HopStop, the ever-useful website that helps folks route their best subway and bus routes in various cities, has now rolled out an option for parents and caregivers—and anyone else hauling a stroller—to find the most stroller-friendly routes. You can check the box for "Stroller Friendly" (it's also "Wheelchair Accessible"), which means getting a route that involves more walking and fewer stairs and, if possible, more elevators. more ›

Three men have been charged with selling cocaine, heroin, crack, painkillers and guns near the Chelsea Houses in Manhattan. And lacking any airbags, cat statues, hangers, and submarines to hide their drugs in, prosecutors said the dealers instead hid cocaine and heroin in the alleged ringleader's infant daughter's diaper bag and stroller. Don't they know that children's coloring books are for smuggling drugs? more ›

Children of New York City, it's important you learn to be patient, because sometimes Mommy has important errands to run and she needs you to SIT QUIETLY in your stroller and not cry as you roll out of the subway car during her fistfight. This was the life-lesson taught to one youngster earlier this week when two women got into fisticuffs on the L train. Watch as the child rolls right out of the train as her mother attends to a matter of vital bitchslapping: more ›

Ugh: Someone threw a firecracker out the window of a building in Washington Heights—and it exploded near a baby in a stroller! MyFoxNY reports, "Witnesses said the stroller appeared to be briefly on fire," but luckily the baby was not hurt (she was taken to Columbia University Medical Center for observation, though). Apparently the firecracker was tossed out of a window at 260 Audubon Avenue around 6 p.m.: "The firecracker, possibly an M-80, charred the baby's pink ribbon... A resident of the building told Fox 5 that people throwing objects, including fireworks and bottles, from windows and rooftops in the neighborhood is an ongoing problem." more ›

While the Prospect Park bike lane debate rolls on, here's a new idea to mull over: stroller lanes! Comedian William Mullin, in a parody, imagines the neighborhood's residents taking the Breeder Wars to a whole new level by installing special lanes for the Bugaboo set. more ›

Prompted by Toyota's recall of millions of cars (as well as other recalls: baby carriages, children's jewelry, etc.) Sen. Chuck Schumer proposed that a comprehensive list of all recalled products be posted online, reports the AP. It seems incredibly obvious, but according to the Democrat, under the current laws businesses aren't required to tell customers that an item has been recalled. Really, people should be alerted if a stroller is likely to sever an appendage or if a car is likely to drive itself into a synagogue. "To be forewarned is to be forearmed," Schumer said. "New Yorkers should know what they're getting." more ›

At least twelve children had fingers cut off by Maclaren strollers before the company announced in November a "voluntary recall" of all their strollers sold since 1999. None of those 12 were in NYC, but earlier this month it was revealed that a Brooklyn child has joined their unhappy ranks. The parents of Shannon Windram, who was 2½ at the time of the accident in March 2004, have filed the first NYC lawsuit against Maclaren. And now the Sunset Park family has shared their traumatic experience with the media. more ›

Daniel Ignacio, the man who reportedly confessed that demonic voices told him to set a Bensonhurst fire that killed five people on Saturday, pleaded not guilty to charges yesterday. But residents say he was actually trying to settle a score with neighbors over a stroller left in the apartment building's hallway. more ›

One and a half million Graco strollers sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other large retailers have been recalled after they guillotined the fingers of five children and cut two others. The Graco disaster comes in the wake of another stroller situation—just three months ago Maclaren carriages were recalled for causing 12 similar fingertip amputations. more ›

Trying to text but your annoying baby is getting in the way? No problem! This new thingamajig called the Texthook allows you to lock your phone right into the bars of your stroller. According to the Daily News, the "mobile dashboard" device is splitting the stroller pushers into opposing sides! more ›

For at least five years, popular stroller company Maclaren knew that children had been losing fingers in their stroller hinges, but the UK-based company did not inform the public or issue a recall until federal regulators all but forced it to do so. At least twelve children have had fingers cut off by Maclaren strollers, and earlier this week the company announced a "voluntary recall" of all their strollers sold since 1999. But the Consumer Products Safety Commission [CPSC] may still come down hard on the company. more ›

When news broke Monday that popular stroller company Maclaren would recall all the strollers they've sold since 1999, the eyes of the world turned to Park Slope. Would there be panic in the streets, stroller bonfires, and children reduced to walking? Naturally the Times was on the scene (the paper's Metro editor Joe Sexton is a life-long Park Sloper, which some say results in myopic Slope-centric news coverage) and found "a palpable sense of anxiety." more ›

The fashionable UK stroller company Maclaren is going to recall all the strollers they've sold since 1999, now that a dozen children have lost fingertips in the carriage hinge. The recall, which is expected to be officially announced tomorrow, affects some 1 million strollers. But for those parents who'd rather part with a child's finger than their beloved Maclaren, the company is also planning to send owners protective covers for the dangerous hinges. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, passers-by and workers around First Avenue and 62nd Street noticed a baby in a stroller—without an adult in sight. It turns out the toddler, no more than 18 months old, was apparently abandoned by her parents (or the couple caring for her); WCBS 2 reports, "Police say the child got caught in the middle of an argument between her parents," who were in a white Mazda. "The angry mother got out of the car and walked away. The father apparently took the child out of the car, and left her in a stroller on the curb. He then drove away." A restaurant owner said, "The carriage wasn't tied or anything, it could have gone in to the street, you think of all the horrible things." According to the Post, police responded to the scene after receiving numerous 911 calls (a woman was holding and comforting the baby when they got there) and are tracing "the little girl’s parents from a cash receipt left in the bag containing the goods... The receipt showed that a pair of baby shoes had recently been bought from the H&M store in the Queens Boulevard mall." Also not good: Leaving your baby in a stroller outside the restaurant where you are eating. Update: NY1 reports that the child's father, Edwin Rivera, has been arrested and faces charges of child abandonment and endangering the welfare of a child. more ›

The Snuggie phenomena has just gone too far. NYMag has a frightening image of a Peekaru, aka a Snuggie for Park Slope moms, of which they accurately react to with, "Ahhhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhh! Oh my GOD! What is that THING?!?! It looks like a two-headed monster! Oh, good Lord, it's a mom-and-baby Snuggie." On the upside, this will certainly control the stroller traffic on 7th Avenue, and surely this contraption can only prevent public displays of breastfeeding (for those Brooklynites who frown upon such an act). Would you rather see these or Bugaboos on the street? more ›

"Give Peace a Chance" is apparently no longer the tune surrounding Central Park's Strawberry Fields, after a stroller mishap led to a man getting slashed. Yesterday evening, a man accidentally bumped into a stroller being pushed by a man and a woman near the park at 72nd St. and Central Park West. more ›