GoFundMe Exceeds $25K Goal For Fatal Citi Bike Crash Victim's Family

GOWANUS, BROOKLYN — Hundreds of people stepped up to help the family of a woman who died while riding a Citi Bike in Gowanus.

A GoFundMe for the family of Sarah Schick — who police identified as the victim in a fatal crash along Ninth Street Tuesday — surpassed its $25,000 goal just one day after it went up.

Roughly $37,000 was donated by more than 200 donors, as of Thursday afternoon.

The fundraiser aims to support Schick's husband and two daughters.

"Sarah, we miss you dearly, we love love (sic) immensely," the GoFundme states.

The fundraiser's organizer didn't return a Patch reporter's request for comment.

Schick, 37, lived on Luquer Street in Carroll Gardens, just a five -minute bike ride from the crash at Ninth Street's troubled Second Avenue intersection.

The crash is still under investigation, but authorities preliminarily believe that Schick was riding a Citi Bike east along Ninth Street. She stopped at a signal alongside a box truck driven by a 39-year-old man, police said.

When the light turned green, the box truck driver tried to pass Schick, authorities said. Police said Schick's handlebars hit the truck, causing her to be dragged under the vehicle.

Schick was pronounced dead at the crash, police said.

The crash unfolded at an intersection where vehicles are forced to merge into a paint-only bike lane.

Local officials have long pressed for safety changes along Ninth Street west of Third Avenue. In 2018, Community Board 6 members made additional safety features along that stretch a condition of their approval of a Department of Transportation plan for a bike lane on Ninth Street.

But no improvements were made — a lack of action that hasn't gone unnoticed by activists.

"F--- every NYC DOT who has prioritized parking over people's lives," tweeted Sarah Goodyear, who cohosts The War On Cars podcast.