Another Shooting on Grand and Putnam
[nggallery id=”21402″ template=galleryview] This is getting really old. In what seems to be an annual occurrence, there was another shooting on the corner of Grand and Putnam last night. The 88th Precinct won’t confirm a thing, but according to several people standing around on the corner this morning, a car drove by last night at…
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This is getting really old. In what seems to be an annual occurrence, there was another shooting on the corner of Grand and Putnam last night. The 88th Precinct won’t confirm a thing, but according to several people standing around on the corner this morning, a car drove by last night at around 10:30 and sprayed an empty parked car with bullets, and in the process hit a female “innocent bystander” in the leg. She was reportedly not killed but, as the photos show, she lost some blood; as you can also see, a number of bullet holes are visible in the side of the building. As most people in the neighborhood are aware, this corner has been a hotbed of illegal activity for years. Two summers ago, after a young man was murdered for saying something insulting about another man’s girlfriend, the block was put on lock-down for the summer, which did temporarily push the drug activity a block or two away—not exactly an ideal solution for the people who lived on those blocks. In the community meetings that always follow, the police act sympathetic and talk about how difficult it is to put drug dealers away, but at a certain point it all rings hollow. If this were happening on the Upper East Side, you can be sure it would have been shut down long ago.
Turning Up The Pressure on Grand and Putnam [Brownstoner]
Murder on Putnam: Will The Cops Show Up Now? [Brownstoner]
“i am just going to avoid the ghetto/violent areas and people because i don’t want any part of it.”
So basically you want to live in a bubble. Live in what is the most suburban of NYC neighborhoods where everyone is a 20 something from the Midwest, and pretend like there is nothing wrong with the world…?
Wow…you are really pathetic.
North Brooklyn murder rise bucks city trend
The murder rate in north Brooklyn is going up – even as the number of killings citywide continues to drop, NYPD statistics released Tuesday show.
Murders were up 8% in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Crown Heights, Bushwick, Fort Greene, Williamsburg and Greenpoint in the first nine months of this year – 104 victims, compared with 96 for the corresponding period last year.
The city, however, saw during the first nine months an overall 18% dip in murders with 351 killings, down from 428 in the same period last year.
Some of the murders were connected to drugs or fights. But others involved innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire.
One Brownsville murder took the life of a 24-year-old Police Athletic League janitor who was described by family and friends as “hardworking” and “beautiful.”
Marcos Cayetano was cleaning up after a party when shots ripped through the air on July 22.
The north Brooklyn precincts also have seen a rise in shootings, bucking another citywide decrease.
Shooting victims are up almost 9% in the area, yet the citywide figure is down almost 7%, the stats show.
Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said the murder rate had dropped 8% and crime overall 20% in northern Brooklyn since 2001.
“The increased number of gun arrests [up 9%] … this year, as well as arrests overall [up 11%], is indicative of the Operation Impact and other resources being deployed in Brooklyn North to address crime there,” he said in a statement.
The 73rd Precinct, which covers Brownsville, has logged the largest increases, with murders up 37% – 22 this year versus 16 last year – and shooting victims, up 50% to 93 from 62.
Andrew Karmen, a professor in the sociology department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said more cops may not solve the problem alone.
“The long-term solution is investment in these neighborhoods and the lives of these young people,” he said. “Of course, usually it’s the short-term approach that’s taken.”
City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) agreed.
“The answer is economic development,” he said. “Not police containment.”
Hey 4:45, you forgot Rockland.
KNIVES OUT! Three more gruesome Billyburg blade crimes
By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper
• A crook robbed a North First Street woman in front of her apartment on April 11.
The blade-wielding mugger confronted the woman when she exited her apartment, which is between Wythe Avenue and Berry Street, at around 1 am.
“Don’t look at my face,†he said, pulling out the silver knife. “Give me your s—.â€
The victim forked over a pink leather wallet, credit cards, a monthly Metrocard, an iPod, a Nokia cellphone and $100.
Cops believe this mugger is behind a string of robberies on Metropolitan Avenue that were reported in The Brooklyn Paper last month.
• Another woman was mugged in the lobby of her Harrison Place building on April 11.
The crook was sitting in front of the building, which is between Bogart Street and Morgan Avenue, when the victim got home at around 8:45 am. He forced his way into the building when she opened the door, grabbing her from behind.
“Take your jewelry off before I hurt you,†he said, showing the knife.
The woman gave the man two rings — one containing a diamond — and a necklace, worth $755.
• Two violent thugs slashed a 21-year-old victim on Scholes Street on April 12.
The crooks approached that man at around 1:25 am as he walked between Manhattan and Graham avenues.
“Give me your money,†one of the thugs said, before slugging the victim in the face with a closed fist and slicing his left hand with a knife.
The victim handed over $20.
I agree with 3:03 who bought a condo in williamsburg. From my experience, many people are opting to buy a decent sized condo in a convenient, safe neighborhood over a brownstone in an area where the ghetto mentality exists. in my lifetime, i am not hopeful that the type of culture that celebrates easy money, violence, lack of parental responsibility (or financial or personal responsibility either) will go away. i am just going to avoid the ghetto/violent areas and people because i don’t want any part of it.
better cops, more money, etc.. do not matter. they cannot help here. a change in people’s attitudes is what’s needed.
Wow, you people are really out there…I’m aiding an attempted murder?! Of my friend?! It’s not my job to do police work and the fact that I know that the shooters were not from around here will NOT solve the case. I say it wasn’t drug related because it wasn’t and none of the people shot at or the person shot were selling drugs. And 5:12 please tell me how you make the corelation between petty dealers not kicking back dough to 88th and the shooting being easy to solve?! It was a drive-by!! Seriously, you need not speak on what you don’t know about.
clintonhillchill
Wow, you people are really out there…I’m aiding an attempted murder?! Of my friend?! It’s not my job to do police work and the fact that I know that the shooters were not from around here will NOT solve the case. I say it wasn’t drug related because it wasn’t and none of the people shot at or the person shot were selling drugs. And 5:12 please tell me how you make the corelation between petty dealers not kicking back dough to 88th and the shooting being easy to solve?! It was a drive-by!! Seriously, you need not speak on what you don’t know about.
“isnt that the corner Biggie use to swing rock on?”
S-L-I-N-G. SLING rock. Poser.
if you know for a fact who the shooters are not, then i suggest you come forward to the police with some answers.
if not, you are aiding an attempted murder.