Police are on scene at the Borough Hall Station at Court St. & Joralemon St. where a person was struck and killed by a train shortly before 5:30 p.m.
Preliminary reports indicate that the person was not the victim of a crime.
Traffic on the 4/5 lines is stopped on the southbound side, and northbound trains are bypassing the station until further notice.
The Daily News picks up on the search for BeeBop the Cat today:
NY Daily News:“Losing your cat is a new level of pain,” Sheehan said sobbing. “I want him back. I won’t give up.”
Sheehan last saw 2-year-old BeeBop on June 28 when she was moving out of her old apartment at 38 Columbia Place. BeeBop jumped out of a back window before she could stop him.
“Everyone was looking for him,” said Sheehan, who now lives in Maine caring for her ailing 88-year-old dad.
NYPD is operating on Willow St. near Clark St., where a vehicle has crashed on the sidewalk. An occupant of the vehicle was found to have been shot, with a suspect fleeing toward the Promenade. Officers have a suspect in custody on Columbia Heights.
UPDATE: The victim was shot once to the neck, and is being transported to Lutheran Medical Center.
1/1/12 UPDATE: The victim, 43, is listed in stable condition at LMC. The suspect, 19, is in custody with charges pending.
Photo by M. Hermann for BHB
Motorists heading across the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon were taken by surprise when their rear windows suddenly shattered. Eight cars on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge in the left-hand lane were passing an area where construction is ongoing, and sandblasting was in progress, when some sort of debris started hitting them. At least two cars collided during the hard brake that resulted, sending two people to the hospital. No other injuries were reported.
Our gang over at the 84th Precinct made a good grab this afternoon on the Manhattan Bridge, when they responded to a report of an emotionally disturbed person standing on the span’s outer edge. P.O. Anthony Brooks, an 18-year veteran of the department, engaged the person, a 38-year-old male, in conversation. Shortly after seeing the officers, the man turned and began to quickly walk away from them. Officer Brooks, with the assistance of P.O. William Cooper and P.O. Daniel Sandberg, followed and managed to grab him by the waist and pull him over the fence to their side. EMS responded and transported the subject to Bellevue Hospital.
The FDNY reports a generator at the outdoor ConEd substation on Water St. caught fire, but has been put out by the automatic extinguisher system.
Police are at 374 Fulton Street, near Smith Street, where a person has reportedly been stabbed. A suspect is in custody, and units are searching the storm drains for a possible weapon. No word on the victim’s condition.
Photo by M. Hermann/BHB
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an accident that occurred around 1:00 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Initial reports indicate that a motorcyclist was going at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the bike near the curve after the Columbia Heights overpass and was thrown over the guardrail to Furman St. below. Police and Fire Department units responded to the scene to treat the injured person who was transported to Lutheran Medical Center in serious condition. The NYPD Accident Investigation Squad was interviewing witnesses, including other motorcyclists, on the expressway.
UPDATE: The victim, identified as Nelson Perez, 48, was pronounced dead at Lutheran Medical Center.
FDNY is operating at 235 Adams Street at what has initially been reported as a fire on the ground floor, in the vicinity of the elevator. The signal for a high-rise residential fire has been transmitted, which brings a host of specialized units.
Update below the jump. Continue Reading →
Don’t be surprised if you see a scene similar to this picture tomorrow. The HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” will be filming in Borough Hall from early morning on. The hit show is no stranger to the area, having shot scenes at the former Gage & Tollner restaurant, as well as in the rotunda of Borough Hall, which is featured prominently in the first season’s finale. The new season premieres on September 25th. Your intrepid correspondent is among the snappily dressed faces in the crowd (who says the entertainment industry doesn’t provide jobs for locals?) and understands the action will take place in the magnificent ceremonial courtroom. About 100 extras will be seen heading between the set and the holding area reserved in Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral on Schermerhorn Street. No word on whether Brooklynite (and vocal supporter of Engine 205) Steve Buscemi, who stars as Nucky Thompson, will be there.
UPDATE below the break…
Ladder 118 on Old Fulton St. in 2000. Firefighter Scott Davidson, who died at the World Trade Center, is seen aboard the rig. Photo by M. Hermann
Today’s Daily News, as part of its “9/11: Ten Years Later” series, profiles Middagh Street’s Ladder Co. 118, which lost its entire crew during the World Trade Center attacks. A two-page spread appears in the print edition, but it can also be found here.
Michael Lewis
Police say that this man, 22-year-old Michael Lewis, approached a 5-year-old girl on DeKalb Ave. near Flatbush Ave. Extension yesterday around 5:00 p.m., reaching under her skirt and biting her ear. Lewis, of no known fixed address, then fled the scene, according to the NYPD report. He is described as being 5’10″, 165 pounds, and with distinctive tattoos on his face and neck.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. People can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES), then entering TIP577.
Police Officer Alain Schaberger. NYPD Photo.
Police Officer Alain Schaberger, 42, assigned to the 84th Precinct, lost his life early this morning after being pushed over the railing of a stairwell by a suspect at 45 St. Marks Pl. Police say that Schaberger responded to a 911 call at 334 Bergen St. at 4:22 this morning in which a woman reported her boyfriend, George Villanueva, had threatened to kill her before he fled to his residence on St. Marks Pl. Officers responded to Villanueva’s residence, where they led him down the front stoop to have the victim identify him. Villanueva began struggling with the officers, and Schaberger was pushed over the railing. Continue Reading →
Police are still looking for Tommy Hairston who is wanted for the September, 2009 attack on a 67-year-old Pierrepont St. resident, and released his mug shot today. Continue Reading →
Police are responding to an apparent armed robbery at the RadioShack at 110 Montague St. Initial reports are that two males wearing UPS uniforms robbed the store at gunpoint and fled in a delivery van.
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