Skywatch Comes to Myrtle Avenue
A reader tipped us off that the NYPD had set up one of their Skywatch contraptions on Myrtle Avenue at Carlton Avenue yesterday so we swung by this morning to check it out. According to the cops on location, there are now more than 30 of these things in rotation and this one is expected…
A reader tipped us off that the NYPD had set up one of their Skywatch contraptions on Myrtle Avenue at Carlton Avenue yesterday so we swung by this morning to check it out. According to the cops on location, there are now more than 30 of these things in rotation and this one is expected to be there for a couple of weeks. Maybe they should have parked it at Clinton and Greene though: We hear there was a drive-by shooting there last night.
Well, Rob, NYPD has the Skywalk on Myrtle, but this shooting was on Clinton and Greene, farther north (around the corner from me) last night. There is a lot of drug activity in the area and it spills over into otherwise tame areas like Greene and Clinton. It’s scary. One of the victims was an innocent 70 year old bystander.
looks like myrtle is taking it’s former nickname back as murder avenue. (and no i dont think that’s a good thing, i think it’s horrible)
*rob*
Thanks for clarifying that, Mr. B. I agree with Tish James.
From Tish James’ office:
(Brooklyn, NY) – Two men, approximately 30 and 70 years old, were injured yesterday evening about 8:30 pm in a drive-by shooting on Clinton Avenue, between Gates and Greene Avenues. Their injuries were not serious, and the older was an innocent victim struck by a bullet intended for the other man, in what appeared to be a drug-related shooting.
“It is imperative that the 88th Police Precinct be declared an Impact Zone now,†said Council Member James. “There have been five shooting victims within this precinct in the last two weeks, and it is clear that more resources are needed. I call on Commissioner Kelly to respond to the critical public safety needs within the 88th Precinct immediately.â€
Ok, here is the story on the New York times. There was a shooting on Greene and Clinton at 9:30 pm last night – two adults, not life threatening injuries.
http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/
That corner of Clinton and Greene is pretty staid — but there definately is drug activity in the neighborhood and nighttime gunfire at times from around Carlton and Fulton. There was also a 5pm shooting sometime last year on Fulton between Gates and Clinton. So it is not unbelievable that something might happen on Greene and Clinton but it is not what you would associate with a drug dealing “corner”, like Fulton Dowling/Grand or Carlton. I don’t like it whereever it is, but I would like to find out what happened.
What is going on around here??
This is all such crazy violence – shootings, murder, slashing, rape, muggings –
all in 1 month.
Welcome to the neighborhood.
What is being done about this – besides an outpost on 1 corner?
Sentry gun from Call of Duty would work too.
i’d prefer it was one of these:
http://www.gossipcraze.com/_mm/_d/_ext/39528/big_Mechwarrior%20501.jpg