A Woman Driver Hit a Pedestrian Near Her Greenwich Village Home.
Some Hours Were Hers
A woman driver, whom police identified as 56, hit Lori Kleinman, 76, as she crossed Greenwich Avenue at West 10th Street on Oct. 3, 2023; the official record lists the crash at 7:21 p.m. and counts one pedestrian killed.
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What We Know
On Oct. 3, 2023, a woman driver hit Lori Kleinman as she crossed Greenwich Avenue at West 10th Street near her Greenwich Village home. The official record counts one pedestrian killed, says Kleinman was crossing with the signal, and lists failure to yield as a contributing factor. Reports differ on the time and vehicle: the official record places the crash at 7:21 p.m. and classifies the vehicle as a sedan; the Daily News described a 2023 Chevy Suburban, while The Village Sun described a black SUV and placed the crash around 6:30 p.m. The Daily News reported that Kleinman was taken to Bellevue Hospital and died the next afternoon.
Kleinman was crossing at the intersection near home.
The official record places the crash at 7:21 p.m. on Oct. 3, 2023, at West 10th Street and Greenwich Avenue in Manhattan. It lists one pedestrian killed and records Kleinman as crossing with the signal.
The Daily News reported, citing police, that a 56-year-old woman driver hit Kleinman and remained at the scene; the driver was uninjured.
Kleinman's wife, Robin Felsher, told the Daily News that their building's doorman called her about the crash. Felsher said she watched FDNY members wrap Kleinman's head with gauze before EMS arrived, then joined her for the ambulance trip to Bellevue Hospital. The Daily News reported that Kleinman died Wednesday afternoon.
Sources describe the vehicle in conflicting terms.
The official record classifies the 2023 vehicle as a sedan and lists the driver as making a left turn. The Daily News, citing police, described a 2023 Chevy Suburban. The Village Sun described a black SUV and reported that its driver turned left from West 10th Street onto Greenwich Avenue.
The Village Sun placed the crash around 6:30 p.m.; the official record gives the time as 7:21 p.m.
Kleinman devoted time to Greenwich Village.
The Daily News reported that Kleinman retired in 2010 after work in paper manufacturing for publishing houses and in nonprofit groups. She volunteered as treasurer of Jefferson Market Garden for a decade and also served as treasurer of her co-op board.
Felsher said Kleinman loved cooking for others and playing video games, took pride in being a great-great-aunt, and was a “gentle force of nature.” The couple called themselves “Graunties.”
The official record lists failure to yield.
The official record says Kleinman was crossing with the signal and lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. After viewing footage from a camera in her building, Felsher told The Village Sun of the SUV, “It may have had the green light.”
Felsher sought safety improvements at the intersection.
The Daily News reported that Felsher planned to ask Manhattan Community Board 2 to consider safety improvements and hoped to have the corner named after Kleinman. A year later, The Village Sun reported that Felsher was working with the board on the intersection and that an anniversary vigil was scheduled outside Jefferson Market Garden, co-sponsored by Transportation Alternatives and Families For Safe Streets.
Where
WEST 10 STREET and GREENWICH AVENUE