Bike nurse ‘lived to care for others’

Devastated friends are mourning the death of a devoted nurse fatally struck by a motorcyclist while biking home from an overnight shift at a Brooklyn hospital.

Clara Kang, 31, was cycling east along 56th St. in Sunset Park after her overnight shift at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn whenshewasstruckbyamotorcyclist at Third Ave. about 7:30 a.m. Saturday. The crash sent both riders flying through the air.

“She had the biggest heart and lived her life to care for others; not just in her work but in her personal life as well,” wrote Kang’s friend Elaine Lee on a GoFundMe page set up for the victim’s family.

“When my mom was really sick, Clara called me frequently to check up on how she was doing. That’s just who she was, always making an effort to be there in times of need.”

Another admirer wrote on the GoFundMe page that every encounter was a joy.

“She was kind, immediately welcoming,andsomagneticand full of life,” the friend said. “She worked tirelessly through the pandemic, and the world is darker without her in it.

“I just know that her patients were so lucky to have her as a nurse because she truly loved people and loved her job,” that person added.

Kang (inset), who lived in Long Island City, Queens, was later pronounced dead at the same hospital where she had just finished her shift.

The 29-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. He has not been charged.

Kang, an immigrant from South Korea devoted to public health, became at least the 19th cyclist to be killed on city streets this year, a figure that’s down slightly from the same point in 2019, when the city clocked 24 cyclist deaths.

The crash that killed Kang tookplaceonBrooklyn’sdangerous Third Ave., which is tucked under the Gowanus Expressway and was the site of three cyclist deaths in 2019.