According to the Daily News, Joseph Bellaflores, 43, was going west on Houston Street and was struck by a truck making a left onto Lafayette from the eastbound lane.
(Police said he fell and slid under the passenger side of the Ford E350 van truck. The driver remained on the scene and was not charged. As Streetsblog pointed out, the police typically blame the victim in such deadly collisions.)
He and his long-time girlfriend, Jacqueline Roman, have two sons, ages 12 and 7.
"He was caring. He was protective. Just so much love. He was honest, he was true. Everything about him was real and genuine," she told the paper. "It's a big loss for anybody that knew him ... He was everything to us."
Bellaflores was a staff member at 184 Thompson, a 140-unit residential building near Washington Square Park.
Tenants there started a crowdfunding campaign to help his loved ones pay for expenses.
Per the GiveSendGo page: "His positive attitude was infectious, and he will be terribly missed by all who ever had the pleasure of meeting him. The world lost a wonderful person in Joseph."