Greenpoint Hit-And-Run Leaves Man at Death's Door

Calyer Street, looking west toward McGuinness

A 28-year-old web designer is clinging to life after a hit-and-run accident in Greenpoint early Sunday morning. Police say Neil Chamberlain, a native of Lexington, Massachusetts who now resides in Williamsburg, was run over shortly before 4 a.m. on Calyer Street between McGuinness Boulevard and Newel Street. Police have no description of the vehicle that struck Chamberlain and fled the scene; Chamberlain was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.

"He's in serious condition," Chamberlain's father told the Daily News from the family's home in Massachusetts yesterday. The area around the high-speed McGuinness Boulevard where Chamberlain was hit is known as hazardous to pedestrians. In December, 33-year-old Solange Raulston (aka DJ Reverend Soul) was killed while riding her bike on Nassau Avenue near McGuinness. "You have to pay attention around here," one local tells the Post. "You see cars come barreling through McGuinness at really high speeds. They really fly like bats out of hell, trying to make the lights." And last week three cyclists and one pedestrian were hit (one fatally) by motor vehicles in a 24-hour period in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

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By John Del Signore in News on April 19, 2010 8:45 AM

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ryan is not here

this is horrible news. may neil rest in peace and hopefully the driver will surrender himself. my condolences to his friends and family..

teslaberry

neil is fully brain dead and on a respirator. they are pulling the plug tomorrow and harvesting his organs as we speak. he was walking alone. you know never know when your day is coming.

may his family suffer as little as possible and may their grief heal as quickly as the the spring buds flourish to summers leaves.

commentlikewhoa

neil is actually my friend - his family and his large network of friends are beyond distraught. please keep the negativity away. he's a talented, great person. please pray for his recovery.

diehipster

You actually deleted my comment because I said hipsters should learn how to cross the street if they want to move to NYC and shouldn't listen to their i-whatevers or text while crossing?

Jonathan

your fellow neighbor is hanging by a thread and this is what you have to say? you really should be a shame of yourself, he is someones brother, someones friend, and someones child.

pumpkin13

Yeah. Blame it on the pedestrians... Never mind the drivers screeching through that area, treating McGuinness like a racetrack, pedal to the metal to make the lights and shave five seconds off their trips, honking horns and hearing nothing except THEIR i-whatevers cranked up high.

gawzmta

I disagree with your sweeping generalization. Here's my sweeping generalization as a rebuttal.

glen glenn

Sounds like a shit comment to me.

Bklynyc

There was also a big accident on McGuiness & Norman on Saturday night around 8:45pm. Couple o ambulances and the whole block barred off by NYPD. The statistics on crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists are off the charts crazy here. McGuiness is a total nightmare of a street.

chickon

What is wrong with people?!? This is terrible.

There was also a hit & run on a biker last night in Greenpoint around 10:15pm, Nassau Ave & Manhattan Ave. Saw the car speed away while the biker lay motionless on the ground.