BK Cyclist, 67, Dies After Losing Control Of E-Bike: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY - A 67-year-old Brooklyn cyclist died in Sunset Park after he was thrown from his e-bike on Monday, authorities said.

Medics found Jundi Hu of Bay Ridge laying in the roadway with “severe body trauma” at the intersection of 53 Street and 6 Avenue just after 4 p.m., police said.

Hu was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

No other vehicles appeared to have played a role in the crash, per police. The investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad.

Hu lived about a mile, or less than a ten minute bicycle ride, from the crash site, police said.

At least nine cyclists have been injured in the last five years within the block from where Hu was thrown, according to city data.

During the same period, four cyclist deaths and over 600 cyclist injuries were reported within the boundaries of Brooklyn Community Board 7, which comprises Sunset Park, as well as Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights and South Park Slope.

Brooklyn continues to outpace the rest of the boroughs in cyclists deaths, with 48 deaths reported in the last five years and 12 since 2023. Citywide, 2023 was the deadliest year for bike riders since 1999, with fatal crashes up 58 percent more than the average since city officials launched the Vision Zero effort in 2014 to prevent traffic deaths, a Transportation Alternatives study found.

The analysis also found 94 percent of bicycle riders killed by a car were on streets without protected bike lanes.

"We're facing a crisis of traffic violence on our streets," said Danny Harris, executive director of Transportation Alternatives. "Announcements alone are not infrastructure. Promises won’t keep bike riders safe – but completed, fully-protected bike lanes will."

Advocates with Transportation Alternatives have long pressed Adams administration officials to complete the NYC Streets Plan, which required at least 50 miles of protected bike lanes to be completed in 2023.

Only 38.6 miles of protected bike lanes, or 77 percent of the benchmark requirement, were installed that year, they said.