Yet another moped robbery has taken place in Williamsburg.
Today around 9:40 a.m., the victim was walking at Berry and North 1st streets in Williamsburg when an unknown perpetrator snatched her headphones and fled on a moped, the NYPD has confirmed with Greenpointers. Those are the only details they were able to provide at this time, an investigation is ongoing.
The Citizen app provided additional, unconfirmed information, including the presence of a second perpetrator. Video footage from the app shows NYPD helicopters circling the area.
The area has seen a rash of similar robberies this summer. Armed moped riders have been targeting victims with expensive watches. However, with this most recent incident, the NYPD did not indicate a firearm was involved.
Does this remind anyone remember before Giuliani
The gold chain snatching epidemic
Their response was absolutely comical. He went up the pedestrian ramp, from what I heard, on the Williamsburg Bridge and the police parked at all the entrances/exits in Brooklyn and Manhattan. They also had 7+ cruisers pushing through bridge traffic towards Manhattan.. instead of just having the police in Manhattan take care of their side. They didn’t actually close entry into the bike/pedestrian lane so I got to see all this and pass most of them overhead at 10:00AM.
It reminded me just how terrible our infrastructure is. Police and emergency response is crippled by our refusal to modernize our roads with proven solutions.
There was actually another very similar incident today in Greenpoint by the UPS store at India and Franklin.
Greenpointers- the same thing happened today in Greenpoint in front of the UPS store at India and Franklin.
A store employee chased after them so if you call the store they’ll know what you’re talking about
Mopeds should be outlawed – they bring nothing but misery to NYC