Mobilizing the Region
Issue 308 March 12, 2001

NYC's Deadliest Avenues
Avenue
Bike/ped deaths, 1998-2000
Deaths/mile
Deaths/density
Northern Boulevard (Q)
20
1.74
0.00675
Queens Boulevard (Q)
18
2.41
0.00477
Atlantic Avenue (Bk)
(east of Flatbush to Queens) 
14
2.37
0.00262
Bruckner Boulevard (Bx)
13
1.69
0.00408
Flatbush Avenue (Bk)
13
1.24
0.00546
Ocean Parkway (Bk)
13
2.39
0.00204
Nostrand Avenue (Bk)
13
1.63
0.00152
Grand Concourse (Bx)
10
1.92
0.00097
Amsterdam Avenue (M)
12
1.75
0.00081
Hylan Boulevard (SI)
14
1.00
0.01323
(Density measure is residents/square mile in census tracts within
one-quarter mile of the avenue - 1990 census figures).
 Two weeks ago, the New York Post published a list of New York City's deadliest streets. Here, we add perspective to the raw pedestrian and bicyclist fatality numbers by looking at avenue length and neighborhood density:

Viewed this way, Queens Boulevard, Ocean Parkway and Atlantic Ave. have seen the greatest recent concentrations of fatalities, while Hylan Boulevard is outstanding for its high level of fatalities in a less densely populated setting. Combining the per mile and density measures (using a standard deviation method), Queens Boulevard, with very high deaths per mile and moderate to high fatalities relative to density, can fairly be called the most deadly street in New York City.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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