When it was revealed that Gwyneth Paltrow saved a woman's life on September 11, 2001 by almost hitting her with her Mercedes SUV on 7th Avenue, thus making her miss her train to work at the World Trade Center, the nation came together by promising to add Sliding Doors to their Netflix cue. At the Venice Film Festival, Gwyneth spoke for the first time about her newly discovered hero status: "I was on the way home…and a girl was jaywalking across the street and we kind of both stopped at the same time." She didn't even use her paparazzi-grade cowcatcher—how magnanimous! more ›

The unidentified NYPD police officer that slapped Rabbi Sholom Emert with a jaywalking ticket on Shabbos has now been transferred to a less Jewish Orthodox community, reports the Flatbush Scoop. The ticket was handed over in the Midwood section of Brooklyn on November 26th, and Emert said the officer was rude when he busted him. Specifically, he made him write his own name down—thus forcing him to violate Jewish law on the Sabbath, lest he end up in the station. more ›

Rabbi Sholom Emert says he doesn't have a problem with getting a ticket for jaywalking, but he does have a problem with the officer who ticketed him on the Sabbath. According to WCBS, members of Brooklyn’s orthodox Jewish community are all riled up because the officer was insensitive and made Emert write his name down—which isn't allowed on the Sabbath. The rabbi told them, “This officer did not understand my religious life. I told him I’m a Sabbath observer. I don’t have ID on me. I live down the block. You can come to my house and I’ll give you my ID. So he said if you have no ID we have to take you to the precinct." Emert then chose to write his name down over the less convenient alternative. more ›

It's very rare that one gets busted for jaywalking in this city, but the NY Post reports that Rabbi Sholom Emert was ticketed after getting caught crossing the street improperly last Friday... and he is pissed. Why? He was forced to write his name down by the cop, which is against the rules on the Sabbath; he told the paper, "This was the first time in my life I broke the Sabbath. It was disgraceful." more ›

Sarah Parris, 13, and Shaun McGraw, 16, most likely didn't know each other, but the two teens became united in tragedy this week after they were both killed while crossing different Brooklyn streets. Perhaps the biggest similarity between the two accidents is that neither driver was charged with any crime, even though witnesses say the BMW driver who ran down Sarah blew past a school bus with its stop-sign out. more ›

Following the death of 22-year-old Seth Kahn, who was struck by a city bus on West 53rd and 9th last week, there's some talk about bus drivers texting while on the job. The driver in this particular incident was Jeremy Philhower, who had been suspended for texting and updating his Facebook with disparaging comments about his riders while behind the wheel. Last Wednesday, when he hit Kahn, was his first day back on the job — if NYC Transit concludes that he could have prevented the accident, they could file charges and fire him. more ›

Yesterday morning a 22-year-old man was killed when an MTA bus struck him at the corner of West 53rd Street and 9th Avenue. He was rushed to Roosevelt hospital but was pronounced dead by 9:11 a.m. more ›

Get ready for another NY Post expose on the jaywalking epidemic. It's being reported that a 22-year-old Bronx man was killed after being hit by a city bus while "darting" across the street. The Daily News notes that Luis Rivera was "crossing midblock when he was crushed by a Bx21 bus heading north on Boston Road in Tremont at 10:30 p.m. Saturday." They add that the bus driver was not drunk and has a clean driving record, but that Rivera was jaywalking. more ›

You know the NY Post was just waiting for a jaywalker to be struck by a vehicle so they could be all "told you so," after printing numerous anti-jaywalking editorials this week. more ›

The NYPD may have time to ticket folks drinking a non-life-threatening lager on their stoop, but they are way too busy to ticket jaywalkers. At least, that's what Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday, suggesting New Yorkers practice common sense when crossing the street illegally. more ›

Are you a chronic jaywalker? Allegedly some cops don't even know how to write a jaywalking ticket — the practice is so widespread in New York that people rarely get punished for it until, as the NY Post points out, they are pinned beneath a double-decker tour bus. One former cop explains, "Jaywalking is an urban cultural issue. There are certain cities where jaywalking has been accepted for 50 years or more, so to stop it is like trying to stop the tide from coming in. You can't address the whole culture through policing." more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a pedestrian crossing 14th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues was struck by an SUV. The Daily News reports that witnesses said the pedestrian, who was taken to St. Vincent's with "massive head injuries," was jaywalking. However, the SUV—a Range Rover—may have been traveling at a very fast speed. One witness told the News, "[The driver] was turning the corner. He had to be doing 60. He swerved to avoid the pedestrian, who was running for his life. He didn't make it. He just flew and was bleeding from the head." more ›