June 28 – July 5, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 26
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Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick
Bedford cuts automobiles
Williamsburg: Bedford Avenue will become a pedestrian mall this summer. No, really. Comment.
CANNED! A Port-A-Potty posse beats up a security guard
Greenpoint: Here’s a dirty crime: Thugs broke into a Lombardy Street parking lot and locked the security guards in a portable toilet. Comment.
Pedal pushers
Williamsburg: Cops arrested four thugs suspected of shoving a cyclist to the ground and stealing his bike as he crossed the Williamsburg Bridge on June 27. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.
Vulgar villains
Greenpoint: A group of foul-mouthed thugs mugged two teens on June 23, but cops nabbed some of the suspected offenders. Plus all the other crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.
Bedford brawl
Greenpoint: Two pugilists hospitalized a 21-year-old man after he left a Bedford Avenue bar early on June 16. Comment.
Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst
Recchia: Bad loan not my fault
Bay Ridge: Councilman Domenic Recchia said a case of internal corruption at a non-profit that he funded has nothing to do with him. Comments (2).
Evict this ‘trailer’ park now!
Bay Ridge: Ten years after it turned a city park into a trailer park, the Department of Education says it is almost ready to remove two temporary classrooms from a Leif Ericson Park — but neighbors worry that the tin-walled learning boxes may have become permanent fixtures. Comment.
Not dog! Food vendor ban strikes 86th St
Bay Ridge: A Bay Ridge community board voted unanimously last Wednesday to ban food vendors along a stretch of busy 86th Street. Comments (4).
Home break-in
Bay Ridge: Someone broke into a 10th Avenue home on June 22 and got away with a grand. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.
Spammed
Bay Ridge: The ol’ fake e-mail trick fooled an Oliver Street woman into handing over $4,500 on June 6. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.
Cops crack 93rd St drug den
Bay Ridge: Police nabbed five suspected drug dealers who turned a peaceful Bay Ridge street into a block of fear and intimidation over the past three years. Comments (4).
Victory wins!
Dyker Heights: Victory Memorial Hospital closed for good on June 30 — but an unexpected 11th-hour deal will keep the Dyker Heights medical center in good health. Comments (2).
Brooklyn Heights–Downtown
Shattered glass
Downtown: Cops arrested two thugs in Brooklyn Heights after they beat up a man and tried to steal his wallet on June 22. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.
Caller No-D
Downtown: Talk about getting kicked while you’re down: A punk stole a Boerum Hill man’s cellphone on June 21 as the victim lay unconscious in the street after a cyclist hit him. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.
Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill
Shucks! Pols shell oyster bar
Carroll Gardens: A new law drafted with a controversial Hoyt Street bar in mind would make it harder for proprietors to open saloons near schools and places of worship. Comments (3).
Mr. Quadrozzi, tear down this wall!
Red Hook: An 18-foot-tall, corrugated wall obstructing the waterfront view in Red Hook Park must come down, a state court ruled, but some parents would rather see the barrier stand tall. Comments (1).
More cutbacks at LICH
Cobble Hill: Two weeks after its staff issued doom-and-gloom predictions about the long-term health of Long Island College Hospital, the Cobble Hill medical center said it would shut a program for sex crime victims on June 30. Comment.
Banks are safer
Carroll Gardens: A woman told police that someone stole $4,000 from her home on Bond Street between April 15 and June 7. Plus all the crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.
Beat down
Carroll Gardens: Two men were beat up in separate incidents blocks — and hours — apart on Hoyt Street on June 27. Plus all the crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comment.
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Sneak attack
Fort Greene: A jogger on Clinton Avenue was thrown to the pavement and mugged by two hooligans on June 15. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).
It’s Gate-gate!
Fort Greene: The unusual string of thefts of historic wrought iron gates has spread to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill after catching homeowners off guard in Crown Heights last week. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).
Martyrs monument mischief
Fort Greene: The Parks Department has fired the electrician rushing to complete the restoration of the Prison Ship Martyrs’ monument in Fort Greene Park in time for its 100th anniversary in November — and now the agency is scrambling to finish the work on time. Comment.
Park Slope
Cool your (noisy) jets
Park Slope: The mysterious increase in noise in Park Slope from airplanes en route to LaGuardia Airport has been solved — perhaps — and the din could die down as soon as next month, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. Comments (4).
Park is BBQ crazy!
Park Slope: Barbecuing has gotten out of control in Prospect Park this summer. Comments (6).
Late-night mugging horrifies this Slope man
Park Slope: Three gun-toting thugs mugged a man on Fourth Avenue on June 22, getting away with his laptop and fancy phone, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.
Arrest in late-night Slope slashing!
Park Slope: An ex-con has been collared for viciously slashing a woman walking home from her shift at the Park Slope Food Co-op on June 17. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.
This thief was hungry
Prospect Heights: The foodie fiend entered a popular Washington Avenue supermarket at around 5 pm and headed straight for the packaged cold cuts, a manager said. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct Comment.
RED-FOOTED! Bank robber’s shoes, stained with dye, give him away
Park Slope: Cops caught a bank robber red-footed on June 19, nabbing a dye-stained man who was still carrying thousands in booty that he allegedly took from the Astoria Federal branch on Fifth Avenue. Comment.
Green thief
Prospect Heights: Someone with a green thumb — and sticky fingers — made off with more than $150 in tools from a Vanderbilt Avenue back yard on June 19. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.
Armory won’t open until 2009!
Park Slope: More delays at the $16-million Armory. Comment.
‘Girl’ goes sour: Kosher chocolate store closes
Park Slope: The Chocolate Girl — a Seventh Avenue shop that sought that most oxymoronic place in the marketplace, gourmet kosher chocolate — has closed just shy of a year after opening, forced out because of a high rent. Comments (3).
