Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is searching for two men wanted for a shooting that occurred outside a Flatbush Avenue hair salon over the weekend. The first suspect allegedly passed a handgun to the second suspect on the street outside 1227 Flatbush Avenue, near Newkirk Avenue, at approximately 3:50am on Sunday, according
Central Brooklyn
Yesterday, two men were arrested and charged with the attempted rape of a 25-year-old woman [/blog/news/cops-after-suspects-rape-attempt-prospect-park/] near Prospect Park last Wednesday. Ibrahima Diallo, a 24-year-old Bushwick resident and Boubacar Diallo, a 21-year-old Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident, have been charged with attempted rape, assault, and sexual abuse, according to the
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is searching for six suspects in connection with shots fired on Parkside Avenue last week. The group of men allegedly approached their two victims, one 18-year-old man and another 31-year-old man, in front of a residential building on Parkside Avenue on Thursday, May 26 at 1:24am, according
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is searching for two suspects wanted for an attempted rape that occurred near Prospect Park early Wednesday morning. The men allegedly followed a 25-year old woman in the vicinity of Tennis Court and Ocean Avenue, on May 25, at approximately 2:15am, shoving her against a parked car
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerReported crimes in the 70th Precinct are down, with few exceptions, relative to the same point last year. Captain James Palumbo, commanding officer of the 70th Precinct, discussed the statistics at last night’s 70th Precinct Community Council meeting. Most striking are the precinct’s drops in
Central Brooklyn
Photo: NYPDHelp cops track down a local senior who has been missing since yesterday. Joseph Pauyo, 81, of East 19th Street, was last seen leaving Crown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center [http://crowncares.com/], located at 3457 Nostrand Avenue, on Wednesday, May 25, at approximately 11:15am, according to police. He
Central Brooklyn
Cars which are legally parked — despite a sidewalk ramp — in front of 575 Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)Now that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing thousands of legally parked vehicles [/blog/news/70th-precinct-led-city-wrongful-curbside-ramp-ticketing-analysis-shows/] , raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their money
Police & Fire
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)It appears that the NYPD has been regularly ticketing legally parked cars, and the error is a huge boon for the city. Ben Wellington, who runs the data site I Quant NY [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/144197004989/the-nypd-was-systematically-ticketing-legally]
Central Brooklyn
Cars which are legally parked — despite a sidewalk ramp — in front of 575 Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)A recent analysis by public interest website I Quant NY [http://iquantny.tumblr.com] unearthed an incredible detail about the NYPD’s ticketing practices. Despite the fact that it is now legal,
Announcements
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThe 70th Precinct issued an “NYPD Burglary Alert” yesterday. According to the 70th Precinct Community Affairs Unit, there have been several burglaries in our area where “perpetrators are entering through the apartment’s fire escape windows that are left unlocked.” Boundaries of the 70th Precinct. (Courtesy: NYPD)
Central Brooklyn
Photos: NYPDThe NYPD is seeking the public’s help in locating two area residents reported missing within the confines of the 70th Precinct. Sarah Dupre, a 22-year-old black woman living on Flatbush Avenue, was last seen leaving her home at 6pm on Saturday, April 16th. Dupre was wearing a green
Central Brooklyn
70th Precinct Community Council Vice-President Mary MCrea and NYPD Officer Batson at a Church Avenue street fair in 2014.Big changes are happening at the 70th Precinct. Last year’s announcement of 1,300 new New York City police officers, most of whom will be deployed in the new Neighborhood
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThe Borough Park business man at the center of a massive NYPD bribery investigation — which has taken down several top cops who patrolled our area — allegedly used his police connections to quash assault charges against his nephew and his entourage of Yiddish-speaking teen gangsters, reports the New
Central Brooklyn
NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare) Several high-ranking NYPD officers past and present from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South are facing consequences as the latest corruption probe [/blog/news/66th-precinct-detective-named-in-federal-corruption-probe-says-new-york-daily-news/] to hit the police department continues its course. Among them — the former commanding officer of the
Police & Fire
NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare) Several high-ranking NYPD officers past and present from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South are facing consequences as the latest corruption probe [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/news/66th-precinct-detective-named-in-federal-corruption-probe-says-new-york-daily-news/] to hit the police department continues its course. Among them? Deputy Inspector James
Central Brooklyn
Photo: NYPDThe NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the man in the photos above who is wanted for “menacing” two individuals at a local subway station last week. Police say they received a report that last Thursday, at 08:40am, a 26-year-old man (victim #1) was