Left-Turning Driver Fatally Hits Park Avenue Pedestrian
A 67-year-old driver making a left turn onto Park Avenue fatally hit 85-year-old Janusz Gregory Gorzynski as he crossed with the signal at East 91st Street, and West Side Spirit identified him as a longtime Upper East Side psychiatrist.
What We Know
At 2:42 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2025, a driver making a left turn at Park Avenue and East 91st Street hit an 85-year-old man who was crossing with the signal. West Side Spirit identified the pedestrian as Janusz Gregory Gorzynski, a psychiatrist with deep Upper East Side ties and years of work at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and reported that the driver was a 67-year-old man in a 2019 Mercedes Sprinter van. EMS took Gorzynski to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police told the outlet the driver remained at the scene and no arrests were reported while the Collision Investigation Squad continued investigating.
A left turn as a pedestrian crossed with the signal
The city crash record says the collision happened at 2:42 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2025, at Park Avenue and East 91st Street in Manhattan. It records one pedestrian death and says the 85-year-old pedestrian was crossing with the signal at the intersection.
West Side Spirit reported that a 67-year-old man driving a 2019 Mercedes Sprinter van was making a left turn onto Park Avenue when he hit Janusz Gregory Gorzynski, who was crossing Park Avenue from east to west.
Gorzynski was remembered as a doctor and neighbor
West Side Spirit identified the man killed as Janusz Gregory Gorzynski, an Upper East Side psychiatrist who had worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and later maintained a private practice in the neighborhood.
The outlet reported that Gorzynski was born in Warsaw in 1940, survived the Nazi occupation, volunteered at All Souls Church, and supported philanthropic causes. East Side Feed reported that he lived only steps from the intersection where the collision occurred.
Park Avenue and East 91st Street was close to home
The crash occurred at Park Avenue and East 91st Street in the 10128 ZIP code on the Upper East Side. West Side Spirit reported that Gorzynski was crossing Park Avenue less than a block from his home, and East Side Feed described the location as near his home.
Records differ on the vehicle description
The city crash record lists one involved 2019 Mercedes station wagon or sport utility vehicle, with its driver traveling south before making a left turn. West Side Spirit described the vehicle as a 2019 Mercedes Sprinter van.
Police reported no arrest as the investigation continued
EMS took Gorzynski to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. West Side Spirit reported that the driver remained at the scene, no arrests were reported, and the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
East Side Feed reported that a memorial gathering was scheduled for Dec. 12 at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Madison Avenue, with a Christian Memorial Mass planned for spring 2026 at the Church of St. Thomas More.