A bochur was tragically killed after being hit by a garbage truck on the corner of Kingston Avenue and Carroll Street in Crown Heights on Sunday morning.
The victim, who was hit at approximately 9:00 am, has been identified as 25 year old Gedalya Greenzayd from Vinnitza, Ukraine. He has been learning in the Smicha program in Morristown and was visiting for Shabbos.
Passersby reported that he was crossing Carroll Street with two friends when the accident occurred.
He was in the crosswalk at the time of the accident, and he was run over by the truck.
“The two back tires of the truck ran over him,” Hatzalah member Yingy Bistritzky told VIN News.
While one onlooker reported that the man slipped on ice and fell under the wheels of the oncoming truck, Bistritzky disputed that account saying that while there was ice in the area, there was none at the location where the accident took place.
The victim’s family in the Ukraine has been notified of his death. He was an only child.
Police have ruled the cause of death as head trauma.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited the scene of the accident on Sunday afternoon, where a crew from Chesed Shel Emes worked to remove the body remains.
“I have no words,” Adams, a former police captain, told COLlive. “My heart goes out to his family.”
Baruch Dayan Haemes.
so so sad….we were at Oyr Samayach together….he had such a fire for chassidius,,,and very much enjoyed going to Chabad in Monsey rather than staying at the yeshiva!!! May his neshuma have an aliyah!!!!
all i can say is bde bde bde bde
Its also crazy that he was killed R”L on the 20th yahrtzait of Ari Halbershtam HY”D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
very one borsch dayein hemes may his neshama go straight to gan eiden
we need moshiach now .
when i first found out i thought i was dreaming
sometimes I wonder why hashem does what he does
NEBACH
My heart goes out to them
why are you guys just feeling bad and saying ‘i feel so bad ‘
just say tiheliim so his nishama should go hier (say kapital
choff)
he always helped me
Mashiach nowww!!!
their only son
Terrible
Terribie
Moshiach must come immediately! Until that very moment, see to it to be quiet in shul during daavening, chazoras hashatz, layning, kaddish etc. There is plenty of time to catch up on the latest aterwards! It is not so hard, it will make a difference!
LINE WRITE FOR FUNERAL COST, ECT FOR GEDALYA GREENZAYD OBM
this is so terrible i dont have words
ברך דיין האמת !!!!
המקום המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים n’eNow!
Baruch Dayan Ha Emes My dear friend! I will miss you!
Hope you forgive me for not returning your call
There was no slipping on ice, the truck was not backing up, it did not turn on a red. The 3 bochurim were standing on the curb, not crossing. After the truck was in middle of the turn, the niftar stepped off the curb without checking. The front right corner of the truck hit him, pulling him under the truck. Not the fault of the ice nor the driver.
When where and time is the levayah?
We will miss him.
baruch dayan haemet
WHY IS THE ICE AND SNOW ALLOWED TO REMAIN ON KERBS AND ROADS FOR WEEKS ON END…. BROOKLYN IS A THIRD WORLD BOROUGH.
moshiach should come this minute!
baroch dayan haemess
Everyone in Crown heights should make it a priority to go to the Levaya, the Yeshivos and high schools should send their students. The shops on Kingston should close for the hour and go to 770. This young Bachurs life and tragic passing should be an inspiration to all of us and be the last Levaya in Gauls.
Great bochour
I saw police putting torches and cones
Gedalya Ben Avraham
crazy news just blown away1
i knew garbage trucks where no good so sad
the poor family lost their only child in a sad traumatic way
Youll never be able to turn. Maybe yhey should have pefestrian crossins in the middle of road like they have out of town
to #126
After watching video again I dont thing the driver was speeding.
Our heart is with his family. yet I do agree with 105 history teaches us that HaShem hurts us when we aren’t as good as we should be. Lub have a very wrong respect for shul ! It’s a place to pray and thank HaShem to talk to HaShem and ONLY HaShem it’s not a men’s club we all must work on our selves . Also we never know when our last day will be so every day must in our minds be our last so we must take ADVANTAGE and do the most mitzvos we can
Read the article. He was crossing at the crosswalk, there WAS NO ICE at that spot- per the article. It’s pretty clear that the truck backed from carroll back onto kingston slightly round a corner and into him. It was completely the driver’s responsibility to make sure that no pedestrians were there on this very busy intersection. I hope the matter is pursued immediately and to the full extent of the law so that this will be prevented from recurring G”f.
STOP MACHLOKES! SO MANY TRAGEDIES OF INNOCENTS
Teachers TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE THEY CROSS.
NOT TO STAND AT THE EDGE OF THE CURB.
May Hashem strengthen the family.
Very tragic!
The Belzer Rebbe’s Rebbetzin stood by his side and supported him in all that he did. When he built his famous shul, he remained awake for 1000 nights, and his Rebbetzin stayed awake with him to help him fight sleep. When she passed away, the Belzer Rebbe was heartbroken. At her hesped he said: “Everything that I have, I owe to her. If I was only able to, I would bring her back to life. But I can’t. “But You, Eibishter,” he concluded, “You have the ability to resurrect Your wife, the כנסת ישראל, and to restore her to life.… Read more »
i agree
i live on carroll and i’ve never seen a garbage truck turning on that corner
it always goes on kingston and takes the garbage cans from the corners and it takes residential garbage from the alley not like montgomery where the garbage is placed on the street
the sanitation worker is 1000000000000000% wrong
It’s always scary to cross as a pedestrian and share the crosswalk with the turning right or left cars ….
Change the law , let pedestrian cross and then let the cars take right /left turns ….
Also as far as sidewalk I believe he was not standing on sidewalk when he slipped. Im curious to know how fast the truck drove and if he slowed down enough. It looks like he was neglegent in both aspects
Boruch Dayan Emes!
We need moshiach nowwwwww!
How terrible of you to preach at this time!! Clean up your own house and keep to yourself at this time of deep shock and grief
What we need now is for each and every one of us to look inside and reflect, not to call each other out
May we only share in happy occasions
BDE!
Gedalya seemed like a very special individual who will be missed by all. May we all be comforted with Moshiach now!
May his soul be blessed
HE SHOULD BE BENCHED IN GAN EDEN
;( ;( ;(
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ;(
may Hashem have rachamim on us..His chosen only children….and comfort the family…the horror of what they are going through is too much to contemplate.
This is heartbraking!
I was told that the truck was not sure who would go first, he as we’ll not knowing who’s going first so he took the chance together with the truck driver also taking the same chance….
But for a life better let the driver go first, even if it looks like he’s giving way then risking it! For as the driver point go view he’s not risking he’s own life but the pedestrian is!
this is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo scary
How can anyone be so sure that there is only ONE “answer” ? Of course it is completely crucial that the Rabbonim get their act together for the sake of our future, but there are also far too many individuals in this community who have lost their moral, ethical, menchlikite, and emesdike Yiddshkeit compass. There is a mother & father today in Ukraine whose hearts were destroyed – not the right time to point fingers at others but certainly the right time to look deep and without delusions into our own behavior and fix it TODAY.
#70 you are out of your mind #74 is right! The one to point a finger at is Hashem! It is only with his permission that anything and everything happens the way it does! One thing is for sure, Hashem seems to like to surround himself with all these special people and therefore takes them to himself, and leaves the scoundrels for us to deal with…..
it’s to terrible already this should be the last
Bruch Dayan haemes
In Montreal the yeshiva is dividing the mishnayis for him so if someone can post his and his mothers name that whould be thankful
This should be the last sign for us to brighten are ways (second time in the last week)
And we should be zuche to mishach now
baruch dayin emes!!!!!!!!!!
Ad mosai!! This golus is too long and painful The innocent young mans blood was spilled in our streets!! What does it say to us all that live in the most amazing community? We can make miracles happen, we can do great and do tremendous good deeds for one another! Today there was ice, by this afternoon all that will have evaporated into thin air…. Without a trace. Our pain will remain, this tradegy happened within us to a young man, a Baal teshuvah, one who is greater then any of us can attain. We must continue to pierce the… Read more »
Bsd, Yechi Hamelach, Yemos Hamoshiach 5775 Through our many sins was our mikdash destroyed!! …perhaps this applies to Gimmel Tammuz… Say Yechi all day, but as long as you talk and let your phone ring in shul…chill in shul, your bluffing… Abstain and avoid following sins: -Getting the cherem of the Tanya requiring annulling of a beis din -disturbing peoples davening -talking during kedusha and kaddish -talking dvarim bateilim with your tfillin on your guf -talking dvarim bateilim -bitul torah -disgracing the shul -disgracing the Rebbe’s shul -disgracing beis rabbenu shbavel -banishing the shechina -lengthening our golus -causing countless problems… Read more »
our streets aren’t safe, i hope the city will take note, everyone take extra care, and spiritually too…
Obviously everything is from heaven. We still have to make our streets as safe as possible. The corners in CH were all recently enlarged to protude, officially it was deemed safer. If this were on the old sidewalks there would be a lot more room between a pedestrian waiting on the corner and a vehicle turning.
in 770,,, no somber… only disrespect as continues of rebbe’s shul… all shuls are disrespected…. men need to respect the shul and refrain from idle talk and cell phones. this is our fault. of course tznius is always a problem. we must commit ourselves to the yolk of torah and fear of heaven.
We should thank hashem for every day we are alive bde
May Hashem give his parents strength
May the heilika neshama of Gedalya Greenzayd A”H have an Aliyah to the highest rungs of Gan Eden where he will be meilitz yosher for his family and Klal Yisroel. Hamakom yenachem eschem bsoch sha’ar aveilei Tziyon v’Yerushalayim.
I guess i’m the only one that agrees with Meir.
#74 How can you say that? You don’t think what your last sentence said was pure arrogance.
According to the surveillance footage (from what might be Kingston pizza), it looks like the 3 Bochurim were talking on the corner. The light was green for both the truck and pedestrians. As the truck was in middle of turning the bochur started walking backwards onto the crosswalk, apparently still facing his friends and not the road, and walked right into the side of the truck. The truck was still moving, and he got pulled under the back wheels. It was not the trucks fault, as he turned while noone was on or approaching the sidewalk. But neither was it… Read more »
yes, each one of us must make a hachloto in the areas where protection is diminshed when lacking. like machlokes, tznius and disrespect/talking during kria and chazoros hashatz. sorry
we can start with something small and surely Hashem will increase His mercy on his children, no doubt.
So Sade why dose god have to do such things to clean people
not much to be said. its just such a tick off that such things happen to these kind of people……….. the humble great people amongst us…….. why..?
Today is Ari Halberstam’s Yahrzeit. I am sure Ari will welcome him. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Aveili Tzion V’yerushalayim.
so sad BDH
What is his full Hebrew name?
-#74
Horrible,….
Plus his fathers hebrew name so that we can do something for his aliyas neshama
How could this happen?
the Driver of the garbage truck should be sued!
Shame on him!
He should have looked where he was driving!
Baruch Dayan Haemes
HAMAKOM YENACHEM…
Gedalia was such a awesome person, he was someone who never got upset with anyone and had such great aha as Yisroel for everyone and was always willing to lend a hand to anyone regardless if he knew the person or not, gedalia you will be dearly missed by all, Boruch Dayan emes
AD MOSAI AD MOSAI MOSHIACH NOW WERE IS HE
He was doing smicha in Morristown and also helped out in Tifferes.
He spent with us many shabosim and yomim tovim, a very chasidish and refined and loved by all, our hart goes out to his parents and friends , yehai zichro boruch
This is so terrible. I have no words. WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!! AD MOSAI?!
WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!
AD MOSAI???
Nobody understands hashems mystical ways. We are finite and limited while hashem is infinate and not limited. We need moshiach, we’ve given enough karbonot! Ad mosai! Now all that is left to do is take on a good act in his memory even something small everything makes a difference! No words to say, but may his family and friends and all that knew him be consoled and comforted! May this be the last tragedy may moshiach come now!
BS”D to 47 I stand b my comments. True no one knows why things happen, but my point is simple enough-tomorrow when they write a letter blaming us let them introspect themselves, plain and simple
Now that someone was tragically killed, lets get some politicians to inact some knee-jerk (recaction) laws.
BDE H-shem have mercy on his soul and his parents! What a nightmare !!!!
SUCH BAAAAAAAAAAAD NEWS
Excuse the chutzpah but if the Rebbe would farbreng tonight I daresay it would not be about ice, lights and garbage trucks but about cries of pain and sadness and the demand for the Geula. Maybe discussing the name of Gedalia, how Hashem is great but it would be even greater with the light of Hashem revealed and we can openly see His Goodness….
Stay focusesd. Direct your outrage to Gd for treating His children like this. Channel your energy to help the family and help one another.
We want Moshiach now!
bh
I agree, but today’s Hayom Yom makes his point very interesting. Bsuros tovos indeed.
Exactly!
what is a garbage truck doing at 9 am in Crown Heights? The driver is angry he needs to work on Sunday. He should be checked for a hangover from Saturday night. The driver is the killer he should be blamed. You can see how close he is to the south side of the sidewalk he made a sharp turn. There is ice buildup so the people stand after the ice. He stopped after the rear tires ran over the body. If he hit the Bochur with the front of the vehicle he should stop before the rear tires ran… Read more »
bdh
MOSHIACH NOW!! WE DONT WANT TO WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
As someone who knew Gedalya personally, I would like to share a few words. Gedalya, a bright boy from the Ukraine, became a baal teshuva with the help of the Rebbe’s shluchim. In yeshiva he served as a source of inspiration for all that knew him as a masmid in learning, and always looking to encourage others to grow in the ways of a chossid. All done with a smile.
The boy has special parents, the father is the shamosh if the old shul in vinnitza he could of leave Ukraine years ago but stayed in Ukraine to look after the Shul, a very kind man very helpful to the Shluchim.
thats too much sad…. BDE
This is a Bochur from the Ukraine where the upheavel is and in the peacefull US his life is snuffed away.
Ain Lonu elo divrai ben Amrom
Vhochai Yiten el Libo
it is for us to take stock of our actions and to multiply our good bain adam lachavairo and bain adam lamokom which will hasten the coming of Moshiach which the Rebbe MH”M said he is on his way. Practically to adhere to our daily shiurim Chitas Rambam and Tzdoka.
Nachman S
Bless you, both. Why must people look to blame- and in such nasty tones- at a time like this? May anash and all our brethren experience only simchah from here on in.
The Rebbe always quoted from the Rambam- hilchos Taaniyos – that when a tragedy stroke, there needs to be soul searching. Lets all unite with unconditional Ahavas Yisroel.
bde! this is an awful tragedy and there is no point in blaming everyone and anyone. there is a G-d who runs this world. and now for a separate point: as a driver in ch, i hate driving past kingston ave as there are very reckless pedestrians. countless times i have shortstopped for pple walking while i had the right of way. on the ice, it’s even more dangerous as i have skidded while trying to stop. it is dangerous to cross against the light! This has nothing to do with today’s tragedy. just asking all to be careful while… Read more »
I feel that it’s insensitive to post this before the name is released, and have people all over panic because they have a bochur in crown heights, what is the point? Just to have the news out right away? Can someone please explain the purpose of this? does anyone agree?
What a sad tragedy, MOSHIACH NOW!
WERE IS MOSHIACH WE NEED HIM NOW
What a tragic death in the month of Adar …. Boruh Dayan Haemes … Мои соболезнования семье мальчика , пусть его душа покоится в мире в Ган Эден ….
I will say Chitas today in his memory. May his neshamah have the highest aliyah. May his loved ones find comfort.
In Adar when will it stop. We must do more. Wake up people grab your mitzvahs while we can. Every parents nightmare. May this young man right now TODAY shake up shmayim and maay Hashem have pure mercy on us and bring the MOSHIACH RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!! AMEN
when i come to CH i see pple crossing on reds………
WERE IS MOSHIACH WE NEED HIM NOW
this is so sad, the kid just started his life, and i feel so bad for his parents, may hashem give them the strength to deal with this trajedy
To #40 give that info to the police
Why aren’t the sanitation drivers held to the same standards as everyone else.
Lately the cops are giving tickets for NOT YEILDING to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
WHY WASN’T THE DRIVER TICKETED!!!!!
HASHEM YERACHEM
B D E
# 13 what are you even saying?
He was killed by a garbage truck apparently cause the snow wasn’t properly removed
Before the city enforces laws on us they have to be responsible in doing whatever they could to prevent this
Also we could all drive slower think about if your kid was walking the streets
Please stop doubling and tripling down on your stupidity. The rabbonim may or may not be a problem. But no one, including YOU can say that this is their fault! Please. This is a terrible tragedy. stop politicizing it. Ty. Bsuros Tovos
BDE … Sadly yet again the malach hamovis @ work.. And a precious life was taken, Pointing blame and fingers isn’t what anyone needs to hear now ! If indeed as reported he did slip on ice it doesn’t make any difference what color the light was.. I had the same and slid straight into oncoming traffic my luck the light had just turned red! I got hurt but that’s it bh! May hashem give his family the comfort and strength to get through this most difficult time and be able to move fwd and share only in simchos here… Read more »
boruch dayen emes!!!!!!!!
To #17 I know who it is I just don’t know him. The name hasn’t been released publicly but I know from someone who knows one of the boys there
Omg this is mamesh crazy
such a tragedy
we need moshiach now!
If number 28 is right the poor guy was probably trying to back up and slipped on the ice either way what a tragedy may hashem give the family lots of strength to move on you can’t blame the ice when God decides God decides maywe only here good things from now on
I drove on Kingston Ave 8.50 am and stopped at Kingston ave bakery when these 2 garbage trucks were carelessly blocking the street due to a double parked minivan.. I knew they were troubles. …..
BS”D to 34 (and 29)The Rabbonim are always quick to blame the clal. I am merely shifting the blame back to them. I disagree with you comment. I did not ever suggest that the community at large needs to do Tshuvah. In fact my comments were to defend the clal
BS”D to 29 You missed my point. We the clal are always blamed and the Rabbonin tell us we need more Ahavas Israel. I say the clal exhibits extreme Ahavas Israel and the only ones who need to do tshuvah are the Rabbonim themselves. It starts at the top. Who can heed there admonitions when they cannot get along? I don’t care what the ” reason(s)”are- there is absolutely no good reason for their not getting along
What does that have anything do with this
please hashem readem us now!
That’s not true okay right now we have to say tehillim
I read in disbelief how small minded people are! The blood hadn’t dried out yet, the deceased body is still warm! And you looking for someone to blame! Looking for a scapegoat! All we are missing from this picture is the angry mob with pitchforks, the ignorance! A freak accident happened, maybe something avoidable maybe not Each and every one of us should come up with our own conclusion of how to better ourselves and be kind to one another without pointing the fingers at others, but don’t pin this tragedy on the rabonim or anyone else! Don’t try to… Read more »
That is so sad. Eibishter!!!
May hashem comfort your family with tchias hamesim with moshiach!!!
He was crossing on green. The truck was turning. I think there are many corners where it is safer to cross on red because no vehicle comes speeding on a turn when you are crossing on red. (Better able to see to see what is coming toward the crosswalk).
NOW MORE BAD NEWS
While cleaning snow is VERY important – crucial, if such a terrible tragedy befalls our community r”l we should turn to Hashen and cry out – and not look for some “ice” to blame it on.
Hashem runs things, the ice may have been the “keily-tool” for the tragedy…
Let’s not loose focus.
This is a terrible tragedy for us all
to #19 –
It is not the way of Lubavitch to say things happen because people need to do teshuva. We need to scream out ‘AD MOSAI!!” – this week is chof zayin Adar. AD MOSAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apparently the bochur had the light & the truck was turning on red
MOSHIACH NOW BDH
such bad news
BARUCH DAYAN HAEMES
Please read comment # 13
BH. BDE. There should be signs in hebrew on all road junctions in crown heights, warning of the danger of going against the lights. and to go only by the lights. Specialy outside the EP. mikva, where I have seen people go out of the mikva, and try to cross EP, at that place, and not to go where the traffic lights are located.
This is horrible!!!! He was prob one special boy!!!!! Hamakom yinachem eschem bsoch….
Why why why so so terrible !!!
people slip on a daily basis on the ice (the owners of the corner buildings clean op and the sanitation department puts down a layer of ice at every snow storm but they do not clean op the ice from the corner like that people don’t slip again from the mes
BS”D What a depressing way to start the day. it was terrible. Now the Rabbonam will pontificate about Ahavas Israel when they themselves can’t get along. All 3 of them. I PLACE THIS AT THERE DOORSTEPS.ENOUGH OF YOUR CHILDISH BEHAVIOR. How many tragedies Chas V’Sholem, how many youth will be m ‘ rachick . Do Tshuvah
What is his name
How do you know that you don’t know him?? His name hasn’t even been released yet!!
You would think that the comunity leaders would have made sure the sidewalks and streets were clean
It’s deblasio time
New traffic and sidewalks are the cause for this death.
Michael Bloomberg moved the sidewalks out into the middle of the roads, so now all you need is a small slip and ur under the wheels of a garbage truck.
So sad
This is soooo incredibly sad for the whole community. An innocent young life snuffed out in such a horrific way. I don’t know him but I’m crying and my heart is aching as a mother. Bde may hashem give the parents immense strength they will need to accept and deal with this tragedy
What is the difference!!!
No parent should have such a nesoyan!
bdh
Such a horrible, avoidable tragedy.
Baruch Dayen Haemes!!!
may his neshama be blessed in gan eden
Who was it were they’re parents notified
what is the name?????????????
Please post levaya time when it becomes available,
Boruch Dayan Emes.Maybe we need to start safety classes to inform people of the severe dangers of slip and falls on ice during the winter if this was the cause?
Boruch Dayan Haemes!
Ad mosai!!!
RIBONO SHEL OLAM CLEAN THE SNOW””””HAMAKOM YERAHEM”’
What a tragedy!!!!!!!!!!!