Police & Fire
(Photo: mikey k / flickr)A 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
fort greene
Image via NYPD.Have you seen this gentleman? / 85-year-old Maurice Celestin has been missing since 10am last Friday, January 15 and the police have issued a Silver Alert for him. Celestin was last seen near Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue, wearing white sneakers and brown pants. He suffers from dementia
Central Brooklyn
A 71-year-old-man was hit by the driver of white Ford E-250 van around 7:20pm Thursday evening as he crossed Ocean Avenue at the corner of Beverley Road, according to the police. The van, which was heading southbound on Ocean Avenue and had a green light, hit the man as
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 Bea
fort greene
Image via NYPD.Whereas last week (December 28-January 3 [/blog/2016/01/11/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-december-28-january-3/] ) saw an increase in felony assaults and burglaries, this week, there was a decrease in felony assaults and an increase in burglaries and grand larcenies. Overall, crime compared to last week, last month, and last year
Police & Fire
Firefighters outside the Baku Boulevard restaurant on Avenue U. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/midwoodnewsnet/photos/a.435485473308800.1073741963.178373932353290/435485556642125/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Emergency responders swarmed the intersection of Avenue U and Homecrest Avenue Thursday night after a fire broke out in a restaurant on
Police & Fire
Source: WikipediaThe number of pedestrians struck by vehicles in Sheepshead Bay and its surrounding neighborhoods fell by 30 percent in 2015, according to police. Speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting Wednesday, Captain Jason Hagestad, the station house’s executive officer, reported that 185 people were struck by cars
Bensonhurst
https://youtu.be/RTxa4ng_bo0 Cops say that two bandits who robbed a livery cab driver [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/01/cops-after-two-men-who-robbed-a-cab-driver-in-coney-island/] at gunpoint in Coney Island last month are also responsible for sticking up another driver. According to police, two suspects who fit the description of those involved
Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/RTxa4ng_bo0 Cops say that two bandits who robbed a livery cab driver [/cops-after-two-men-who-robbed-a-cab-driver-in-coney-island/] at gunpoint in Coney Island last month are also responsible for sticking up another driver. According to police, two suspects who fit the description of those involved in the first robbery, got into
Police & Fire
Sergeant Cara Mulham standing between City Councilman Chaim Deutsch, left, and Captain Winston Faison. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A local cop received heaps of gratitude Wednesday night at the 61st Precinct’s community council meeting for helping deliver a baby boy [/local-cop-helps-deliver-newborn-on-the-way-to-the-hospital/] while riding in an ambulance on the
Central Brooklyn
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Bensonhurst
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