61st Precinct
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
61st Precinct
In the first meeting of the 61st Precinct Community Council of 2014, the 61st Precinct’s executive officer, Captain Faison, reflected on the past year, focusing on the increase in domestic violence [/video-61st-precinct-captain-says-domestic-violence-cause-of-crime-increase-during-year-end-report/] . Filling in for precinct’s commanding officer, Captain John M. Chell, Faison noted that crime was down
70th Precinct
The other day we noticed some partially-painted over “26”s on the Dorchester bridge mural [/blog/art-music/dorchester-mural-gets-a-plaque-of-recognition], as well as on a building on the nearby corner of E 16th Street and Dorchester Road. It seemed pretty clear that such utilitarian tagging was more of a turf-claiming effort than
Bensonhurst
Mural of Hawkins in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Source: Wikipedia)Today is the 24th anniversary of the shooting death of Yusef Hawkins. At the time of his death, Hawkins was 16 years old. On August 23, 1989, Hawkins and three of his friends visited Bensonhurst to check out a car that was for
Police & Fire
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
coney island housing projects
Joseph Brown, Source: NYPD via nytimes.comFour people were shot at a Coney Island housing project this past Friday leaving one person dead, according to a report [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/nyregion/man-killed-in-coney-island-shooting-three-are-wounded.html] by the New York Times. Joseph Brown, 29, was arrested [http://www.huffingtonpost.
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
61st Precinct
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
60th Precinct
Coney Island's safer due to an increase police presence, but what about Brighton? (by Eddie~S via flickr)According to an article published in the Home Reporter, crime is going down in Coney Island. At a Bensonhurst West End Community Council meeting held earlier in the month, Captain
CompStat
Looks like it was a big week for auto theft (G.L.A.) with a jump to seven. Still, we’ve seen a 24+ percent reduction in crime year-to-date, but that divide appears to be narrowing. It was 36 percent nearly a month ago [/61st-precinct-crime-statistics-28-2142010/]. CompStat reports are produced by