January 26, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 4
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Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick
Park mugging
Williamsburg: A 13-year-old girl was mugged as she walked through McCarren Park on Jan. 17. Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.
ROBBED! Art space loses its security equipment to thieves
Williamsburg: Galapagos, the Williamsburg arts haven that is rehabbing an old stables for a move to DUMBO, was robbed of almost $300,000 worth of security devices that were supposed to keep its future home protected, cops said. Comments (5).
INVASION! He breaks into home hours after mugging someone
Williamsburg: An armed thug claiming that he had just stabbed someone, robbed two Williamsburg women after forcing his way into their South Fourth Street apartment on Jan. 19. Comment.
Caper foiled
Williamsburg: Police arrested two young men on Jan. 20 as the perps tried to steal copper pipes from a construction site. Comment.
Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst
On camera
Bay Ridge: A thief stole a high-tech camera from a 92nd Street medical office. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’s 68th Precinct. Comment.
Makeover comes to Ridge stores
Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge businesses better start keeping up appearances if they want to stay competitive, says the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Comment.
Brooklyn Heights–Downtown
Horrifying attack on Bklyn Bridge bicyclist
Downtown: A bicyclist was robbed and pummeled by a gang of teenagers on the Brooklyn Bridge footpath on Jan. 16. Plus all the other crime from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comments (1).
Little theater to expand
Downtown: The Brooklyn Heights Cinema, which is believed to be the last twin moviehouse in Brooklyn, will soon add two screens. Comment.
Downtown’s kaffee klatsch
Downtown: A new bookstore and café opened last week on the City Tech campus Downtown, but the public is going to have to wait at least a week more before they can partake of the gourmet coffee and organic snacks. Comment.
Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill
Bar fight is brewing on Hoyt Street
Carroll Gardens: Plans for a bar and grill on Hoyt Street have shattered the calm on the mainly residential street with neighbors saying the would-be bar-owner is trying to create a new Smith Street in the midst of their quiet corner of Carroll Gardens. Comments (14).
Smash ’n’ grab
Carroll Gardens: A burglar broke a window to invade a woman’s Union Street home and steal her purse on Jan. 16. Plus all the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comments (1).
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
School scuffle
Fort Greene: A fight broke out in a elementary school auditorium on Jan. 18 — which would be normal enough except that both of the participants were parents. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.
4W comes full circle
Fort Greene: 4W Circle of Art and Enterprise, the Fulton Street arts “incubator” that will, after nearly two decades, close at the end of the month, has one last gift for the community (and one last marketing opportunity for its resident artist-merchants): a bittersweet blow-out party on Jan. 27. Comment.
Park Slope
Shattered
Park Slope: A 33-year-old man never knew what hit him on Jan. 16 when a perp bashed him from behind on Union Street and stole his wallet — but the good news is that the thug was later arrested, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.
SPEAK UP! Bloggers will tell all about thefts, but don’t tell cops
Park Slope: It turns out that cops in the 78th Precinct are not aware of any spike in identity thefts, despite weeks of blog frenzy over the elusive crime. Comments (3).
The waffles are here!
PS … I Love You: Our Park Slope columnist explores the soon-to-explode Belgian waffle scene. Comments (1).
Three on one
Park Slope: Three teenagers mugged a 34-year-old woman shortly at around 5 pm on Jan. 21. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’s 77th Precinct. Comment.
