BHB contributor weegee alerts us, via Open Thread Wednesday, of an armed robbery that, according to Gothamist, took place at 114 Remsen Street yesterday at 2:14 p.m. The robbers fled in a vehicle that was stopped by police on the BQE. The robbers are in custody and a gun was taken.
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84th Precinct Community Council Meets Tuesday Evening
There will be a meeting of the 84th Precinct community Council this Tuesday evening, January 17, starting at 7:00, at Borough Hall, entrance at 209 Joralemon Street (between Court and Adams streets). All are invited, and refreshments will be served. The agenda includes a presentation by the New York Peace Institute on mediation, the Cop […]
Willow Street Shooting [Video]
Karl Junkersfeld surveys the scene of last night’s shooting on Willow Street. Watch after the jump.
Willow Street Car Crash Shooting Photos
Returning from the airport tonight at around 2am, I snapped a few photos of the scene of the New Year’s Eve shooting on Willow and Clark Street. Police were on hand gathering evidence.
DEVELOPING: Shooting Victim on Willow Street
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 […]
Montague Street Radio Shack Robbed
The Radio Shack at 110 Montague Street was robbed of $7K in electronics on December 22. The Brooklyn Paper reports that 3 armed thugs – two with guns another brandishing a knife – burst into the store at 9:40 pm. The perps locked the store’s clerk in the basement and fled the scene. Radio Shack, […]
Trucks Troubling You? Come to 84th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tuesday
D.I. Mark DiPaolo, 84th Precinct Commander, sends us word that the 84th Precinct Community Council will meet this Tuesday evening, November 15, starting at 7:00, at the Baptist Temple, 360 Schermerhorn Street, between Third Avenue and Nevins Street. The featured event will be a report by the Truck Enforcement Unit. Also on the agenda are […]
Wheel Thieves Strike Again
A Range Rover sits forlornly, bereft of left wheels and propped up on a partially collapsed plastic milk crate, on Pierrepont Place, between Montague and Pierrepont Streets, this morning. We don’t know if this is the work of the same crooks who, over the weekend, took the wheels from a Honda CR-V parked on Henry […]
Thugs Creepin’ in Brooklyn Heights
As we search for our next Police Blotter reporter, this crazy crime news comes to us from the Brooklyn Paper: A man fought off two knife-wielding thugs who tried to steal his iPhone on Hicks Street on Oct. 24. The fearless would-be victim said that he was near Pineapple Street at 10 pm when one […]
84th Precinct Community Council Meets Tuesday Evening; Focus on Domestic Violence
Deputy Inspector Mark DiPaolo has announced that the next meeting of the 84th Precinct Community Council will be at St. James Pavilion in Concord Village, 240 Jay Street (between Cathedral Place and Chapel Street), starting at 7:00 p.m. this coming Tuesday, October 18. The special guest at this meeting will be the precinct’s domestic violence […]
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