More than 300 people packed into the yard behind the 61st Precinct yesterday to celebrate the 27th National Night Out Against Crime.
Kids played on giant inflatable amusements, while their parents devoured food supplied by Cherry Hill Gourmet Market. Performers from Lezginka NYC regaled the crowd with traditional Pakistani dances, and a troupe of young Asian-Americans also put on a show. Deborah Lynn Bridges, a former Broadway performer and singer for the NY Knicks, sang the national anthem.
A mainstay of Night Out Against Crime? Awards! Officers, politicians and members of the Precinct’s Community Council exchanged plaques and certificates. Some of the politicians in attendance, who also gave speeches, were Councilman Lew Fidler, Councilman Domenic Recchia, Jr., and Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz.
Fidler took the opportunity to remind revelers of the event’s purpose, to show criminals that the “streets belong to us … the people” and that’s demonstrated by ”neighbors coming together and helping each other, standing together.”
(Photos and information provided by Erica Sherman for Sheepshead Bites.)
View the 61st Precinct Night Out Against Crime 2010 photo gallery.
Children performers from 2009's Night Out Against Crime
The 61st Precinct is celebrating the 27th anniversary of the national Night Out Against Crime this evening.
There will be free food, children’s rides, performances, D.J. music and a celebration of our local law enforcers at the event. Night Out Against Crime kicks off at 5 p.m. and runs ’til 8 p.m. at the 61st Precinct on Coney Island Avenue and Avenue W.
The event is free to everyone of all ages.
Call (718) 627-6847 for more information. And don’t miss our coverage from last year’s Night Out Against Crime.
A reader sent in the above photo, and we received a couple of tips regarding a transformer fire at East 19th Street and Avenue W. It appears the fire has caused a power outage for the nearby apartment building, 1900 Avenue W. The same corner had a transformer fire just two days ago, according to another reader who sent us the tip and photo at the time.
It’s a busy night, folks.
Firefighters arrived at Avenue W and East 21st Street to battle a blazing ambulette at around 12:30 a.m.
According to a witness, no one appeared to be inside the vehicle, and no one was hurt. From his home nearby, the witness described the firefighters smashing the ambulette’s windows as sounding “like gun shots.”
The blaze was finally put out less than 15 minutes later.
Photo and tip from BrooklynQ.
This is an unconfirmed report.
We just received the following message from an anonymous source. We’re not sure, but we think he’s talking about Manor Electric Supply Corp. at 2737 Ocean Avenue. We’re heading out of the office for the day and can’t look into it, but thought it might be useful for residents to know that there’s an up-tick in crime and vandalism in the area. If anyone has any information, please leave it in the comments section. We’ll update when more information is available.
Here’s the tip:
Alarm went off at 4am the cops didnt show up till 6am. This is a week after all the cars in the garage of 2756 Ocean Ave had their windows broken and were robbed. The police in this area are totally useless, theres always the little traffic cop driving around giving out double parking tickets but never a real police presense. This neighborhood is becoming a playground for burglaries. Look at the crime stats for last week… burglaries and grand larcenies are way up. Please make readers aware and maybe we can somehow get the police to do their job.
Photo by Arthur Borko
After all the work done to get rid of it, graffiti is back. It took one week from the time the last building on East 19th Street was scrubbed clean until this was spotted. Let’s see how long it takes to remove it again.
Residents of East 23rd Street around Avenue W woke up this morning to discover brown water flowing throughout their homes. Why is this news? Well, the DEP came within an hour of lodging the complaint with 311. We rarely get to report quick results from 311, so it seemed worthy of passing along.
Hey, dude in the hood, what the hell are you doing? Are you spraying graffiti? Don’t you know we just got this block – East 19th Street between Avenue W and Avenue X – cleaned up?
Oh, my bad. You’re with the Graffiti Free NYC crew. So you’re here to clean up the last bit of graffiti on the apartment building, eh? Great! And to think, it was just at last week’s 61st Precinct Community Council meeting that Captain Mastrokostas said he would remind you guys to do it.
Glad to see a street we had long considered a problem area fixed up. At least one resident I spoke to – who was previously very sour about the whole situation – has chippered up. Kudos to the precinct for the extra work, but even more so to the residents who badgered their community leaders into acknowledging their needs. Let’s hope this ends the saga of East 19th Street.
(Photos courtesy of Arthur Borko.)
Bump slow marking on East 17 Street, between Ave X & Ave W. (Photo by Ray Johnson)
This “BUMP SLOW” marking was seen painted on East 17th Street between Avenue X and Avenue W not so long ago.
A local resident told us that it was marked by the Department of Transportation because it’s slated for a speed bump installation. Another resident said that it was just painted there as a warning to drivers to be aware of the raised bump in the road, where the asphalt appeared damaged.
Since the time when this picture was taken, we haven’t had a chance to check for changes in the street marker or repairs in the road. Does anyone know more about the status of the bump in the road?
Arthur Borko sent in this photo of FDNY crews on the scene at 1900 Avenue W (corner of East 19th Street). Borko said that smoke or steam is pouring out of the ground directly in front of the building. Could be a burst steam pipe or water main underneath sidewalk, or perhaps worse. We’ll let you know as we find out more information.
