Driver Hits Greenpoint Woman in Nassau Avenue Crosswalk; She Dies
A 68-year-old driver in a pickup failed to yield while turning left at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street on Feb. 21 and hit Greenpoint resident Danielle Aber in a crosswalk; she died three days later, Brooklyn Paper reported.
What We Know
On Feb. 21, 2024, a driver in a 2021 Dodge pickup was making a left turn at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street in Greenpoint when he failed to yield to a 49-year-old pedestrian crossing at the intersection, according to the city crash record. Brooklyn Paper, citing police, identified the pedestrian as Danielle Aber and the driver as 68-year-old Stanley Manel, and reported that Manel hit Aber in the crosswalk as he turned left from Nassau Avenue. Aber, who lived one block away, died Feb. 24 at NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst. Police arrested Manel at the scene and charged him with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care; the paper reported on Feb. 27 that her death had not changed those charges.
A left turn at Nassau and Sutton
The city crash record says a licensed male driver in a 2021 Dodge pickup was traveling west and making a left turn at 7:06 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2024, when he failed to yield at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street. The record lists the fatal victim as a 49-year-old woman crossing at the intersection in a marked crosswalk.
Brooklyn Paper, citing police, identified the driver as Stanley Manel, 68, and the pedestrian as Danielle Aber, 49. The paper reported that police said Manel hit Aber in the crosswalk as he turned left from Nassau Avenue.
The corner sits on a crash-heavy Nassau Avenue corridor
The crash happened at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Paper reported that Aber lived one block from the intersection.
CrashCountNYC Crash Finder counted 186 crashes, 95 injuries, two serious injuries and one death on Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn since 2022.
Danielle Aber died after days in the hospital
Brooklyn Paper reported that Aber died Feb. 24 at NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst, three days after she was critically injured. The city crash record also lists one pedestrian death and no other injuries in the crash.
Police cited failure to yield
The city crash record lists failure to yield the right of way as the contributing factor for the driver in the pickup. Brooklyn Paper reported that police arrested Manel at the scene and charged him with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care.
The paper also reported that, as of Feb. 27, Aber’s death had not affected Manel’s charges.
Officials linked her death to wider street-safety concerns
Brooklyn Paper reported that Make McGuinness Safe described Aber’s death as Northern Brooklyn’s first traffic fatality of 2024 and the third neighborhood traffic death in 12 months.
The article quoted State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez saying the community mourned Aber while knowing that tragedies like this can be prevented. It also reported that Gonzalez and other elected officials urged state action on repeat school-zone speed-camera violations and called for pedestrian safety measures on Nassau Avenue.