The city's top super speeders, or those who repeatedly collect the most school zone speed camera violations, are lurking in Brooklyn.
A report by the nonprofits Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets found that many super speeders with hundreds of tickets often frequent a single borough and recurrently speed in the same locations. Three out of the ten top super speeders identified by the nonprofits get tickets in Brooklyn.
The analysis was made after a crash caused by a frequent speeder killed a mother and her two children on Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road on March 29.
The analysis also found that fining super speeders are not enough. Of the top 10, three people have paid off all or significant portions of all of their fines, ranging from $17,000-$45,000 each. The other seven individuals have paid off little or none, and owe, on average, $28,000 each — a total of $200,000.
“These results point to a small population with a shocking pattern of recidivism, resistance to traditional deterrents, and disregard for human life,” said Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Ben Furnas.
The top super speeder in the city drives a black 2023 Audi. The car received 563 school zone speeding tickets in 2024, and 177 so far this year. The car has logged 70 violations on Ocean Parkway by Ocean Court in Gravesend.
Another super speeder in the borough drives a black 2020 Mercedes-Benz. This car has logged 284 tickets in 2024, and 11 in 2025. It is often found speeding on Remsen Avenue and Avenue N in Canarsie.
A white 2024 Kia Forte received 185 tickets in 2024, many in the East Flatbush area.
The report used public data on school zone speed camera tickets published in the Parking Violations datasets by the New York City Department of Finance, broken down by fiscal year, and accessible via the How’s My Driving website.
“School zone speed cameras have been shown to change the behavior of the vast majority of drivers, but a small group of reckless New Yorkers still drive like they’re above the law,” said Amber Adler, a member of Families for Safe Streets.
The two nonprofits are urging state lawmakers to pass the Stop Super Speeders bill that would require speed limiters to be placed in the vehicles of the worst-of-the-worst repeat offenders.
