Driver fatally hits pedestrian at Greenwich Avenue and West 10th
A 56-year-old woman hit 76-year-old Lori Kleinman as Kleinman crossed Greenwich Avenue at West 10th Street on Oct. 3, 2023; the official record says Kleinman was crossing with the signal and cites failure to yield.
What We Know
A driver hit 76-year-old Lori Kleinman on the evening of Oct. 3, 2023, as she crossed Greenwich Avenue at West 10th Street in Greenwich Village. The official record says Kleinman was crossing with the signal and cites failure to yield. The Daily News, citing police, reported that the driver was a 56-year-old woman and that she remained at the scene. Kleinman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she died the next afternoon. The article described Kleinman as a longtime community volunteer remembered by her wife as a "gentle force of nature."
A driver hit Kleinman as she crossed with the signal
The official crash record says a southbound driver was making a left turn at West 10th Street and Greenwich Avenue at 7:21 p.m. on Oct. 3, 2023, and lists failure to yield as a contributing factor. The record says Lori Kleinman, 76, was a pedestrian at the intersection and was crossing with the signal.
The Daily News, citing police, reported that a 56-year-old woman driving a 2023 Chevy Suburban hit Kleinman as she crossed Greenwich Avenue. The official record lists the vehicle type as a sedan, while the article described it as an SUV.
West 10th Street has a recent record of injuries
The collision happened at West 10th Street and Greenwich Avenue in Manhattan’s 10011 ZIP code.
CrashCountNYC’s street-level context for West 10th Street in Manhattan recorded 123 crashes, 45 injuries, five serious injuries and one death from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Kleinman was remembered as a community volunteer
The Daily News identified the pedestrian as Lori Kleinman, a Greenwich Village resident who had retired in 2010 after work in paper manufacturing for publishing houses and then in nonprofit groups.
Her wife, Robin Felsher, told the Daily News that Kleinman volunteered at Jefferson Market Garden as treasurer for a decade and also served as treasurer of her co-op board. Felsher described her as a "gentle force of nature" who loved cooking for others and playing video games.
Kleinman died at Bellevue the next afternoon
Felsher told the Daily News that she came downstairs after a call from her building’s doorman and found Kleinman unresponsive and bleeding in Greenwich Avenue. She said FDNY members from a nearby station wrapped Kleinman’s head with gauze before EMS arrived, and she rode with her wife to Bellevue Hospital.