Roll of Honor
Incident
Doorman Daniel Bailey was killed when a train struck the patrol wagon in which he was a passenger.
Doorman Bailey and his partner were transporting a female prisoner to the Coney Island Police Station when their horse-drawn patrol wagon was struck by a Brighton Beach Railroad train. Both officers were thrown from the wagon into the Coney Island Creek. When backup officers arrived, they pulled both officers from the water, but Doorman Bailey died before he reached the hospital.
Doorman Bailey had been with the Brooklyn Police Department for six years and was assigned to the 24th Precinct, which later became the modern-day 61st Precinct.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
130 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Doorman Bailey gave the Brooklyn Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Doorman Daniel Bailey is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Brooklyn Police Department, 3 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel Bailey's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel Bailey Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel Bailey is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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