Scooter rider dies after Marine Park collision with minivan
Ilya Perloff died after a late-morning Dec. 21 collision at Fillmore Avenue and E. 38th Street in Brooklyn, where police told reporters a 70-year-old Toyota driver remained at the scene.
What We Know
Ilya Perloff was riding an electric stand-up scooter west on Fillmore Avenue on Dec. 21 when he was involved in a collision at E. 38th Street in Marine Park. City data records the crash at 11:49 a.m.; police accounts published by local outlets gave about 11:50 or 11:51 a.m. Reporters cited police saying a 70-year-old woman was driving a Toyota north on E. 38th Street, remained at the scene and was not hurt. Medics took Perloff to Mount Sinai Brooklyn, where he died. City crash data listed unsafe speed for the scooter entry, while news stories reported no arrests or immediate charges. Records and coverage differed on his age: city data and News 12 reported 42, while the Daily News and Patch reported 41.
What police and city records say happened
City crash data records one death in a collision at Fillmore Avenue and E. 38th Street at 11:49 a.m. on Dec. 21, 2025. The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and includes a westbound scooter entry, a northbound 2015 Toyota entry and a parked 2002 Chrysler entry.
Police accounts published by local outlets described Perloff riding west on Fillmore Avenue and a 70-year-old woman driving a Toyota north on E. 38th Street. Those accounts said the collision sent Perloff into a parked Chrysler minivan before medics took him to Mount Sinai Brooklyn, where he died.
Fillmore Avenue has a recent crash history
The collision happened at Fillmore Avenue and E. 38th Street in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC’s street history for Fillmore Avenue in Brooklyn counted 142 crashes, 111 injuries, seven serious injuries and one death from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Perloff’s family and coworkers described a sudden loss
The Daily News identified Perloff as a physical therapist who was riding to work and reported that he and his wife, Melissa, had two daughters. His wife told the paper he used the scooter because the family had one car: “He loved that scooter. He went to work on it.”
Patch reported that a fundraiser for Perloff’s family drew more than 400 donors and nearly reached $70,000 one day after launching. News 12 reported a lower amount earlier, saying more than $30,000 had been raised for funeral costs and family support.
Records and reports differed on Perloff’s age. The official crash record and News 12 reported that he was 42; the Daily News and Patch reported that he was 41.
Reports identified the Toyota driver and the parked vehicle
The official vehicle data lists a 2015 Toyota station wagon or sport utility vehicle traveling north with two occupants and a 2002 Chrysler station wagon or sport utility vehicle parked with no occupants. News accounts identified the Toyota as a Sienna minivan and the parked Chrysler as a minivan.
Police told reporters the 70-year-old Toyota driver remained at the scene and was not injured. The Daily News reported she faced no immediate charges; another Daily News story and Patch reported no arrests, and News 12 reported that police did not suspect criminality.
City data marked unsafe speed for the scooter entry
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as the contributing factor for the westbound scooter entry. The reviewed articles did not report an arrest or charge tied to that entry.