Scooter rider dies after Union Avenue crash in Williamsburg
Eusebio Quinones, 60, died after police said he fell from a stand-up electric scooter while riding north on Union Avenue at Grand Street in Williamsburg on July 12, 2025.
What We Know
Eusebio Quinones, a 60-year-old Brooklyn resident, was riding a stand-up electric scooter north on Union Avenue at Grand Street shortly after 7 a.m. on July 12, 2025. Police told the Brooklyn Eagle that he failed to navigate the road and fell from the scooter. EMS took him to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst in stable condition, and he later died from his injuries. The city crash record places the fatal crash at Union Avenue and Grand Street and records one death.
What police said happened on Union Avenue
The city crash record lists the fatal crash at Union Avenue and Grand Street in Brooklyn at 7:07 a.m. on July 12, 2025. The record identifies the person killed as a 60-year-old male driver of a standing scooter-type vehicle.
The Brooklyn Eagle, citing NYPD’s Highway District Collision Investigation Squad, reported that Eusebio Quinones was riding a stand-up electric scooter northbound when he failed to navigate the road and fell from the scooter.
A Williamsburg corner on a high-crash Grand Street corridor
The crash happened at Union Avenue and Grand Street in Williamsburg. CrashCountNYC’s Grand Street corridor context counts 577 crashes, 329 injuries, 23 serious injuries and 2 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Who was killed
The Brooklyn Eagle identified the rider as Eusebio Quinones, 60, a resident of Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses. The article reported that loved ones had posted his photo on Instagram while searching for him after he did not come home on July 12.
He was taken to Elmhurst and later died
EMS transported Quinones to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst in stable condition, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. The article reported that he died from injuries from the incident the following Wednesday.