Cypress Hills

Aug
01

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Copper Pipes Stolen from Construction Site, A Wayward Gunshot in a Robbery Struggle & More

CROWN HEIGHTS – Two suspects robbed a 60-year old man in the hallway of his Crown Heights residence on Monday, firing
2 min read
Jul
30

Weekend Crime Blotter: Slashings, Purse-Snatchings, A Livery Cab Driver Robbed & More

PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – A livery cab driver was robbed Friday night in PLG, but the suspects didn’t realize he
3 min read
Jul
03
State Senate Candidate Julia Salazar at Bushwick’s Starr Bar Tonight

State Senate Candidate Julia Salazar at Bushwick’s Starr Bar Tonight

Salazar, center, will be interviewed tonight in Bushwick about her primary challenge for State Senate (Via Salazar for Senate [https:
2 min read
Jun
15

Friday Crime Blotter: Back to Back Burglaries in Bay Ridge, A Bushwick Break-In & More

CYPRESS HILLS – Police are looking for a bicycle thief that hit a house in Cypress Hills earlier this week. The
2 min read
May
25

Friday Crime Blotter: A Basement Burglary, A Would-Be Crook Shook & More

MIDWOOD –  Posing as a Good Samaritan, a man tried to rob a woman at knifepoint on a Midwood street Wednesday.
2 min read
May
14
Weekend Crime Blotter: A Midday Bank Robbery, A Shoeless Bandit & More

Weekend Crime Blotter: A Midday Bank Robbery, A Shoeless Bandit & More

The Citi Bank at 80 Jamaica Avenue in Cypress Hills, which was robbed over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)
3 min read
Jan
24
Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Tragic Pedestrian Fatality, A Bad Samaritan on Linden Ave and More

Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Tragic Pedestrian Fatality, A Bad Samaritan on Linden Ave and More

The corner of Euclid and Ridgewood Avenues, where Luis Cabrera was killed last week crossing the street (Screenshot via Google
3 min read
Jan
22
“My Brooklyn” Screening and Panel Discussion Comes to Cypress Hills

“My Brooklyn” Screening and Panel Discussion Comes to Cypress Hills

CYPRESS HILLS – As the effects on gentrification creep across Brooklyn, expanding ever further from the East River, recent history can
2 min read
Dec
19
Tuesday Crime Blotter

Tuesday Crime Blotter

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SUNSET PARK
2 min read
Dec
08
Morning Crime Blotter: Bird Thieves, Would-Be Purse-Snatchers and More

Morning Crime Blotter: Bird Thieves, Would-Be Purse-Snatchers and More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking the man who stole a Blue Quaker bird from the Petland store at 92 Graham Avenue
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