I received an email from fellow blogger Brooks of Sheffield. He is the author of the excellent Lost City site. Brooks sent me his photo of an accident which occurred yesterday at the corner of Columbia and President Streets. According to Brooks, as traffic has increased on Columbia and on Van Brunt, accidents happen more frequently. But here, I'll let him explain:
For Home Page, click Pardon Me For AskingThe arrival of Fairway and IKEA in Red Hook has given the surrounding neighborhood a lot of things. Easy access to gourmet food and cheap furniture, for one. And increased reckless traffic down Columbia and Van Brunt Streets for another.
At around noon May 12 there was an accident at the intersection of Columbia and President Streets. A van and a motorcycle collided. The man on the motorcycle was thrown off his bike and broke his leg.
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This is one bad corner, but they're all bad in terms of daylighting on Columbia and Smith...almost impossible to see oncoming traffic without sticking your nose out there.
I asked CB 6 to look into these locations, and they sent a letter to the DOT, but we'll see if anything gets done.
I found this post after trying to find out what happened to the poor people involved in an accident at this corner earlier today. 4 cars! I hope everyone ended up ok.
I found this after trying to find out what happened to all in the accident yesterday 10/18/09 at the same intersection. There were 2 accidents almost simultaneously. One at president and one at Carroll and Columbia.
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