Cops are turning to the public to identify an arsonist caught on camera setting fire to bushes in front of a Marine Park Home. The perp was strolling along East 56th Street when he casually pulled out a lighter and…
An attempted carjacking on East 6th Street near Avenue Z was stopped in its tracks when the suspect was scared off by a passenger’s screaming. Cops say a 59-year-old woman was parking her car at the intersection just after 3pm on…
CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison,…
A masked man robbed the 2702 Knapp Street 7-Eleven Wednesday morning, threatening to shoot the convenience store’s clerk if he failed to cooperate. The suspect, wearing a ski mask, strolled into the store at 3:11am, pulled a gun and kept…
A dimwitted thief entered a livery cab at Nostrand Avenue and Avenue X, pressed a gun against the driver and demanded cash, jewelry and a free ride to Brownsville on Monday, fleeing after a feeble attempt to destroy the video evidence…
Neighbor Olga Filkin, of Midwood, died on Sunday after falling more than 20 feet from a chair lift at Hunter Mountain Ski Resort, authorities announced yesterday. Filkin, 44, a wife and mother of two, fell from the ski lift at…
A car collision yesterday afternoon caused one of the vehicles to veer off the road, slam into a traffic signal and burst into flames on Ocean Parkway. The dramatic accident left two in critical condition. Firefighters pulled them from the…
Judging by the number of e-mails we’ve received this year, package thieves are ruining the Sheepshead Bay holiday season at a higher rate than usual. While most who’ve contacted us have asked for advice (spoiler: file a police report), reader…
CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison,…
Police are looking for the public’s help in identifying a man who stuck up Sheepshead Bay Pharmacy at gunpoint, making off with $200. Cops say the man walked into the 3558 Nostrand Avenue drug store on Monday at 6:00pm. He…
