Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy has raised $40,000 for Transportation Alternatives in the wake of his son Sam's tragic Manhattan Bridge cycling death two months ago.

As of Wednesday, 212 donations had poured into the fund, created by the Hindy family following the Nov. 17 death, in which the 27-year-old computer engineer flipped over his handlebars and into lower-level Manhattan Bridge traffic.

"I'm gratified by the response," Hindy told the Daily News Wednesday. "I mean, this really is every parent's nightmare, and I think a lot of people felt sympathy enough to want to do something.

"A lot of my friend's kids are bicyclists, and pretty avid, so I think that's part of the reason, too."

The $40,850 raised since November includes $3,510 earned by The Gate, a popular Park Slope bar that gave money to the fund through sales of Brooklyn Brewery's Winter Ale.

Breweries, bars and beverage distributors from across the country stepped up as well, including Abita Brewing Co. in Louisiana, Heartland Brewery in Manhattan and New Belgium Brewing in Colorado, according to Transportation Alternatives, a nonprofit organization that advocates for cyclists, pedestrians and public transportation.

Whole Foods, Two Trees Management and Forest City Ratner - which intends to serve Brooklyn Brewery beer at Nets basketball games if an NBA arena is built in Brooklyn - also contributed money, records show.

The outpouring of charity comes as the city Transportation Department released vehicle, pedestrian and bike fatality numbers Tuesday that show 23 cyclists were killed last year - the highest number since 1999, when there were 35 bike deaths.

"There's a lot more we can do to dramatically decrease that number, and it's possible to design streets so that even when a cyclist makes a mistake, or even when a pedestrian makes a mistake, the outcome is not death," said Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Paul Steely White, who said the funds will help pay for a full-time safety advocate.

Sam Hindy rode his bike from his Manhattan office to the family's Gowanus home each night, usually opting for the well-marked bike path on the Brooklyn Bridge, his dad said.

But that Friday, he met a pal who had arrived in the city on a Chinatown bus from Boston. Sam had drinks at a lower Manhattan bar before heading to Brooklyn, his dad said.

The two decided to pedal over the Manhattan Bridge, but because the bike path was obstructed by construction, they biked in a lane of traffic, police and Steve Hindy said.

As Sam Hindy tried to turn around, his front wheel hit a low concrete barrier, flipping him over the handlebars and sending him through a gap between the lanes to the lower level, where a 1995 green Toyota fatally struck him.