These Are The Most Dangerous Intersections In NYC, New Study Finds

NEW YORK CITY — A newly released study on Tuesday has revealed the most dangerous intersections in each New York City borough.

Transportation Alternatives, a non-profit transportation advocacy group, say its study found that nearly three million people live within walking distance of one of the city’s most deadly intersections.

There are 118 intersections where five or more New Yorkers have been killed or seriously injured over the past three years, and nearly three million New Yorkers live within walking distance (a half mile) of one.

According to Transportation Alternatives, these are the most dangerous intersections in New York City:

• Manhattan: West 120th Street & Lenox Avenue
• Queens: Northern Boulevard & 48th Street
• Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue & Avenue H
• The Bronx: Bruckner Boulevard & St. Ann’s Avenue
• Staten Island: Hunton Street & Richmond Road

Advocates are calling for the City Council to pass Intro 1138, a universal day lighting bill aimed at making intersections safer in the city. The legislation is sponsored by 26 council members and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.

The bill would also would prevent cars from standing or parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

"In 2017, I was struck by a turning driver in Lower Manhattan, leaving me with extremely painful physical injuries and trauma that has stayed with me until today,” Families for Safe Streets New York co-chair Kate Brockwehl said. "Obstructed intersections lead to preventable crashes that kill and seriously injure New Yorkers every day."

In a statement to PIX11, the New York City Department of Transportation said while they have not been able to independently verify the data, some day lighting already exist for the intersections listed in the study.

More than 1,800 New Yorkers have been killed or seriously injured at intersections since the bill’s introduction, according to the advocacy group.