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Michael Vega and family comfort one another as a memorial is set up for Robert Spencer, 53,
killed while riding his bike in Long Island City. Photo by Mark Hallum
Tragedy
report statement from the
driver blaming the victim
would be settled once
the full investigation was
is complete.
“There’s no way on
God’s green earth he
could have made any kind
of mistakes,” she added.
City Councilman Jimmy
Van Bramer said he
and others had been advocating
for years to have
safety improvements
made in Hunters Point
South to make the streets
safer and indicated a
number of places such as
Vernon Boulevard and
Center Boulevard.
There is currently a
two-way protected bike
lane running north
and south along Second
Street, though the bike
lane is shared with cars
at the intersection where
Spencer, who traveling
westbound, was killed.
“If there’s a politician
here, I don’t want to hear
them say anything, just to
observe,” Vega addressed
the crowd.
Van Bramer said he supports
calls from the family
to cut through the bureaucracy
of the community
board process in the implementation
of bike lanes.
“What we’re going to
need to do as a city is have
a political will to say that
we should not be going
block-by-block, community
board vote by community
board vote and
instead taking it citywide
and having a comprehensive,
data-driven, safetydriven
approach to the
bike lane network,” Van
Bramer said. “We’re going
to be free of this culture
where cars are the
priority.”
The NYPD said Spencer,
while traveling westbound,
was struck by a
southbound Chevy Cruze
with a 51-year-old woman
behind the wheel who remained
at the scene.
“DOT recently added
safety enhancements at
nearby Fifth Street from
Borden Avenue to 46th Avenue.
Treatments included
enhanced crosswalks,
painted curb extensions,
and converting a portion
of Fifth Street to a oneway
southbound,” a city
Department of Transportation
(DOT) spokeswoman
said. “With regards to
this recent tragedy, DOT
will look into potential
safety enhancements at
Borden Ave and Second
Street, as we do following
any fatality.”
The DOT added that
there will be area-wide
traffic calming measures
along Borden Avenue and
will re-examine existing
construction projects to
ensure the paths are safe.
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by e-mail at mhallum@
schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–
4564.
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Burglars
on March 15 at 12:25 p.m.,
according to police. Shortly
afterward, the homeowner
confronted the burglars,
according to authorities.
Law enforcement
sources said the homeowner
chased the suspects,
who are described
as men dressed in black
clothing, out of the house
before they could take
anything.
There were no reported
injuries as a result of
the incident.
The homeowner caught
the entire incident on a
cellphone camera, and
provided the footage to
the 112th Precinct.
Anyone with information
in regard to this incident
is asked to call the
NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish,
888-57-PISTA (74782). The
public can also submit
their tips by logging onto
the Crime Stoppers website,
on Twitter @NYPDTips
or by texting their
tips to 274637 (CRIMES)
then enter TIP577.
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