Driver Fatally Injures Pedestrian in Greenpoint Crosswalk
At 7:06 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2024, Stanley Manel, 68, hit 49-year-old Danielle Aber while turning left at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street, and police said she died at Elmhurst three days later.
What We Know
On Feb. 21, 2024, at 7:06 p.m., a driver in a pickup truck was making a left turn at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street in Greenpoint when he hit a 49-year-old woman in a marked crosswalk. Brooklyn Paper, citing police, identified the pedestrian as Danielle Aber and the driver as 68-year-old Stanley Manel, and reported that Aber lived one block from the intersection and died at NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst on Feb. 24. The city crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way for the driver; Brooklyn Paper reported that police arrested Manel at the scene and charged him with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care.
A left turn at the intersection
The city crash record places the collision at 7:06 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2024, at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street. It records one pedestrian killed and no other injuries, and says the pickup driver was making a left turn before impact.
Brooklyn Paper, citing police, reported that Stanley Manel hit Danielle Aber in the crosswalk as he turned left from Nassau Avenue. The paper reported that Aber died at NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst on Feb. 24.
Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint
The crash happened at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Paper reported that Aber lived one block from the intersection.
CrashCountNYC's street context for Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn counted 186 crashes, 95 injuries, two serious injuries and one death from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Danielle Aber and the neighborhood response
The city record lists the fatal pedestrian as a 49-year-old woman; Brooklyn Paper identified her as Danielle Aber, a Greenpoint resident.
State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez said on X that neighbors were mourning Aber and that “we can prevent tragedies like this.”
Failure to yield and a disputed street detail
The city crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as the driver contributing factor. Brooklyn Paper reported that police arrested Manel at the scene and charged him with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care.
The sources differ on crosswalk markings: the city crash record describes Aber as crossing in a marked crosswalk, while Brooklyn Paper quoted Assembly Member Emily Gallagher saying there was “no signal, stop sign, even a painted crosswalk” on Nassau.