The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and multiple news outlets have reported a pedestrian was struck and killed at about 10:00 pm Sunday evening on Atlantic Avenue near Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights. Katherine Harris, a 31-year-old originally from Hyde Park, NY had the right of way when a Volvo traveling west at a high rate of speed ran the red […]
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“Police Emergency” Caused Helicopter Noise Tonight
Having heard the noise from the helicopter hovering for hours over the Downtown Brooklyn/Brooklyn Heights border, and having received complaints from readers, your correspondent called the 84th Precinct, and was told it was because of a “police emergency.” I asked if I could be told the nature of the emergency, and was told I may […]
BHA Annual Meeting: P.S.8’s Phillips and Others Honored; Expert Panel Dubious about BQX
Court hearing on Pier 6 towers has been rescheduled–see below. At Monday evening’s annual meeting of the Brooklyn Heights Association, BHA President Patrick Killackey (photo) began by asking, rhetorically, what a neighborhood association can do in a time of political turmoil. He answered by arguing that the nature of the times requires more action at […]
Change of Command at 84th Precinct
DNA Info reports that Detective Inspector Sergio Centa, who has commanded the 84th Precinct, which covers Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and nearby areas, since September, 2014, left Thursday to take command of the 83rd Precinct in Bushwick. He there succeeded his predecessor as commander of the 84th, D.I. Maximo Tolentino. D.I. Centa’s successor as […]
Meet Cops of 84th Precinct at “National Night Out” This Evening
This evening from 5:00 to 8:00 at the Picnic Peninsula, near the foot of Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Bridge park, officers of the 84th Precinct, NYPD, will host a free event for the “National Night Out Against Crime”. Precinct officers, mounted police, and elected officials will be present. There will be entertainment by various local […]
84th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tuesday Evening
The 84th Precinct Community Council will have its next meeting this coming Tuesday, September 15, starting at 7:00 p.m., at Brooklyn Law School, 250 Joralemon Street. We have no details on the agenda, but typically there is a “cop of the month” award, a talk by a police officer on some aspect of police work […]
84th Precinct Needs Volunteers For Graffiti Removal Thursday
Want to help rid Brooklyn Heights of unsightly graffiti? Join officers of the 84th Precinct and Brooklyn Heights Association members at the northeast corner of Henry and Clark streets (by Gristedes) at 5:30 p.m. this Thursday, June 18. You will be provided with paint and brushes (dress appropriately) and dispatched to locations identified by 311 […]
84th Precinct Captain Not Optimistic About Getting More Cops for Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Eagle reports that, at last Tuesday’s 84th Precinct Community Council meeting, Capt. Sergio Centa was “not as optimistic” as he had been at the previous Council meeting about his ability to get more officers assigned to patrol Brooklyn Bridge Park in response to his request that followed the
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