Third Avenue

Felipe Castro Palacios was repairing a Ford Expedition parked halfway on the sidewalk in front of Samba Transmission & Auto Repair on Third Ave. near Seventh St. in Gowanus when a black Nissan Altima slammed into him and two parked cars at about 7:30 a.m., cops said.

Matthew J. Miller, 30, died of blunt head injury, a news release from the medical examiner said. Miller was walking across Third Avenue talking on his cellphone after his car was hit by a van.