robberies
A young man, standing on Church Avenue off of East 2nd Street, told a 66th Precinct cop the details this afternoon: a man in his 20s grabbed his cell phone, threatened him, and then ran off. One squad car took young man and his friend to report crime, the second
Community Board 12
Among the local notables at the 66th Precinct’s gathering August 6 in Gravesend Park for the National Night Out Against Crime [/crime/joing-the-66th-precinct-to-celebrate-the-national-night-out-against-crime-at-gravesend-park] were Councilmen Brad Lander and David Greenfield holding a tete-a-tete on 18th Avenue, outside the park’s main entrance. Here’s the 66th Precinct Community Affairs
crash stats
In June, according to the NYPD Motor Vehicle Collision Report [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/traffic_reports/motor_vehicle_collision_data.shtml] , our 66th Precinct had 248 collisions injuring 67 people, one fatally. This is a slight improvement over the precinct’s May 2013 figures where 269 collisions
For the second year running, the 66th Precinct [/tag/66th-precinct] will host its National Night Out festivities at Gravesend Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/gravesendpark], a very nice park located at 18th Avenue between 55th and 58th Streets, on Tuesday, August 6 from 5 to 8:30 pm. It’
Albemarle Playground
Of all the succulent eye candy on display at the Bangladesh New Year’s two-day celebration in April [/art-music/on-the-street-saturdays-bangladesh-new-years-festivities], the animal face masks and puppets were a standout. Students at PS 179 and PS 230 created these under the aegis of Jill Reinier, the director of The Singing Winds
community council meeting
It was the last 66th Precinct Community Council meeting for the season, held Thursday June 20 at Community Board 12’s offices on 13th Avenue and 59th Street, and the Commander’s mood was mellow. The Cop of the Month award went to Officer Joshua Hull, pictured above on the
Department of Parks and Recreation
All statements to the contrary, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation will not present its final architectural plans for the redesign [/green/renovating-dome-playground-aka-38th-street-stage-1] of Dome Playground’s tot lot, lawn, and stage to the public at tonight’s Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/] meeting. According to a
66th precinct
Musical chairs at the NYPD. In recent years a stint as commander of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, which covers the 13 precincts in south Brooklyn, the 66th among them, has offered its chiefs a stepping-stone to NYPD advancement. Chief Thomas Chan, 55 years old, Brooklyn South’s commanding officer for
35th Street
With its latest grant from the Citizens Committee for New York City, the west Kensington Action Group (wKAG) is about to undertake its most ambitious project to date – green up, fix up and clean up Church Avenue. It is buying the lumber, tools and screws to build and install tree-pit
Church-McDonald Bangladeshi Business Association
We look back at a mela that took place on May 5, sponsored by the Chittagong Association of North America, along McDonald Avenue from Church Ave to Avenue C. The Church-McDonald Bangladeshi Business Association’s (CMBBA) major mela, their 8th annual, is scheduled for Sunday, June 9, and will happen
Dome Playground
At long last the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation has offered the public a preview of what it proposes to do to Dome Playground [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/domeplayground/], aka “38th Street.” The public discussion, which was initiated by Councilmember Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com/] (District 39) and
East 4th Street Community Garden
Kids helping grown-ups plant seeds at last Saturday’s Maintenance Day at the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.wordpress.com/].