Police & Fire
Photo by Courtney SolomineCops in Coney Island will soon be getting some new tech to help keep a lid on gun violence. As part of his 2017 budget proposal [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/077-16/fact-sheet-mayor-de-blasio-releases-preliminary-budget-fiscal-year-2017] released Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to expand the NYPD’s ShotSpotter
Bensonhurst
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)A local transportation group accused police Thursday of ‘victim-blaming’ during their investigation of a hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist from Bensonhurst on Avenue U. The group, Transportation Alternatives [http://transalt.org/news/releases/8516], cited an article by the
Police & Fire
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)A local transportation group accused police Thursday of ‘victim-blaming’ during their investigation of a hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist on Avenue U. The group, Transportation Alternatives [http://transalt.org/news/releases/8516], cited an article by the Daily News
Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/qZ60K_TxE6o Update [January 7, 1:35pm]: Police initially reported that one of the victims was 9 years old. They have since issued a correction stating that she is actually 79. Police are searching for a group of four teens who mugged several women in Brighton Beach
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA 54-year-old cyclist from Bensonhurst was struck and killed by a Ryder truck on Avenue U in Gravesend yesterday, reports the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/01/20/cyclist-killed-in-brooklyn-hit-and-run/]. > Reng Ma Can was biking on Avenue U near East 9 Street in Gravesend around
Police & Fire
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Federal authorities busted a reputed Russian mob boss last week for allegedly threatening to kill a businessman if he did not beat a $100,000 bounty on his head. Boris Nayfeld, 68, who reportedly headed
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)Police are searching for a truck driver who sped away after fatally striking a 54-year-old bicyclist on Avenue U Tuesday night. According to the NYPD, the driver was traveling west on Avenue U at 5pm when
Central Brooklyn
Members of the 66th Precinct and the Shomrim at December’s Community Council meeting. (Photo by Jole Carliner/Ditmas Park Corner)The 66th Precinct Community Council [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml] is holding its monthly meeting on Thursday, January 21 at 7:30pm at
Bensonhurst
Source: Silvercore Training via flickrThe 37-year-old man who was found behind a Coney Island housing project Sunday with a gunshot wound to the head has been linked to a local gang and his murder could be retribution for another killing the day before, police sources told the Daily News [http:
Police & Fire
Source: Silvercore Training via flickrThe 37-year-old man who was found behind a Coney Island housing project Sunday with a gunshot wound to the head has been linked to a local gang and his murder could be retribution for another killing the day before, police sources told the Daily News [http:
Bensonhurst
Animal Clinic of Bensonhurst. (Photo via Google Maps)A Bronx man was arrested Saturday evening for firing off a shot at a local veterinary clinic during a failed robbery in October, according to police sources. Lee Nelson, 40, and an unknown female accomplice allegedly entered the now-shuttered Animal Clinic of
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA 37-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday night outside the Surfside Gardens Housing complex in Coney Island, police say. Cops say they received a call about a shooting at 9:17pm. When police arrived, they found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head