ACCIDENTS APLENTY ON BROOKLYN'S ORIENTAL BOULEVARD

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Brooklyn Injury Attorney)

Oriental Boulevard is a mile-long piece of roadway in Brooklyn's Manhattan Beach neighborhood. In just three days last week, the street saw four motor vehicle accidents.

According to police, two of those accidents took place within 30 minutes of each other along the coastal "danger strip" that stretches across the length of Manhattan Beach. A third accident injured a motorcycle rider.

Local residents consider the road dangerous for pedestrians; it has few traffic lights and little enforcement of traffic laws against speeding - so cars race there. To residents, speeding is the main issue. And most of the speeding along the boulevard has been linked to students from Kingsborough Community College at the eastern end of the road.

The most recent accidents are as follows:

On April 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM a car leaving Kingsborough Community College hit a car making a U-turn at MacKenzie Street.

On April 28, 2010 at 3:00 PM two cars collided at the corner of Ocean Avenue, about four blocks away. One of the vehicles swerved after the collision and ended up in a nearby driveway. According to witnesses, one car was speeding along a bicycle lane seconds before the crash.

On April 29, 2010 at 11:00 AM a car making a U-turn struck a motorcyclist at the corner of MacKenzie Street, where this series of motor vehicle accidents started.

On April 30, 2010 at 8:00 PM a driver turning from West End Avenue onto Oriental Boulevard knocked down a light pole.

Police said that five people were hospitalized in these accidents, but none of the injuries were considered life threatening or particularly serious.

Cops are paying closer attention to the roadway, watching for speeders and reckless drivers.