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Surveillance video shows moments before deadly Borough Park crash that killed 84-year-old

It happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near 49th Street and 18th Avenue.

Edric Robinson and Rob Flaks

Oct 30, 2025, 9:52 PM

Updated 23 hr ago

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New surveillance video is shedding light on a deadly crash in Borough Park that left an 84-year-old man dead and another man hurt.
It happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near 49th Street and 18th Avenue. Police say Noach Klein, 84, of Williamsburg, was one of two men hit by a white Ford Transit van driven by a 38-year-old man.
In the video, you can see the van approaching as the two men—both dressed in black—not in the crosswalk. The footage is paused before the impact.
After the crash, video shows emergency crews rushing to help. On the ground, a hat and a pair of broken glasses were left behind—a stark reminder of how serious the crash was.
Klein was taken to Maimonides Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other pedestrian, a 54-year-old man, was also taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.
Police say the driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with investigators. No arrests have been made, and the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad is still working to figure out what led to the crash.
Family members of Klein tell News 12 he was a survivor of the Holocaust, born in 1943 in Romania.
He was celebrated for his smile, his family and kindness.
"We escaped the war, I want people to know he did good things, they should copy that," said his 82-year-old brother Joseph Klein, adding that he always loved to read and share stories with him.
News 12 has learned that Klein was the owner of Unique Sterling, a silver shop in Borough Park located just feet away from where he was struck by the car Wednesday night.
"We would always do things together, people if I walk alone they would go where is your brother," adding "sometimes people would say you cannot be brothers because brothers fight, I never fight with him."
"Money was not important to him, he would sometimes argue with people not to by silver or give them things because he just liked to make people smile that's what was important to him," said Joseph's Daughter Zissi Spitzer.
"To know he survived the Holocaust, and to be taken away so tragically, so suddenly, it's awful she said adding "The driver must not have been looking, clearly if he was, we would not be here now," she said.
Police say no charges have been filed against the driver of the white Ford Transit van that remained on the scene.
News 12 Reporter Edric Robinson's Thursday afternoon report on the fatal Borough Park crash