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# 61st Pct Captain Makes House Calls, Cleans Up Hood
- URL: https://bklyner.com/61st-pct-captain-makes-house-calls-cleans-up-hood-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2010-03-26T19:56:35.000Z
- Updated: 2010-03-26T19:56:35.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: 61st Precinct, 61st precinct community council, georgios mastrokostas, graffiti, quality of life, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/beforeafter.jpg)

Anti-graffiti vehicles cleaned up East 19th street, previously a haven for vandalism

Remember a few weeks ago, when we told you how a resident of East 19th Street [chided 61st Precinct’s Captain Georgios Mastrokostas](/captain-faces-heat-at-61st-pct-council-meeting/)? At the time, the resident complained that her concerns about graffiti and drugs had been blown off.

The resident sings a different tune these days.

“They’re totally spoiling the heck out of me,” she said. “I told \[Mastrokostas\], ‘Lord, I want to hug you.'”

We’ve written about that block – East 19th Street between Avenue W and Avenue X – before, calling it a [haven for graffiti and drug dealing due to poor lighting and relatively minimal traffic](/east-19th-street-a-haven-for-graffiti/).

But according to the resident, things are different now. Just a day after the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting on March 10, Mastrokostas and two officers paid her a visit and walked around the area. She pointed out the graffiti and relayed her tales of finding drugs in the street.

This week, anti-graffiti vehicles were on the block scrubbing away the eyesores – some of which has been there for years. Mastrokostas also called the resident this week to tell her personally that they made a pair of narcotic arrests in the area, including one for crack possession in which the perp also had a gun.

“It’s nice that \[Mastrokostas is\] getting personally involved in all these things,” she said.

Here are a couple of shots of the recently cleaned up block, taken by reader nolastname:

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/e19st2.jpg "e19st2")

The owner of the garage, Ricardo (on the motorcycle), told nolastname he's very grateful for the 61st Precinct's effort

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/e19st1.jpg "e19st1")

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/e19st3.jpg "e19st3")

ggg

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/e19st5.jpg "e19st5")

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/e19st4.jpg "e19st4")

According to nolastname, the apartment building is the only thing left to be cleaned