community council meeting
Originally scheduled for Thursday, October 16 at the CB 12 office, the 66th Precinct Community Council meeting will now take place next Thursday, October 23, 7:30pm at the Royal Banquet Hall, 818 Coney Island Avenue, between Cortelyou and Ditmas. As part of his push to make the Community Council
Felony crime report;
There was no summer break for the Kensington cops. According to the felony reported prepared by the 66th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml], crimes committed between August 1 and September 17 kept cops scrambling from one event to another. But cops scored too,
East Fourth Street Community Garden
The East Fourth Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/] is on a roll. It’s hosting its annual plant sale this Sunday, October 5, following last weekend’s very successful two-day flea market. This time the hours are 9am to 2pm, with pumpkin decoration and carving from 10am to
Brooklyn Community Board 12
After a summer of meetings, input from the NYC Department of Transportation, and a letter from members of Community Board 12’s Transportation Committee, the New York State Department of Transportation and its consultant, the URS Corp., presented their “Ocean Parkway Safety Improvements from Prospect Parkway to Shore Highway” plan
Assemblyman James Brennan
After a summer of meetings, input from the NYC Department of Transportation, and a letter from members of Community Board 12’s Transportation Committee, the New York State Department of Transportation and its consultant, the URS Corp., presented their “Ocean Parkway Safety Improvements from Prospect Parkway to Shore Highway” plan
flea market
The East Fourth Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/] is holding its annual fall flea market fundraising event on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28. On Saturday, the hours are 9am to 2pm, with “Snail Play” for kids from 10am until noon. The event will feature art, facts,
The golden trophy with Community Council officers, D.I. Deddo, in profile center rear; Mohammad J. Alam, left; Hymie Mochon, seated; and Marc Katz, president, right.The 66th Precinct had a busy summer with excellent results, Deputy Inspector Michael Deddo said at fall’s opening Community Council meeting, held Thursday,
CompStat report
A message with well wishes for a great new season from our 66th Precinct Commander, Michael J. Deddo. Welcoming KensingtonBK readers back from their summer recess, Deputy Inspector Deddo sent along a report telling us what the precinct accomplished while everyone else was on vacation. “…[F]rom 7/1/14
Youth Mela
Making its McDonald Avenue debut, MUNA, the Muslim Ummah of North America [http://muslimummah.org/muna/], a faith-based, non-profit national organization, is kicking off the school year with a Children’s Fair this Saturday, September 6. Activities will be happening up and down McDonald, from Avenue C to Church Avenue,
burglaries
The latest 66th Precinct CompStat figures, #33, covering August 11-17, show a whooping 233.3% boost in burglaries over the same week in 2013, going from 3 to 10. The year-to-date figures show a 12.2% uptick. On the other hand, the past 28-day figures show a 4.8% decline
felonies
The 66th Precinct’s weekly CompStat report again shows a preponderance of grand larcenies, up 44.8% in the past 28 days; up 33.3% in the past seven. Fortunately, only one of those occurred in Kensington. For the moment, all the 0ther categories are trending down. Maybe crime takes
Boardwalk Empire
The HBO television series Boardwalk Empire [http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/index.html] will spend Friday, August 1 filming indoor scenes in Kensington — but, we hear, no stars will be on the set. For the shoot, which will run from 6am until midnight, the police have banned parking starting at