Brooklyn Burglary Crew Hit 19 Stores In 2 Months, Police Say

The police are seeking assistance in identifying suspects wanted for the burglaries of 19 Brooklyn stores, including several in Park Slope, over the last two months.

Working primarily on weekend nights between midnight and 6am, the suspects broke into an array of small businesses between April 8 and May 30, police said, many of them delis and bodegas throughout central Brooklyn.

The group targeted a several spots in Park Slope and Prospect Heights, including Area Yoga on 5th Avenue and Flatbush Avenue restaurants Purbird, Born Thai and Burrito Bar, as well as several businesses on Vanderbilt Avenue.

The suspects often broke in through cellar doors if possible, but also entered through front doors and windows, as with Purbird, on 6th Avenue near Flatbush, and Area Yoga on 5th Avenue and Bergen Street. The burglars primarily took money and electronics, including computers and cell phones.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. Police say all calls are confidential.