E-bike rider killed after pickup driver turns at 4th and 53rd
A pickup driver making a left turn and a 49-year-old man riding an e-bike south on 4th Avenue were in a fatal collision at 53rd Street in Brooklyn, city records and police details reported by amNY show.
What We Know
A 49-year-old man riding an e-bike south on 4th Avenue was killed after a collision with a pickup driver turning left at 53rd Street in Sunset Park. The city crash record lists one death and no other injuries, and records failure to yield for both the pickup driver and the e-bike rider. amNY, citing police, reported that officers found the rider with traumatic head and body injuries and that he was taken to NYU Langone Hospital, where he died. The pickup driver, a 40-year-old man, remained at the scene.
A left turn preceded the fatal collision
The crash happened at about 9:10 a.m. on May 22, 2024, at 4th Avenue and 53rd Street in Brooklyn. City records list a pickup driver making a left turn and an e-bike rider going straight south before the collision.
The corner sits on a heavily crash-burdened 4th Avenue corridor
The fatal crash occurred at 4th Avenue and 53rd Street in Brooklyn. Along the broader 4th Avenue corridor in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC’s location context shows 2,076 crashes, 1,379 injuries, 78 serious injuries and 10 deaths since 2022.
One rider died; the driver stayed
The person killed was a 49-year-old man riding an e-bike. The official record lists no other injuries. amNY reported that the pickup driver was 40 years old and remained at the scene.
Advocates renewed calls for 4th Avenue safety work
Transportation Alternatives told amNY that the protected bike lane on 4th Avenue had been taken out of service by ongoing capital work and that the bike lane should extend farther south. The group also called for narrowing the roadway, adding turn-calming infrastructure and addressing conflict zones where the bike lane vanishes at intersections.