Announcements
The security cameras in McGolrick Park have been upgraded (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – The NYPD 94th precinct will benefit from increased police numbers both in McGolrick Park and throughout Greenpoint and Williamsburg after a summer fraught with fatal violence and community concerns over hate speech. State Assemblyman Joe Lentol was
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Joe’s Pizza at 216 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg (Screenshot via Google Maps) WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for help identifying two men who stole delivery bikes and batteries from Joe’s Pizza at 216 Bedford Ave earlier this summer. At 5:30 in the morning of Friday, June 23, a man
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Pedro Sanchez, missing in Williamsburg since Monday (Photo via DCPI)WILLIAMSBURG – The New York City Police department is asking for help locating 72-year old Pedro Sanchez, missing from his home since Monday, September 11. Last seen at 1:00 pm Monday at his residence—the Bushwick Houses off Flushing Ave
Central Brooklyn
East 48th Street, near where the assault took place (Screenshot via Google Maps) EAST FLATBUSH – Police are looking for a man who assaulted another man with a baseball bat last Friday. On September 8, around 6:00 pm, two men were involved in a dispute outside 762 East 48th Street,
Central Brooklyn
Leaders of the march led chants of “Whose city? Our city!” and “Brooklyn’s not for sale!” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)About 200 community organizers and protesters marched through rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods this Saturday in a rally opposing gentrification, racism and police violence organized by the Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN)
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – On a mid-August evening, two men with a gun pushed their way into a Bushwick home before stealing electronics and jewelry. The burglary occurred at 5:30pm on Friday, August 18th, in the vicinity of Bushwick and Moffat Avenues, said police. No one was injured in the incident. Two
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Halsey St, near where the accident took place (Screenshot via Google Maps) BUSHWICK – Early in the morning on Labor Day, an allegedly intoxicated man drove his car onto a Bushwick sidewalk, slamming into gathered pedestrians. Naquan Ricks, 23, was charged with seven counts of reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of
Events
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.With the national climate towards police riddled with conflict, southern Brooklyn has nothing but love for their police officers. This love was expressed on Friday, December 2, at Cats on the Bay at 2027 Emmons Ave during the Be Proud Foundation’s 11th annual
News
Photo via Flickr.We’ve reported on quite of few crimes in our neighborhood recently [/61st-precinct-crime-blotter-robberies-break-ins-naked-photos/], making it easy to think that criminal activity in the neighborhood has gotten out of control. However, reported crimes in the 61st Precinct are down, with few exceptions, relative to the same point last
Police & Fire
Screenshot from video from DCPI.Two suspects have broken into three Brighton Beach Avenue storefronts this past month but only walked away from one with anything to show for it, according to police. They started off this break-in spree on Sunday, September 18, around 7pm with the clothing store at
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDPolice are asking for assistance in finding a man that stole a cell phone and credit card from a table in Gourmanoff Cafe Inn, at 1029 Brighton Beach Avenue, on September 28. The incident took place at around 3:30pm. The victim, an 18-year-old woman, left her cell
News
It was a rough weekend for some in southern Brooklyn. Here’s what you need to know: Photo via Google MapsPolice responded to a 911 call on Saturday morning, October 8, at around 7:45am. When they arrived at the location, 1871 Haring St near Avenue S, police found Michael