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A 73 year-old man was struck and killed by a construction vehicle plowing snow in front of his Brighton Beach building Monday afternoon. The privately operated plow was backing up on Oceana Terrace between Oceana Drive West and Brighton Beach Avenue when it struck Stanislav Chernyshov as he was crossing Oceana eastbound. Chernyshov, who lived at […]

Toyota Camry owners in New York may be interested to learn that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has begun probing numerous safety-related complaints regarding the vehicle. More specifically, at least 30,000 Camry Hybrid sedans from 2007 and 2008 are under evaluation following reports of losses to their assisted braking capability – 40 percent of

An 84 year-old woman who was struck by an MTA bus in Forest Hills lost part of her leg and faces months of therapy after an accident that transit advocates say could have been avoided. Gertrude Schnabel, a retired Woodhaven resident, went to a Forest Hills doctor’s office on Wednesday, January 15, after which she decided

A man died in front of his nephews Sunday night when a drunk driver slammed into him with his SUV. James Benedict, 67, was walking with some nephews in a bicycle lane on Lily Pond Avenue when a 2004 Lexus SUV hit him from behind about 6:55 p.m. near Guilford Street. Benedict was rushed to Staten Island

New York owners of Chevrolet pickup trucks may be aware that the 2014 Silverado was rumored to be a front-runner for North American Truck of the Year. In a bit of unfortunate timing, however, General Motors announced that it was recalling 370,000 Silverados and GMC Sierra pickups due to the potential for a fire to

A driver was charged with DWI and driving without a license after he struck and killed a 32 year-old woman crossing the street in The Bronx on Saturday afternoon. Police identified the victim as Nydja Herring. Herring is a mother of twins. Herring was crossing East Tremont Avenue at Van Nest Avenue around 5:30 p.m. when

A 73 year-old man tragically mowed down by a tour bus on the Upper West Side Friday was Manhattan’s king of 20th century kitsch who almost had a television show on American pop culture.   Alexander Shear, whose widespread collection was highlighted in the New Yorker and People magazines, was the city’s go-to guy for