Moped Driver Killed at Myrtle and Bedford in Brooklyn
A 25-year-old man operating a gas-powered two-wheeled vehicle was killed around 4:40 a.m. Sept. 2, 2025, at Myrtle and Bedford avenues in Brooklyn after a crash that city data records as involving a moped and two sedans.
What We Know
The crash happened before dawn on Sept. 2, 2025, at Myrtle and Bedford avenues in Brooklyn. The official record lists one death and no other injuries, identifying the person killed as a 25-year-old male driver on a moped. Greenpointers reported that the NYPD received a 911 call around 4:40 a.m. and described the rider as operating a gas-powered two-wheeled vehicle. The article noted that another outlet called it a motorcycle, while the NYPD did not use that terminology. City data lists traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor and records two sedans in the crash.
Before dawn at Myrtle and Bedford
The NYPD received a 911 call around 4:40 a.m., Greenpointers reported. The official record places the fatal crash at the same time on Sept. 2, 2025, at Myrtle Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
City data records one person killed and no other injuries. The official vehicle entries list an eastbound moped driver and two northbound sedan drivers, all recorded as going straight before the crash.
The person killed was the rider
The official record identifies the person killed as a 25-year-old male driver and the only occupant on the listed moped. Greenpointers reported that he was operating a gas-powered two-wheeled vehicle.
Sources describe the two-wheeled vehicle differently
The detailed official vehicle entry identifies the rider's vehicle as a 2023 Yiben moped, while the crash-level vehicle type field says motorcycle and sedan. Greenpointers wrote that the NYPD described it as a gas-powered two-wheeled vehicle and noted that the department did not use the word motorcycle.
The official record also lists two sedans: a 2017 Subaru and a 2020 Nissan, each with one male driver.
A fatal crash on a heavily traveled Bedford Avenue corridor
The crash was recorded at Myrtle Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn's 11205 ZIP Code.
On Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC's street context counted 2,327 crashes, 1,544 injuries, 78 serious injuries and 8 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.