Updated: 15-year-old girl dies after truck strikes Citi Bike on 14th Street and 1st Avenue

Photo by Daniel Efram 

A 15-year-old girl died last night after a truck driver struck the Citi Bike she was riding with a 16-year-old girl at 14th Street and First Avenue, according to police and multiple published reports. 

The collision happened around 9:30 last night. Police said the driver of a large commercial vehicle was turning right from westbound 14th Street onto First Avenue when the truck struck the pedal-assist bicycle the girls were riding. 

A video obtained by Streetsblog appears to show the cyclist continuing across 14th Street rather than turning onto First Avenue, as police initially said.

Both girls were taken to Bellevue Hospital. The 15-year-old was pronounced dead there, while the 16-year-old was listed in stable condition. 

The truck driver remained at the scene and was questioned by police. The NYPD Highway Patrol is investigating the collision. 

Photos and video from the scene show the Citi Bike underneath the truck near the crosswalk. 

The truck bore the logo of Badger Infrastructure Solutions, a private company that provides excavation and related services.

Media outlets identified the victim as Daria Serkov, who lived nearby in Peter Cooper Village. 

A Citi Bike pursuit and a fistfight in the middle of Avenue A

It was a striking midday scene on Wednesday, with two men fighting in the middle of Avenue A at 13th Street as traffic waited around them. 

The confrontation appeared to be the culmination of a pursuit that may have continued for several blocks.

EVG reader Ali Royals, who witnessed the incident, said the man in shorts caught up with the man in jeans and intentionally crashed his Citi Bike into the other man's Citi Bike.

According to Royals, the man in jeans — whom she described as "the vigilante" — then accused the other man of pushing kids in Tompkins Square Park before throwing several punches. 

The man in shorts lost both of his shoes during the altercation. (They were still in the intersection several hours later.)

A Citi Bike pursuit ended in a noonday fistfight Wednesday in the middle of Avenue A at 13th Street, where one man accused the other — who got the worst of the ensuing fight — of pushing kids in Tompkins Square Park. Clip by Ali Royals. #EastVillage pic.twitter.com/QdvZsbRIbR

— evgrieve (@evgrieve) August 28, 2026

It was not immediately known whether either man required medical attention.

Thursday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg

Citi Bike Santa on the Bowery today...

Power move: Citi Bike's new charging station lands on 1st Avenue and 14th Street

Photo by William Klayer 

Citi Bike crews yesterday swapped out the old docking station on the SW corner of First Avenue and 14th Street for a new electrified model. 

The DOT announced earlier this month an expansion of electrified Citi Bike charging station networks, with plans to electrify 13 charging stations in existing station locations across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Per the DOT: 

Electric grid-connected stations allow Citi Bike e-bikes to charge on-site while docked, rather than requiring batteries to be manually swapped out by staff in vehicles. Based on experience deploying bikeshare charging stations in cities like Barcelona and Montreal, Lyft projects that a network of Citi Bike charging stations will both improve e-bike availability for riders and significantly reduce operational costs from manual battery swapping.

Lyft officials have said that electric Citi Bike ridership surpassed 29 million e-bike trips in 2024, some of them not even on First Avenue or Second Avenue in the East Village. 

FYI: Citi Bike's fleet features 15,000 pedal-assist e-bikes and over 20,000 traditional pedal bikes.

Astor Place gets the neighborhood's first electric charging docks for e-bikes

Last week, an electric charging dock for Citi Bike's e-bike fleet arrived outside Wegman's on Astor Place, the location of a previous docking station. (Thanks to Jacob Ford for the photo and tip!) 

This marks the first docking station in the neighborhood specifically for charging e-bikes. (These docks also accept the first-gen bicycles.) The DOT and Lyft unveiled the first two in May, with Hell's Kitchen and Greenpoint locations. 

Notably, the Astor Place station is electrified on the street, a unique feature compared to the first two stations, which were on the sidewalk. (Streetsblog has a comprehensive background on this here.)

According to DOT and Lyft officials, electrified charging stations will allow Citi Bike e-bike batteries to be charged while parked in stations instead of manually swapped out, making e-bikes more available to riders and reducing vehicle miles traveled by operations vans. 

Most e-bike batteries are charged in a warehouse and shuttled back and forth for manual swapping at the station in an often cumbersome manner...

Citi Bike riders might not realize most docks don’t charge e-bikes. It’s a surprisingly labor-intensive operation: A crew of 170, on four shifts and 69 specially equipped cargo vans, ferries the batteries to a Long Island City warehouse and back. https://t.co/FJ3Xndf1pY

— Curbed (@Curbed) June 29, 2024

According to May figures, Citi Bike has about 15,000 e-bikes in its fleet. In the first five months of the year, Citi Bike riders have taken more than 7 million trips on e-bikes.

Lyft recently announced that starting on Wednesday, Citi Bike e-bike rides will become more expensive for the $219.99-per-year annual members, rising to 24 cents per minute from 20 cents per minute. Back in January, the price went from 17 cents to 20 cents per minute.

Citi Bike dock swap along Avenue A

EVG reader Newman points out that Citi Bike crews have removed the docking station on Third Street at Avenue A ... and relocated it to Fifth Street at Avenue A...

The Third Street dock arrived in February, and a Citi Bike rep told us that it was permanent. Citi removed the docking station on Fifth Street last fall to accommodate the (recently completed) Con Ed transformer work. 

We reached out to Citi/Lyft to learn more about this As the Docking Stations Move. 

Sunday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Doubling-up on St. Mark's Place today...

A Citi Bike docking station for 3rd and A

A new docking station has arrived on the SE side of Third Street at Avenue A. (Thanks, Newman, for the photo!) 

The station isn't listed on the system map yet, though a Citi Bike rep confirmed this is a permanent dock (and not, say, relocated here from another spot during construction). 

Citi Bike, now in its 11th year, reportedly saw record-high ridership numbers last fall. Citi Bike also announced that the current number of e-bikes in the system will double by the end of this year, per Streetsblog.

Meanwhile, the docking station on Fifth Street at Avenue A is still MIA (since October) due to the Con Ed transformer work.

Tuesday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Aspiring Citi Bike of the day... as seen near Seventh Street and First Avenue ...

Saturday's opening shot

New Citi Bike docking station on the Bowery...

Saturday's parting shot

Citi Biker of the day... 14th Street near First Avenue ...

Thursday's parting shot

As seen on Second Street and Avenue C. EVG reader Patty Rat shares this photo, asking: "Maybe Citi Bike is rolling out a new/old model for their 10-year anniversary?"

Today in Citi Bike docking station news

After a week-plus absence, the Citi Bike docking station has returned to the SW corner of 14th Street at First Avenue. Workers removed it for planned utility work. 

Thanks to Vinny & O for the photo!

Citi hike? Docking station vanishes on 14th and 1st

Updated 5/22: The docking station has returned.

We've heard from a few readers (starting with Pinch!) about the now-missing Citi Bike docking station on the sidewalk on the SW corner of 14th Street at First Avenue (outside the incoming Panda Express). 

Don't have any answers at the moment... though someone did ask if maybe it was stolen and sold on the block to the east...

Thanks to Steven for the photo...

Saturday's opening shots

Hop on this limited-edition pedal-assist Citi Bike on First Street! Be the envy of your fellow Citi Bikers...

Tuesday's parting shot

Photo on St. Mark's Place by Derek Berg...

2 new Citi Bike docking stations for Avenue A

The Citi Bike expansion in the East Village saw the arrival of two new docking stations on Avenue A this past week ... with 41 docks between 11th Street and 12th Street outside Steinerville (above) ... and 41 docks between 13th Street and 14th Street...

In November, DOT reps told a Community Board 3 committee that "demand shows 1,804 docks [are] still needed in CB3." The proposal calls for an installation of 683 docks for now, with more capacity coming by extending existing stations. (Find the presentation here.)

Other new Citi Bike locations include Fifth Street at Avenue A, Fourth Street at Avenue B, Seventh Street at Avenue B, Sixth Street at Second Avenue and 14th Street at First Avenue (SW corner) and 10th Street at Second Avenue. 

And for anyone keeping tabs on parking around Avenue A, the removal of the abandoned dining structure Thursday outside the former August Laura gave back four spots on Sixth Street ...

Wednesday's parting shot

As seen on Seventh Street today by Derek Berg ...

Citi Bike docking stations arrive on 5th Street, 7th Street

As a follow-up to our post yesterday... a reader shares that workers have installed the new Citi Bike docking stations on Fifth Street at Avenue A (48 docks) and Seventh Street west of Avenue B (47 docks) ...

According to a DOT presentation last month, "demand shows 1,804 docks [are] still needed in CB3." For now, though, the proposal calls for an installation of 683 docks ... with more capacity coming by extending existing stations.

The presentation showed 11 new stations, with an "equipment swap" on 10th Street between A and B and an expansion of the existing station on 13th Street at Avenue A. This EVG post has a map of where the docking stations are due.

Let us know if you spot any other new docking stations in the neighborhood. 

New Citi Bike docking stations on the way in this week

Looks like the Citi Bike expansion in the East Village is happening sooner than later. 

A few No Parking notices have gone up on several side streets where new docking stations are arriving... we've seen announcements for today and tomorrow on Seventh Street west of Avenue B (thanks, Dave on 7th!) as well as on Fifth Street at Avenue A (thanks JG!) for tomorrow and Thursday ...

In November, DOT reps gave Community Board 3's Transportation, Public Safety, & Environment Committee an update about Citi Bike's expansion in the East Village and Lower East Side. 

That presentation is online now right here. (The DOT made presentations to other Community Boards, and find those via this link.)

According to the presentation, "demand shows 1,804 docks [are] still needed in CB3." For now, though, the proposal calls for an installation of 683 docks ... with more capacity coming by extending existing stations.

The presentation showed 11 new stations, with an "equipment swap" on 10th Street between A and B and an expansion of the existing station on 13th Street at Avenue A. At the moment, we don't know how many of the 11 new stations will be installed this week.