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  • 79th & Amsterdam

    from Bayratalj on 2007-12-25 14:57 
    I am so glad this group exists.  I have complained about the intersection of 79th & Amsterdam for years now, and after all those complaints all that has changed is that there is a yellow sign high up on a pole telling drivers to yield to pedestrians.  My wife was hit at this intersection about 10 years ago while I stood right next to her.  She only had a broken leg in the end, but could easily have been killed.  Then a friend was hit under identical circumstances a couple of years later.  Both were hit by a northbound vehicle turning left onto 79th.  Both were hit while in the crosswalk with a white Walk light lit.  Amazingly, both were also hit while in the two eastbound lanes, meaning that in both cases the vehicle was actually cutting the turn so close that it was making a left turn into what would have been oncoming traffic, if there had been any at the time.  I reported this to Gale Brewer several times and to DOT and to other city agencies I can't recall right now.  

Well, that's my welcoming statement!  I look forward to hearing from you all.

Sincerely,

Ethan Finneran
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  • Re: 79th & Amsterdam

    from Anil on 2007-12-25 15:39 
    Thank you for the contributing.  I added this information to the project
wiki page.

On Dec 25, 2007 2:57 PM, <efinneran@...> wrote:

> I am so glad this group exists.  I have complained about the intersection
> of 79th & Amsterdam for years now, and after all those complaints all that
> has changed is that there is a yellow sign high up on a pole telling drivers
> to yield to pedestrians.  My wife was hit at this intersection about 10
> years ago while I stood right next to her.  She only had a broken leg in the
> end, but could easily have been killed.  Then a friend was hit under
> identical circumstances a couple of years later.  Both were hit by a
> northbound vehicle turning left onto 79th.  Both were hit while in the
> crosswalk with a white Walk light lit.  Amazingly, both were also hit while
> in the two eastbound lanes, meaning that in both cases the vehicle was
> actually cutting the turn so close that it was making a left turn into what
> would have been oncoming traffic, if there had been any at the time.  I
> reported this to Gale Brewer several times and to DOT and to other city
> agencies I can't recall right now.
>
> Well, that's my welcoming statement!  I look forward to hearing from you
> all.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ethan Finneran
>
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    • Re: 79th & Amsterdam

      from Bayratalj on 2007-12-25 15:41 
      Thanks.


Ethan Finneran
efinneran@...



On Dec 25, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Anil Makhijani wrote:

> Thank you for the contributing.  I added this information to the  
> project wiki page.
>
> On Dec 25, 2007 2:57 PM, <efinneran@...> wrote:
> I am so glad this group exists.  I have complained about the  
> intersection of 79th & Amsterdam for years now, and after all those  
> complaints all that has changed is that there is a yellow sign high  
> up on a pole telling drivers to yield to pedestrians.  My wife was  
> hit at this intersection about 10 years ago while I stood right next  
> to her.  She only had a broken leg in the end, but could easily have  
> been killed.  Then a friend was hit under identical circumstances a  
> couple of years later.  Both were hit by a northbound vehicle  
> turning left onto 79th.  Both were hit while in the crosswalk with a  
> white Walk light lit.  Amazingly, both were also hit while in the  
> two eastbound lanes, meaning that in both cases the vehicle was  
> actually cutting the turn so close that it was making a left turn  
> into what would have been oncoming traffic, if there had been any at  
> the time.  I reported this to Gale Brewer several times and to DOT  
> and to other city agencies I can't recall right now.
>
> Well, that's my welcoming statement!  I look forward to hearing from  
> you all.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ethan Finneran
>
> --
> Archive: http://www.nycstreets.org/projects/dangerous-intersections/lists/dangerous-intersections-discussion/archive/2007/12/1198612674547
> To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to dangerous-intersections-discussion@... 
> .  Please contact dangerous-intersections-discussion-manager@... 
>  for questions.
>

      • RE: 79th & Amsterdam

        from Peter Frishauf on 2007-12-25 21:15 
        Hopefully what's on nycstreets will also get to city officials, although I
don't know if we have a formal mechanism for that yet. I'm sure nycstreets
will make sure that our concerns are reported! 

  _____  

From: Ethan Finneran [mailto:efinneran@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 3:41 PM
To: dangerous-intersections-discussion@...
Subject: Re: [Dangerous Intersections discussion] 79th & Amsterdam

 

Thanks.

 

 

Ethan Finneran

efinneran@...

 

 

 

On Dec 25, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Anil Makhijani wrote:





Thank you for the contributing.  I added this information to the project
wiki page.

On Dec 25, 2007 2:57 PM, <efinneran@...> wrote: 

I am so glad this group exists.  I have complained about the intersection of
79th & Amsterdam for years now, and after all those complaints all that has
changed is that there is a yellow sign high up on a pole telling drivers to
yield to pedestrians.  My wife was hit at this intersection about 10 years
ago while I stood right next to her.  She only had a broken leg in the end,
but could easily have been killed.  Then a friend was hit under identical
circumstances a couple of years later.  Both were hit by a northbound
vehicle turning left onto 79th.  Both were hit while in the crosswalk with a
white Walk light lit.  Amazingly, both were also hit while in the two
eastbound lanes, meaning that in both cases the vehicle was actually cutting
the turn so close that it was making a left turn into what would have been
oncoming traffic, if there had been any at the time.  I reported this to
Gale Brewer several times and to DOT and to other city agencies I can't
recall right now. 

Well, that's my welcoming statement!  I look forward to hearing from you
all.

Sincerely,

Ethan Finneran

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