A Staten Island 16-year-old is in critical condition at Staten Island University North Hospital after being run down by a motorist on his way to school yesterday. Anthony Rizzo was crossing the street at Richmond Avenue and Bartlett Avenue yesterday morning when 43-year-old Cliff Hagen—a "nature activist" and teacher according to the Staten Island Advance—hit him with his car. Witness Stephanie Ruggiero told the Daily News, "He was on the floor, not moving, in a pool of blood. He was breathing, but unconscious." It also turns out that locals have been complaining about the dangers of this intersection for years. more ›

There are many intersections that are frightening to cross--Allen & Delancey, Adams & Fulton, many intersections along Queens Boulevard--but blog Hawthorne Street put its life on the line to film the dangers of crossing Ocean Avenue at Parkside to get to Prospect Park. more ›

Late Wednesday night, an 82-year-old woman crossing Delancey Street at Allen was fatally hit by an SUV driver. The driver, who was traveling west on Delancey, stayed on the scene was not charged with a crime. more ›