The Meeting on Crime will has been moved to 8/27. Save the date! Where: Polish Slavic Center (176 Java St) When: 8pm Join the Greenpoint Neighborhood Watch to discuss the […]
Tag: Crime
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Update: Sunday’s Pistol Whipping
Many readers asked who was the pistol whipper and how is the victim. According to the Brooklyn Paper: “The victim suffered a broken jaw, several cuts to the head, and […]
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Details of Monday Night’s Home Invasions and Sexual Attacks (Not Linked To Homeless Shelter)
There was a lot of back and forth on the comment thread in regard to the home invasions and sexual attacks that we initially reported yesterday so I wanted to […]
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Anti-Violence Project Training at Greenpoint Church – Tomorrow (8/13)
It’s alarming and disheartening to receive daily emails, tweets and facebook messages from Greenpoint residents who are scared because of the recent violent events that have taken place in the […]
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Update: 94th Precinct Confirms Pistol Whipping – Robbery – Suspect Was Caught
Was it a stabbing? Was it a shooting? Was it a robbery? The violent incident involving a gun that took place yesterday afternoon on Norman Ave and Guernsey St. was very […]
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Incident With Gun on Norman and Guernsey in Greenpoint Yesterday
There was an incident involving a gun on Sunday August 11, 2013 on Norman Ave and Guernsey St, but whether it was a shooting is still unclear. At 3:17pm yesterday […]
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Feeling Unsafe in Greenpoint? Let Brooklyn Bike Patrol Walk You Home! (THEY ALSO NEED VOLUNTEERS!)
While waiting for Jay Ruiz, founder of Brooklyn Bike Patrol, to answer the phone I listened to the Batman theme song. BAT-ASS! Does bike patrol serve Greenpoint? Jay told me […]
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Many Greenpoint & Williamsburg Businesses Burglarized; 2 Men Wanted
Video footage on  CBS Local shows two suspects, white males who broke into the front doors of many local Greenpoint and Williamsburg businesses, stole cash and fled in a white minivan. […]
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Missing Greenpoint Woman Last Seen on Freeman St After “Scared” Texts
A reader alerted me to this AMNY article about Greenpointer Dana Lauren Bonanno, which reports: Police are searching for a Brooklyn woman who sent panicked text messages to friends and […]
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McGolrick Park Punks Vandalize, Start Fires & Assault Dogs
I was a bit put off when I saw a bunch of trees in McGolrick earlier this week wrapped in caution tape. I later found out that it marks trees […]