Central Brooklyn
The NYPD says a 3-year-old boy was shot in the head early this morning in an apartment at 520 E 21st St. They say they responded to a call at about 3:30am and found the boy in the second floor apartment, struck in the left side of the head.
70th Precinct
While many crimes are down this week (and this year overall) in the 70th Precinct, the most striking note to make in the most recent CompStat report is that felony assault and grand larceny both jumped 60% over a weeklong period. This is contrary to the 17.1% drop in
70th Precinct
Police say they’ve arrested 21-year-old Justin Sarkodie for the murder of 28-year-old Farrell Nestor [/blog/crime/28-year-old-man-shot-and-killed-on-east-23rd-street] this past Tuesday morning inside 490 East 23rd Street. The NYPD says that he’s been charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm. Apparently the two men “had gotten
Police & Fire
After a major December drop in crime last week [/blog/crime/crime-has-dropped-39-for-december-reports-70th-precinct], 22 incidents of grand larceny contributed to a significant rise this week. That is nearly a threefold increase from last week’s 8 grand larcenies. Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez has been warning residents all year [/blog/crime/iphones-property-theft-drive-crime-in-70th-precinct-says-inspector-rodriguez]
70th Precinct
A neighbor has reported an attempted break-in this morning on Cortelyou and East 16th Street at around 10:30 am. The neighbor said she had no description to offer, “just black fingers over the window.” This comes just after a report from the 70th Precinct that on Tuesday, October 2,
Police & Fire
Yet another burglary [/blog/crime/the-70th-precinct-addresses-increasing-incidents-of-burglary] in the neighborhood–this time in a commercial space. At about 2am on Monday, July 2, police say a man entered Connecticut Muffin on Cortelyou Road and left with an undetermined amount of money from two cash registers located in an office. The suspect
66th precinct
The vandalized phoneby Steven Volynets and Shamar Hill When we started our literary project about being Jewish in Brooklyn almost a year ago, it was a venture of introspection – a search for the meaning of self in communities as diverse as New York City. As we set out to interview