Eugene Schroeder
Eugene Schroeder
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Age: 56
Location:
Morgan and Johnson Avenues
East Williamsburg
Brooklyn , NY
United States
Eugene was riding not far from his home in the bike lane near Morgan and Johnson Avenues when he was fatally crashed into by a hit and run driver.
He was a popular DJ who went by the name Eugene Edo. Friends and family are still remembering him on this facebook page.
this crash location was discussed on StreetsBlog
From CBS News
NEW YORK - Police are looking for the driver who struck and killed a man on a bike in Brooklyn in an apparent hit-and run.
A
man was struck and killed while riding his bike Thursday night in East
Williamsburg. Now his distraught husband is speaking out.
"He was
the best person in the world," John Rappaport said. "I'm never going to
be able to kiss him or hug him again, so I don't know what to do."
The grieving husband is desperate for answers.
At
around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, 56-year-old Eugene Schroeder was riding his
bike just blocks away from his home in East Williamsburg when he was hit
by a car. Schroeder was struck near the intersection of Morgan and
Johnson Avenues. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene, and no
arrests have been made.
Responding officers found Schroeder in the crosswalk with severe head trauma. He was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital.
Rappaport
says that Schroeder worked as a DJ at nightclubs, mostly in Manhattan,
and because his husband worked nights, Rappaport didn't think anything
of his absence until he was woken up by detectives in early morning
hours.
"I got the phone call this morning from the detective, and then I was like, wait a minute, this is him," Rappaport said.
Police
say Schroeder was in the designated bike lane when the driver took a
right turn onto Johnson Avenue, hitting Schroeder, and continuing to an
unknown location without stopping.
While the NYPD continues to investigate, local lawmakers are trying
to do something to make the intersection safer to pedestrians.
"This
death, 100% preventable, is also very timely with kind of the
conversations we're having with advocates and businesses and residents
in the neighborhood," said City Councilmember Jennifer Gutierrez.
Gutierrez is hosting a workshop on March 30 to discuss keeping the streets in her district safer.
Just
last August, a delivery worker on a scooter was killed when he was hit
by a truck on Morgan Avenue. In 2011, another man on a bike was killed
by a truck in the area.
Citywide, the NYPD says seven bicyclists
have been killed in traffic incidents in New York already this year,
compared to two in the same time period of 2022.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Age: 56
Location:
Morgan and Johnson Avenues
East Williamsburg
Brooklyn , NY
United States
Eugene was riding not far from his home in the bike lane near Morgan and Johnson Avenues when he was fatally crashed into by a hit and run driver.
He was a popular DJ who went by the name Eugene Edo. Friends and family are still remembering him on this facebook page.
this crash location was discussed on StreetsBlog
From CBS News
NEW YORK - Police are looking for the driver who struck and killed a man on a bike in Brooklyn in an apparent hit-and run.
A
man was struck and killed while riding his bike Thursday night in East
Williamsburg. Now his distraught husband is speaking out.
"He was
the best person in the world," John Rappaport said. "I'm never going to
be able to kiss him or hug him again, so I don't know what to do."
The grieving husband is desperate for answers.
At
around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, 56-year-old Eugene Schroeder was riding his
bike just blocks away from his home in East Williamsburg when he was hit
by a car. Schroeder was struck near the intersection of Morgan and
Johnson Avenues. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene, and no
arrests have been made.
Responding officers found Schroeder in the crosswalk with severe head trauma. He was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital.
Rappaport
says that Schroeder worked as a DJ at nightclubs, mostly in Manhattan,
and because his husband worked nights, Rappaport didn't think anything
of his absence until he was woken up by detectives in early morning
hours.
"I got the phone call this morning from the detective, and then I was like, wait a minute, this is him," Rappaport said.
Police
say Schroeder was in the designated bike lane when the driver took a
right turn onto Johnson Avenue, hitting Schroeder, and continuing to an
unknown location without stopping.
While the NYPD continues to investigate, local lawmakers are trying
to do something to make the intersection safer to pedestrians.
"This
death, 100% preventable, is also very timely with kind of the
conversations we're having with advocates and businesses and residents
in the neighborhood," said City Councilmember Jennifer Gutierrez.
Gutierrez is hosting a workshop on March 30 to discuss keeping the streets in her district safer.
Just
last August, a delivery worker on a scooter was killed when he was hit
by a truck on Morgan Avenue. In 2011, another man on a bike was killed
by a truck in the area.
Citywide, the NYPD says seven bicyclists
have been killed in traffic incidents in New York already this year,
compared to two in the same time period of 2022.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.