Woman Struck Dead by MTA Bus While Crossing Brooklyn Street, NYPD Says

BROOKLYN — A woman was fatally struck by an MTA bus driver as she crossed a Sheepshead Bay intersection Monday afternoon, police said.

Eleonora Shulkina, 62, was crossing East 17th Street and Avenue Z when a B36 bus driver making a left turn onto East 17th hit her at 5:55 p.m., the NYPD said.

Shulkina was taken to Coney Island Hospital, where she died.

The driver remained on the scene and was not charged, police said.