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Two Young Men Smash Teen Girl’s Phone During Robbery in Boro Park

BORO PARK — A teenage girl was robbed early Wednesday by two young men who smashed her phone in Boro Park. On Wednesday, November 27, around 1.25 a.m., in front of 1164 60th Street, an 18-year-old girl was walking home when two unidentified young men in their late teens

Boerum Hill

Briefly Noted: Flatbush Child Sex Trafficker Busted, B/Q Train Trench Drama, 66th Precinct’s Race Issues and More

Flatbush/Ditmas Park — The Department of Buildings informed owners of Brooklyn homes next to a trench by the Q/B subway lines that they’re violating city codes [https://thecity.nyc/2019/11/homeowners-wall-eyed-at-city-order-they-inspect-train-trench.html] and demand an immediate inspection and technical reports to be submitted. (The City) Flatbush — Flatbush

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NYPD Releases Additional Video Of Man Who Vandalized Two Sunset Park Mosques

SUNSET PARK – The NYPD has released another video of the man they are seeking in connection to attacking two Sunset Park mosques with a hammer last Saturday. At approximately 5:20pm on November 11, police say the suspect used a hammer to smash a video camera and multiple windows at

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Police Seeking Suspect In Vandalism Of Two Mosques

SUNSET PARK – Following an investigation, the NYPD has determined that the man suspected of smashing up an Islamic Center on 6th Avenue [/weekend-crime-blotter-nypd-releases-videos-man-attacking-mosque-homicide-suspects/] may also be responsible for a similar attack on another nearby mosque. Via NYPDApproximately twenty minutes after the suspect used a hammer to smash a video camera

Borough Park

Help Police Locate Missing Sunset Park Sisters

SUNSET PARK/BOROUGH PARK – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating two sisters from Sunset Park who disappeared last Friday. According to police, the sisters were last seen on Friday, October 6 at approximately 8:45am near 4211 14th Avenue (PS 164) in Borough Park. Jamilet Ramirez

Central Brooklyn

Greenpoint Cyclist Hit During Century Bike Tour Dies

KENSINGTON – The NYPD announced on Friday that the 55-year-old, Greenpoint cyclist run down by a drunken, unlicensed driver during last month’s Century Bike Tour [/century-ride-exposes-little-city-cares/] has died. Nancy Pease and two other cyclists were struck by 39-year-old Kensington resident Abel Antonio Pina-Morocho at approximately 9am on Sunday, September 10.

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School Starts On Thursday: Will There Be Crosswalks By P.S.889/M.S.890?

By the school earlier this morning, September 5, 2017DITMAS PARK: Over a month ago [/new-school-set-open-fall-no-safe-way-get/] we wrote about the lack of safe routes for students to the brand new P.S. 889/ M.S. 890 (K338) on Coney Island Avenue. The school that is set on a truck route and

Central Brooklyn

[Video] Police Searching For Suspect Who Held Up A Kensington Gas Station

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual seen in the surveillance video below in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Kensington earlier this month. At approximately 9pm inside the Shell gas station located at 1 Cortelyou Road on Sunday, August 6th, an

Central Brooklyn

Bicyclist Killed In Kensington

Monday morning, around 7:30am, a car struck a bicyclist on the corner of Beverley Road and East 7th Street. The 69 year-old man was taken to Maimonides Hospital with head trauma, and died from the injuries on August 16, 2017. According to the preliminary police investigation, the car, a

Central Brooklyn

Letter To The Editor: Parking And Abandoned Cars

To the editor: Thank you for your recent article on abandoned and illegally parked cars on Hinckley Place off Coney Island Avenue (Whose Parking Lot Is Hinckley Place? [/whos-parking-lot-hinckley-place/] by Liena Zagare – April 21, 2017). It is good to know that I am not the only one that has noticed.

Police & Fire

Help Identify Two Individuals In A Sunset Park Brawl

Police are searching for two individuals in the surveillance video above in connection to an assault last night in Sunset Park. Here’s what happened, according to cops: * On Monday, April 10 at about 9:40pm, two young Asian men entered a business located by 8th Avenue and 58th Street

Bensonhurst

Woman Randomly Punched In Face At Boro Park D Train Station

The suspect leaving the station. Photo via policeOn Saturday, November 12, a black, male D train rider approached a 24-year-old woman at the 9th Avenue subway station and punched her in the face. The allegedly unprovoked attack happened in broad daylight at 4 p.m. The woman refused medical attention,

Bensonhurst

66th Precinct Lt. Stripped Of Badge & Gun Amidst Corruption Probe

66th Precinct Community Council meeting. In white: Lt. Michael Andreano (R) and Capt. Kenneth Quick (L) and members of Brooklyn Asian Civilian Observation Patrol. (Photo by Jole Carliner / Kensington BK)Lieutenant Michael Andreano of the 66th Precinct has been stripped of his badge and gun over links to an alleged

Bensonhurst

BREAKING: Man Gunned Down In Borough Park Drive-By [Updated]

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA man was killed in broad daylight today in a drive-by shooting in Borough Park. The 36-year-old victim was sitting in his van at around 12:20pm, at the intersection of 46th Street and New Utrecht Avenue, when a second car pulled up beside him and a

Bensonhurst

Hit-And-Run Leaves Young Boy Injured In Boro Park

Black minivan slowed after hitting the 6-year-old boy, then rolled away.Cops are searching for a driver who plowed into a young boy and then fled the scene in Boro Park yesterday. Surveillance footage shows a black minivan cutting through the intersection as an adult and two kids stepped onto

Bensonhurst

Man Missing From Kensington Home

Photo via NYPDCops are searching for a Kensington man who has been missing for at two days. Mykola Ryzhenko, 68, was last seen at 1am on Wednesday, August 3, at his residence at 715 East 2nd Street, say cops. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds, with

Bensonhurst

Bandits Swipe $3 & Fax Machine During Borough Park Home Invasion [Video]

https://youtu.be/g4Mm9sAkT5w Cops are after a pair of crooks who made off with a fax machine and pocket change during a home robbery Friday. The suspects forced their way into a 76-year-old man’s 50th Street apartment as he opened the door on Friday July 8, at 11:

Central Brooklyn

Con Artists Targeting Asian Women With ‘Cursed Jewelry’ Scam Again, Say Cops

Photos via NYPDCops are looking for five women in connection to a citywide scam in which the perps [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/11/police-warn-scams-targeting-elderly-asians-bensonhurst/#.V30YoJMrKSM] approach middle-aged Asian women and persuade them that their jewelry is cursed. In five recent incidents, the victims were approached by three of the

Bensonhurst

Keep An Eye Out For This Missing Borough Park Senior

Photo via NYPDCops are searching for a man who was reported missing from his Borough Park home on July 2. George Blair, 70, was last scene at his apartment at 5110 19th Avenue, on July 2, 2016 at 6:10am, inside of his residence, according to the NYPD. He is

Bensonhurst

Chelsea Cobo, Missing 54 Days: A Mother’s Plea For Her Daughter’s Safe Return

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazUtqrNN04 In Rose Cobo’s Borough Park home, the walls are plastered with calendars and timelines retracing the steps of her daughter in the weeks before her disappearance. A cryptic voicemail left on the night 22-year-old Chelsea vanished, a mug shot, and text message

Bensonhurst

Knifepoint Robbery On The D Train

Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a D train passenger at knifepoint last Wednesday in Borough Park. The suspect brandished a knife to a 45-year-old man on the southbound D train approaching the Fort Hamilton Parkway station, on June 15 at 5:15am, according to police reports.

Central Brooklyn

Cops Seek Suspect In Borough Park Subway Robbery

Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a D train passenger at knifepoint last Wednesday near Borough Park. According to police reports, the suspect brandished a knife to a 45-year-old man on the southbound D train approaching the Fort Hamilton Parkway station, on June 15 at 5:15am.

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Former 72nd Precinct CO & Two Other Top NYPD Officials Arrested On Corruption Charges

Three high-ranking NYPD officers one of the two businessman associated with the massive ongoing NYPD bribery scandal [/blog/crime/reading-borough-park-shomrim-featured-new-york-times/] were arrested this morning on corruption charges related to two different schemes. A detailed criminal complaint was released this morning involving commanding officers Deputy Chief Michael J. Harrington and Deputy

Central Brooklyn

Strange Bedfellows: 8 Must-Read Articles On The NYPD-Shomrim Corruption Scandal

(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A recent bribery scandal involving the NYPD and members of the Shomrim, an all-volunteer Jewish security patrol, has drawn a glaring media spotlight on how the two organizations function together—and occasionally clash—while enforcing neighborhood justice. Today’s New York Times article [http:

Bensonhurst

66th Precinct Detective Questioned In Corruption Probe Has Been Fired

Headquarters of the 66th Precinct at 16th Avenue and 59th Street. (Photo: Google Maps)A longtime community affairs detective at the 66th Precinct, who was named in a federal corruption investigation, has been fired, DNAInfo reported yesterday [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160524/upper-east-side/top-nypd-official-caught-federal-probe-files-for-retirement] . Detective Michael Milici of the