This Downtown BK Block Is One Of The Most Dangerous For Cyclists

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN — An intersection just down the road from Brooklyn Prospect Charter School is one of the most dangerous in New York City for cyclists, a new study found.

The corner of Lawrence and Willoughby streets made a list of 20 local small streets most dangerous for cyclists in a list compiled by data analysts at Localize.city, based on where there were the most pedestrian and cyclist injuries between January 2013 and January 2018.

In the Downtown Brooklyn spot, found right near the Jay Street subway station, there have been five injured cyclists and two injured pedestrians in the five year period. The intersection joined eight others in Brooklyn, five in the Bronx, five in Queens and two in Manhattan where smaller one-way streets proved to be some of the most risky for cyclists.

"Over the past five years, nearly 8 percent of pedestrian and cyclist injuries or fatalities caused by traffic crashes occurred in single-lane intersections," Localize.city data scientist Israel Schwartz said. "These intersections can be troublesome to those traversing them on a daily basis."

The city's most dangerous smaller, one-streets see a crash, on average, every nine months, the study found. One of the other top spots is just south of Downtown Brooklyn's near another subway stop on Bergen Street.

Here are the 20 most dangerous:

BROOKLYN

• Newkirk Avenue and Argyle Road in Ditmas Park
  • Injured Pedestrians: 4
  • Injured Cyclists: 3
• Newkirk Avenue and Rugby Road
  • Injured Pedestrians: 4
  • Injured Cyclists: 2
• South Fourth and Keap streets in Williamsburg
  • Injured Pedestrians: 2
  • Injured Cyclists: 5
• South Third and Havemeyer streets in Williamsburg
  • Injured Pedestrians: 4
  • Injured Cyclists: 7
• Hooper and South Fifth streets in Williamsburg
  • Injured Pedestrians: 2
  • Injured Cyclists: 4
• Sterling Place and Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights
  • Injured Pedestrians: 5
  • Injured Cyclists: 2
• Lawrence and Willoughby streets in Downtown Brooklyn
  • Injured Pedestrians: 5
  • Injured Cyclists: 2
• Smith and Wycoff streets in Boerum Hill
  • Injured Pedestrians: 2
  • Injured Cyclists: 4

THE BRONX

• East 168th Street and College Avenue in Concourse
  • Injured Pedestrians: 5
  • Injured Cyclists: 3
• Field Place and Creston Avenue in Fordham
  • Injured Pedestrians: 7
• East 196th Street and Valentine Avenue in Fordham
  • Injured Pedestrians: 5
  • Injured Cyclists: 1
• Goble Place and Inwood Avenue in Mt. Eden
  • Injured Pedestrians: 4
  • Injured Cyclists: 2
• East Mosholu Parkway North and Hull Avenue in Norwood
  • Injured Pedestrians: 3
  • Injured Cyclists: 2

MANHATTAN

• Ludlow and Rivington streets in the Lower East Side
  • Injured Pedestrians: 7
  • Injured Cyclists: 4
• Clinton and Rivington streets in the Lower East Side
  • Injured Pedestrians: 5
  • Injured Cyclists: 2

QUEENS

• 37th Avenue and 101st Street in North Corona
  • Injured Pedestrians: 6
  • Injured Cyclists: 1
• 37th Avenue and 99th Street in North Corona
  • Injured Pedestrians: 5
  • Injured Cyclists: 1
• 39th Avenue and 111th Street in North Corona
  • Injured Pedestrians: 5
  • Injured Cyclists: 1
• Woodward and Willoughby avenues in Ridgewood
  • Injured Pedestrians: 1
  • Injured Cyclists: 5
• 89th Avenue and 168th Street in Jamaica
  • Injured Pedestrians: 6

Staten Island's one-lane streets were not included in the study as they did not Localize.city's analysis threshold.

Read the full Localize.city report here.

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