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Friday Crime Blotter: Bank Robbery, Stabbing & Beating A 12-Year-Old

BED STUY – Cops are looking for six guys who beat up a 12-year-old boy inside a deli two weeks ago. On Monday, July 13 at around 5:30 p.m., a 12-year-old boy was inside a deli on Marcy Avenue near Pulaski Street. Then, a group of six guys came

Central Brooklyn

Monday Crime Blotter: Cop Impersonator, MTA Employee Forcibly Touched & More

BAY RIDGE – The NYPD is looking for a man who forcibly touched an MTA employee at the subway station. On Saturday, April 11 at around 9:45 a.m., an on-duty 37-year-old MTA employee was cleaning a stationary R Train at the Bay Ridge-95th Street subway station. Then, a man

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Friday Crime Blotter: Robberies, Burglaries & An Arrest

BAY RIDGE – The NYPD needs help looking for a man who broke into a tobacco shop to steal money and energy drinks. On Tuesday, April 21, at around 8 a.m., a man approached Mist Tobacco Shop, located on Third Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets, and attempted to pry

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Crime Blotter: Bank Robbery, Pizza Man Assaulted, and Man Pushed onto Subway Tracks

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Wednesday, February 26, just after 3:30 p.m. a man entered Chase Bank at 975 Bedford Avenue and handed a note to a teller. The teller did as the note said, and the suspect left the bank with $1,000. No injuries were reported. Investigation is ongoing. Surveillance

Central Brooklyn

Crime Blotter: Robberies at Gunpoint, Stolen E-Bikes and Cellphones

CYPRESS HILLS — Police are looking for four people they suspect of being involved in a string of robberies over the past two weeks in Cypress Hills. Cops compiled surveillance footage from the vicinity of each incident into the video below. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/

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VIDEO: Group of 5 Stab and Rob Delivery Man in Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG — A young delivery person was stabbed and robbed during a delivery last Saturday. On Saturday, February 8, at around 4.30 a.m., at 32 Walton Street, a young man, a 20-year-old food delivery person, attempted to leave the building upon completing an order, when a group of five

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Man Robs 13-Year-Old at Howard Houses in Brownsville

BROWNSVILLE — A 13-year-old boy was robbed in his apartment building in Brownsville last Friday. On Friday, January 24, around 4:30 p.m., an unidentified man entered the Howard Houses NYCHA complex at 1548 East New York Avenue and followed the victim, a 13-year-old resident of the complex, into an

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99¢ Store Robbed of Over $4,000

99¢ Tower in East New York. Via Google Maps.EAST NEW YORK — Two people broke into a general store in East New York, robbing over $4,000 in early January. On Wednesday, January 8, around 05.15 a.m., a couple broke into 99¢ Tower, a general store at 2526

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Trio Stole $3,200 Worth of Designer Shoes in Homecrest

HOMECREST – Three men pretended to shop at a Kings Highway clothing store on Tuesday and stole $3,200 worth of merchandise. On Tuesday, January 7 around 2:20 p.m., three unidentified men were at Chuckies, an upscale shoe boutique specializing in shoes and accessories. The suspects were being assisted

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Trio Broke into Gravesend Home Through Balcony and Stole $2,000

Individual 2 and 3. Courtesy of NYPD.GRAVESEND — Three men broke into a Gravesend residence on Monday and stole $2,000. On Monday, January 6, 2020 at 4:30 p.m., three unidentified men entered a second-floor apartment by breaking through a sliding balcony door of a residence located around

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Group Beats Up 59-Year-Old Man with Broomstick in East New York

EAST NEW YORK — A group of men beat up a 59-year-old man with a broomstick in East New York. On Monday, December 23, around 11:50 p.m., a 59-year-old man was approached by six unknown men near the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Cozine Avenue in a parking lot,

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Man Robbed at Gunpoint After Setting Up Meeting Through Facebook

CROWN HEIGHTS/BROWNSVILLE — A man who thought he was going to buy a few phones and earbuds from a man on Facebook ended up being robbed at gunpoint. On Wednesday, November 20, around 4:10 p.m. inside the lobby of a residential building at 1760 Park Place, the victim,

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Group Beats Up Two Subway Newsstand Employees for Money and Candy

PARK SLOPE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A pattern of robberies hit the Brooklyn subway in December. A group of four suspects is targetting newsstands in Brooklyn subway stations for money and candy, cops said. Two newsstands were hit in the last few weeks. The first incident happened on Monday, December 16, around

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Brighton Beach Laundromat Robbed at Gunpoint

Glady’s Laundromat and Dry Cleaners robbery. Courtesy of NYPD.BRIGHTON BEACH — A 24-hour laundromat was robbed at gunpoint in Brighton Beach. On Tuesday, December 17, around 2:15 a.m., Glady’s Laundromat and Dry Cleaners located at 412 Brighton Beach Avenue was robbed of approximately $500, cops said.

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Man Robs Hundreds of Dollars Worth of Top-Shelf Liquor at Park Slope Bar

The Douglas Bar. Courtesy of Google Maps.PARK SLOPE — A neighborhood bar was robbed of top-shelf liquor in Park Slope. On Tuesday, December 3, around 1.10 a.m., at The Douglass Bar [http://www.thedouglass.com/] at 149 4th Ave, an unidentified male gained entry into the location through

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Two Men Rob a Teen and a 21-Year-Old in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS — Two men are suspected in two separate robberies that took place last week on the border of Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy. First, on Wednesday, December 11 at around 5:20 p.m., a 21-year-old young man was walking on Atlantic Avenue between Troy and Schenectady Avenues when two

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Two Young Men Smash Teen Girl’s Phone During Robbery in Boro Park

BORO PARK — A teenage girl was robbed early Wednesday by two young men who smashed her phone in Boro Park. On Wednesday, November 27, around 1.25 a.m., in front of 1164 60th Street, an 18-year-old girl was walking home when two unidentified young men in their late teens

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Staying Warm in Style: Over $25,000 Worth of Luxury Brand Winter Coats Stolen in Southern Brooklyn

Sport Tech store at 3115 Coney Island Avenue. Courtesy of Google Maps.BRIGHTON BEACH/SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Two Southern Brooklyn retail stores were repeatedly robbed of a particular luxury brand winter coats. One of the incidents happened on Sunday, October 20, around 5 p.m., when a group of 10 individuals

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Thief Bites Prospect Heights U-Haul Employee

Prospect Heights U-Haul Facility. Courtesy of Google Maps.PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A man bit a U-Haul employee, after trying to steal two sets of truck keys at a Brooklyn facility. On Thursday, November 14, at around 8.30 in the morning at the Prospect Heights U-Haul facility at 666 Washington Avenue,

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Delivery Man Kicked in Face and Robbed in Ditmas Park

DITMAS PARK — A 60-year-old delivery man was attacked and robbed while delivering food last week. On Tuesday, November 5 at around 9:40 p.m., a man was delivering food to a house on Dorchester Road, between Marlborough Road and East 16th Street. Then, two men approached him and took

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Shirtless Man Slashed and Robbed A Woman In Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG – Cops are searching for the man who slashed a woman and robbed her last week. On September 10 at around 1:20 a.m., a 24-year-old woman was walking on Humboldt Street near Boerum Street when a man approached her. According to cops, he displayed a knife and demanded

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Thieves Shove Man Into Car Trunk Before Stealing $6K And His Mercedes

GOWANUS – Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the four men seen in the video below in connection with a recent robbery. At approximately 2:20am on Saturday, August 24, the 25-year-old male victim left the Fire Lounge at 593 3rd Avenue before encountering the four suspects at

Downtown Brooklyn

Thief Snatches Commuter’s Jewelry At Nevins Street MTA Station

[UPDATE: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 10:45am] Police have arrested 59-year-old Keith Clark of Bed-Stuy in connection with this incident and charged him with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property. DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below

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Police Searching For 2 Men Who Knocked Out 65-Year-Old At Clinton Hill MTA Station

CLINTON HILL – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the two men seen in the below photos and video in connection to a robbery at the Clinton/Washington Ave A/C subway station earlier this month. Via NYPDAt approximately 10:50am on Thursday, August 1, police say

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Sunset Park’s Muslim Community Center Robbed Before Eid

SUNSET PARK – The Muslim Community Center, home of the non-profit Muslims Giving Back, [https://www.muslimgivingback.com/] was robbed just six days before Eid Al-Adha [/eid-al-adha-2019/]. The robbery took place on Monday, August 5. One man entered the Mosque, located at 5218 Third Avenue, during the time of Fajr prayer,