Blvd. of Death Claims Another Victim: Number 73

He could not, however, survive Queens Boulevard, lately branded, the Boulevard of Death.
On Thursday night, last week, 83-year-old Eugene Eisenberg was walking to the Schwartz Brothers Funeral Home on Queens Boulevard. He was going to perform a traditional Jewish ritual for someone who had just died. The Kew Gardens resident was crossing the Boulevard at 80 St. by the busy Borough Hall subway exit. At the same time, a bus driver of the Q-10, David McFadden, 40, was making a turn. Both McFadden and Eisenberg had green lights. The bus hit Eisenberg.
He became the 73rd person to die trying to cross the multi-lane roadway that has become used as a local road, but is in fact a highway.
Eisenberg eventually made his way to the Schwartz Brothers Funeral Home, to the West Chapel. His grieving wife and family mourned the loss of a good and honorable loved one. His funeral sent eerie chills, along the boroughs principal thoroughfare.
It was only weeks ago that the city was shocked by the death of a young schoolchild attempting to cross the 12 lanes of this thoroughfare. That event triggered a citywide alarm about the dangers of speeding cars, elderly pedestrians and generally unsafe crossing conditions. A police crackdown was called on Wednesday of last week. Drivers and jaywalking pedestrians were ticketed. It made for great publicity. Even last-minute gates were put up to halt people from walking between lanes while traffic was passing. And this weekend, ominous signs were posted at all the sites on Queens Blvd. where people were either killed or injured.
The day after the public relations crackdown ended, so did the life of Eugene Eisenberg.
We dont know the number the Nazis had branded him with. But we do know these numbers,
Age: 83.
Queens Blvd. Victim No.: 73.