it is in the form of hard data: the part of Broadway that runs through Williamsburg is a bona fide death trap.
I Quant NY crunched the numbers, and while Williamsburg had more traffic fatalities than any other neighborhood in 2013 (eight, all told), the vast majority of them happened along a specific stretch of Broadway. A couple of illustrative maps to give you an idea of where exactly this has been going down:
Images via I Quant NY
Other “hotbeds” include Queens Blvd. and Grand Concourse in the Bronx, and the site notes, “In 2013, 23% of our traffic deaths occurred in just 5% of our neighborhoods. Addressing these problem-areas seems like a great first step, but Vision Zero cannot be as simple as fixing hot-beds.” Jokes about De Blasio’s jaywalking aside, we really do have a long road ahead of us when it comes to reducing traffic deaths around the city. Be careful everywhere, obviously, but maybe be especially careful next time you’re on Broadway.
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