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New Security Cameras Installed At Newkirk Plaza Via ‘Safe Shopper’ Initiative

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams with Council Member Mathieu Eugene, police, and civic leaders at Almac Hardware, May 16. (Photo by Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office)On Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited Newkirk Plaza to install surveillance cameras intended to thwart crime, as part of his

Operation Safe Shopper Is Brooklyn’s New Eye On Crime

Borough President Adams watching surveillance footage with Rabbi Eli Cohen (Courtesy Patrick Rheaume of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Office)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has introduced Operation Safe Shopper, a pilot program between civic groups and the NYPD in which security cameras will be installed throughout commercial strips borough-wide to

Operation Safe Shopper Is Brooklyn’s New Eye On Crime

Borough President Adams watching surveillance footage with Rabbi Eli Cohen (Courtesy Patrick Rheaume of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Office)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [/?s=eric+adams] has introduced Operation Safe Shopper, a pilot program between civic groups and the NYPD [/?s=nypd] in which security cameras will be installed

Man Shoots 15-Year-Old In Both Legs Outside Farragut Houses And Brooklyn Navy Yard

Image via NYPD.Surveillance video shows the horrifying moment that a man, clad in black, shoots a 15-year-old in both legs outside the Farragut Houses last Friday, April 1. It was 5:07pm at Sands Street and Navy Street — still daylight hours and right outside the gate to the Brooklyn

Weinstein Secures $2 Million For Enhanced Security At Sheepshead Bay/Nostrand Houses

Assemblywomen Helene Weinstein speaking at a July press conference alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio, Councilman Alan Maisel, Borough President Eric Adams, and others. (Photo provided by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein’s office)Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein announced Friday she had secured $2 million for new security cameras and increased lighting at the

Private Security Cameras In Borough Park Raising Questions

Source: CeCILL via Wikimedia CommonsAssemblyman Dov Hikind secured $1 million for new security cameras to be installed in Borough Park and the project is continuing to stir controversy [/borough-park-and-midwood-are-getting-1-million-in-security-cameras-stirring-some-controversy/] among those who feel that the cameras raise serious questions over privacy. A New York Daily News editorial [http://www.nydailynews.

Have You Seen This Bike?

A neighbor wrote to us about her bike that was stolen from behind her house around 12:54am on Thursday, June 13, around Westminster and Dorchester Rds. According to the footage captured by surveillance cameras, a man wearing a two-toned du rag opened the gate to the backyard and took

Parade Ground Security Cameras Did Have A Problem, Which Has Been Fixed

About a month ago, we told you about security cameras at the Parade Ground [/blog/crime/are-the-parade-ground-security-cameras-broken] that seemed to be out of service. Installed after the murder of Julio Locarno [http://awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.com/2011/03/murraynews-nypd-sgt.html] in 2011, the cameras, which were requested by community members, were

Do We Need Security Cameras at All Local Subway Stations?

With a rise in iPhone thefts on the subways [/blog/crime/iphones-property-theft-drive-crime-in-70th-precinct-says-inspector-rodriguez] , should all the subway stations in our area have security cameras? Community Board 14 thinks so, and they asked two city agencies to include security cameras in their budgets for fiscal year 2014 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/

Do We Need More Security Cameras?

Security cameras always greet closely you upon entering Manhattan. The borough has 177 NYPD camera boxes according to the Daily News [http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-07/news/33087078_1_surveillance-cameras-argus-cameras-street-crime] . Brooklyn follows closely with 153 and that number has been rising thanks to the efforts of local politicians. Residents who