Here Are The Top Ten Most Dangerous Roads In New York

A cab, after it crashed into a Starbucks on Broadway — Jen Chung/Gothamist

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Published Mar 8, 2012

Modified Mar 8, 2012

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The Tri-State Transportation Campaign released a report today of the most dangerous pedestrian roads in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. By compiling the statistics and locations of the gruesome pedestrian roadside deaths from 2008-2010 (including Google map graphics), the TSTC has generously shown us where to proceed with extreme caution in NYC, because drivers can get away with murder.

You can check out the specifically NYC Statistics here. Below is the list of the top 10 most dangerous roads to walk along New York City:

1. Broadway (Manhattan), with 13 pedestrians killed from 2008-2010.
2. Broadway (The Bronx), 7 killed.
3. Kings Highway (Brooklyn), with 7 killed
4. Henry Hudson Parkway (Manhattan), 7 Killed
5. Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn) 7 killed
6. Jamaica Avenue (Queens) 6 killed
7. Grand Concourse (Bronx), 6 killed
8. Brighton Beach Avenue (Brooklyn) 6
9. Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan) 6
10. Union Turnpike (Queens) 6

As a post script, in poring through the reports, we also made some interesting discoveries:

As you may have noticed, Queens Boulevard somehow managed to avoid being in the top ten.
The deadliest road in the Tri State area is in Nassau County, not in Manhattan.
Suffolk County and Burlington, New Jersey have roads more dangerous than in any of the other five boroughs.
Brooklyn had more pedestrian fatalities (139) in the past three years than any other borough (75 in the Bronx, 101 in Manhattan, 125 in Queens, and 23 in Staten).
According to the maps, the highest concentration of deaths in Brooklyn appears to be in Brighton Beach; in Manhattan its the Lower East Side/Chinatown.