A dramatic crash caught on surveillance video is putting a spotlight on long-standing safety concerns at a busy Bed-Stuy intersection after two cars slammed into a Yoga studio that was preparing to open its doors.<\/p>\n
Dr. Mason Mason says he was just weeks away from opening Noir Yoga at Fulton Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard when a violent collision Tuesday night sent two vehicles crashing into the building.<\/p>\n
“I really was flabbergasted,” Mason said.<\/p>\n
Police say the crash stemmed from an apparent road rage incident. Two drivers and a pedestrian were taken to the hospital with injuries that included broken ribs and a broken ankle.<\/p>\n
The drivers, identified as 56-year-old Anthony Hayes and 43-year-old Robert Walker, are now facing multiple charges, including driving while intoxicated, vehicular assault and reckless endangerment, and reckless driving.<\/p>\n
Just a few months ago, another vehicle crashed into the same building.<\/p>\n
“A car ran up on the curb, crashed into the facade,” Mason said. \u201cThey needed to replace the glass and fix the brick. We’ve been here before.”<\/p>\n
The two businesses next door told News 12 that cars have also hit their buildings multiple times over the years.<\/p>\n
Now they’re calling on the city to install barriers to stop vehicles before they hit the building, and speed bumps to slow down cars before the intersection.<\/p>\n
According to Vision Zero data, at least nine people have been injured in crashes at Fulton Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard since 2025.<\/p>\n
Residents say crossing the intersection can be especially challenging, with drivers often making turns as pedestrians try to enter the crosswalk.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Department of Transportation told News 12 that the agency will review requests from the community about safety at that intersection.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the crash has forced Noir Yoga to delay its grand opening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dramatic crash caught on surveillance video is putting a spotlight on long-standing safety concerns at a busy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-292810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}