Brooklyn great-grandmother killed when SUV crashes into building at Floyd Bennett Field 3%
By Julian Roberts-Grmela0% Thomas Tracy44% Colin Mixson68%
4/9/2026, 3:07:57 PM
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A great-grandmother out celebrating a friend’s birthday died when the SUV they were riding in slammed into the side of a building at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field, police and the victim’s granddaughter said Thursday.
Pearle Davis, 76, was riding in the back of a 2022 Toyota RAV4 when the 33-year-old woman celebrating her birthday lost control of the wheel about 6:10 p.m.
Wednesday, cops said.
The motorist was being given a driving lesson when she crashed, according to ABC 7 New York.
“Me and my family aren’t doing the best but we are coping,” the victim’s granddaughter, 37-year-old Kameeka Pope, told the Daily News.
“My grandma should be remembered as always the life of the party.
She loved to dance.
She also loved amusement parks and any adventure.”
The driver veered off the roadway inside Floyd Bennett Field and slammed into the side of a hangar now used as a warehouse off Flatbush Ave. in Marine Park.
Floyd Bennett Field was the city’s first municipal airport.
It became part of the federal Gateway National Recreation Area after it was decommissioned and today boasts sports fields, parkland and a recreation center.
Davis, the driver, and the front-seat passenger, Davis’s 45-year-old daughter, were all rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, where Davis died.
The critically injured driver remains unconscious, according to Pope.
Davis’s daughter is in stable condition, cops said.
Davis is a retired widow with two daughters, two granddaughters and a teenage great-grandson, Pope said.
She lived in Bushwick.
“She grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is retired from Verizon after working for the company for about 50 years, long before they were Verizon,” the victim’s granddaughter said.
“We will honor her memory through a celebration,” she added.
The building they crashed into withstood extensive structural damage, officials said.
One of the women remained pinned for some time in the car as first responders tried to get her out, according to early reports.
The NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad is investigating what sparked the crash.
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