KARMABrooklyn Blog: BEAT COPS WILL MEET WITH WINDSOR TERRACE, SOUTH SLOPE, AND GREENWOOD HEIGHTS RESIDENTS

72nd Precinct Sector A

Build the Block Meeting

Wednesday, December 13th

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Share your safety and quality-of-life concerns at the next Build the Block neighborhood safety meeting.

Residents and business owners in Windsor Terrace, South Slope, and Greenwood Heights will meet with the Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) of the 72nd Precinct's Sector A.

In addition, Arrow Action ("Housing Not High-rises") will speak about Arrow Linen Supply Company's rezoning request for Prospect Avenue. To increase its chances of selling its property to a developer, Arrow has requested that a portion of the block be rezoned. That would allow a developer to build residential towers that are thirteen stories tall, a height that is more than double that of any existing homes on the block.

Meet on Wednesday, December 13th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

"These "Build the Block" neighborhood safety meetings are strategy sessions between local police officers and the people they serve. The meetings have two simple goals: identify the public safety challenges of a specific neighborhood and discuss potential solutions."
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/buildtheblock.page

Detective Daniel McGrath (e-mail: Daniel.McGrath@nypd.org) and Detective Francis Ghanney (e-mail: Francis.Ghanney@nypd.org) are the NCOs for Sector A, the faces of neighborhood policing.

"Neighborhood Policing is "a comprehensive crime-fighting strategy built on improved communication and collaboration between local police officers and community residents. Neighborhood Policing greatly increases connectivity and engagement with the community without diminishing, and, in fact, improving the NYPD's crime-fighting capabilities.

The same officers work in the same neighborhoods on the same shifts, increasing their familiarity with local residents and local problems."
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/neighborhood-coordination-officers.page

At this Build The Block neighborhood policing and safety meeting, the officers will update residents about neighborhood public safety issues.

They'll answer your questions and listen to your concerns about assaults and robberies on the street, home burglaries, packages stolen from porches and lobbies, street safety for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists, and any other issues that are on your mind.

NYPD precincts are divided into sectors as part of the policing model known as "community policing." The same officers work in the same neighborhoods on the same shifts. The radio dispatchers, supervisors, and sector officers work together. Sector officers and sector cars stay within the boundaries of their assigned sectors, except in precinct-wide emergencies.

Find out the dates and locations of upcoming Build the Block meetings by going to https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-meeting.page and entering your street address (although the date for this meeting is given as December 12th, which is incorrect; an attempt is being made to correct it).

Location

Holy Name of Jesus Church

245 Prospect Park West

between Windsor Place and Prospect Avenue

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

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72nd Precinct

830 4th Avenue

between 29th and 30th streets

Sunset Park, Brooklyn

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Phone number: (718) 965-6311