66TH PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING (KENSINGTON AND BOROUGH PARK)

 

66th Precinct Community Council Public Meeting (Virtual)

Thursday, January 20th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

Input and perspectives by residents about crime and other policing issues are crucial. You know what's going on in your own neighborhood. 

 

Tell Deputy Inspector Jason Hagestad, the 66th Precinct Commanding Officer, about your concerns regarding neighborhood crime at the upcoming virtual public meeting of the 66th Precinct Community Council. 

 

The precinct covers Kensington, Borough Park, and part of Midwood.

 

This will be a virtual meeting, not an in-person meeting, and it'll be held on Thursday, January 20th, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

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66th Precinct

5822 16th Avenue

between 58th and 59th streets

Borough Park, Brooklyn 

phone: (718) 851-5611

e-mail: 66precinctcc@gmail.com

website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/66th-precinct.page

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD66Pct or @66precinctcc 

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KENSINGTON'S BEAT COPS WILL MEET WITH RESIDENTS NEXT WEEK

 

Kensington Neighborhood Policing and Safety Meeting

  Wednesday, December 15th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The 66th Precinct's beat cops (Neighborhood Coordination Officers/NCOs) for Sector D (Kensington and Ditmas) will meet in person with residents on Wednesday, December 15th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

Masks will be provided.

 

At this Build the Block meeting, Officers Viviane Perrone and Karol Smiarowski will update the community about public safety issues in Kensington and Ditmas.  

 

Share your concerns, complaints, and suggestions about rapes and other sex crimes, robberies, assaults, home burglaries, stolen packages, street safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists, noisy cars and buses, and other issues that the police are responsible for handling. 

 

The boundaries of Sector D are Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue to the north, Coney Island Avenue to the east, 18th Avenue and Avenue F to the south, and McDonald Avenue and 37th Street to the west.

 The NCOs for Sector D are

• Police Officer Viviane Perrone (phone: (917) 863-5169, e-mail: viviane.perrone @ nypd.org)
• Police Officer Karol Smiarowski (phone: (917) 826-6569, e-mail: karol.smiarowski @ nypd.org.

 

Each NYPD precinct is divided into either four or five sectors to carry out the job of neighborhood policing. The 66th Precinct has four sectors: are Sector A, Sector B, Sector C, and Sector D.

 

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.

 

Meeting Location
United Talmudical Academy
123 Clara Street
between Chester Avenue and 36th Street
Brooklyn

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66th Precinct
phone: (718) 851-5611
5822 16th Avenue
between 58th and 59th streets
Borough Park, Brooklyn
e-mail: 66precinctcc @ gmail.com
website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/66th-precinct.page
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NYPD66pct/posts/?ref=page_internal

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD66Pct or @66precinctcc

 

CANCELED: 66TH PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL OCTOBER MEETING

  

 

66th Precinct Community Council: 

Monthly Public Meeting (In Person)

Thursday, October 21st, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

Speak in person with Captain Jason Hagestad, the 66th Precinct's Commanding Officer, about your crime concerns at the upcoming public meeting of the 66th Precinct Community Council.

 

The community's input and perspective on crime and other policing issues is crucial.

 

The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 21st, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Community Councils are the liaison between the public and the NYPD. Meetings provide an opportunity for residents and business owners to talk with the precinct's Commanding Officer and other officers.

 

Meeting location

Community Board 12 Office

5910 13th Avenue

between 59th and 60th streets

Borough Park, Brooklyn

(map)

 

To get to the meeting from Caton Avenue, take the B16 bus to 13th Avenue at 56th Street, then walk three blocks along 13th Avenue to 59th Street. To return home, take the B16 on 14th Avenue (schedule).

 

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Contact information for the 66th Precinct:

phone: (718) 851-5611

5822 16th Avenue

between 58th and 59th streets

Borough Park, Brooklyn

e-mail: 66precinctcc@gmail.com

website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/66th-precinct.page

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NYPD66pct/posts/?ref=page_internal 

 

KENSINGTON BEAT COPS WILL MEET WITH RESIDENTS THIS MONTH

 

Kensington Neighborhood Policing and Safety Meeting

  Wednesday, September 29th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) in the 66th Precinct's Sector D (Kensington and Ditmas) will meet with residents at a Build the Block meeting on Wednesday, September 29th, at 7:00 p.m. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

 

Masks will be provided.

 

Officers Viviane Perrone and Karol Smiarowski will update the community about public safety issues in the neighborhood.  

 

Ask questions. Express your concerns, complaints, and suggestions about rapes and other sex crimes, robberies, assaults, home burglaries, packages stolen from porches and lobbies, street safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, noisy cars and buses, and any other police-related issues that are on your mind. 

 

Sector D's boundaries are Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue to the north, Coney Island Avenue to the east, 18th Avenue and Avenue F to the south, and McDonald Avenue and 37th Street to the west.

 The NCOs for Sector D are

• Police Officer Viviane Perrone (phone: (917) 863-5169, e-mail: viviane.perrone @ nypd.org)
• Police Officer Karol Smiarowski (phone: (917) 826-6569, e-mail: karol.smiarowski @ nypd.org.

 

Each NYPD precinct is divided into four or five sectors to carry out neighborhood policing. The four sectors in the 66th Precinct are Sector A, Sector B, Sector C, and Sector D.

 

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.

 

Meeting Location
Christ Apostolic Church
622 Cortelyou Road
near the southwest corner of E. 7th Street
Kensington, Brooklyn

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66th Precinct
phone: (718) 851-5611
5822 16th Avenue
between 58th and 59th streets
Borough Park, Brooklyn
e-mail: 66precinctcc @ gmail.com
website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/66th-precinct.page
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NYPD66pct/posts/?ref=page_internal

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NYPD OFFICERS WHO POLICE KENSINGTON WILL MEET WITH THE PUBLIC THIS MONTH

 

 

Kensington Public Safety Meeting

  Wednesday, March 24th, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) for the 66th Precinct's Sector D (Kensington and Ditmas) will meet with residents virtually on Wednesday, March 24th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

 

Ask them questions and share your concerns, complaints, and suggestions about crime in the neighborhood: rape and other sex crimes, robbery, assault, home burglary, packages stolen from porches and lobbies, street safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, noisy cars and buses, and any other issues that are on your mind. 

 

Each NYPD precinct is divided into either four or five sectors to carry out neighborhood 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.

 

The four sectors in the 66th Precinct are Sector A, Sector B, Sector C, and Sector D. 

 

Sector D's boundaries are Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue to the north, Coney Island Avenue to the east, 18th Avenue and Avenue F to the south, and McDonald Avenue and 37th Street to the west. 

 

The NCOs for Sector D are

• Police Officer Viviane Perrone (phone: (917) 863-5169, e-mail: viviane.perrone @ nypd.org)
• Police Officer Karol Smiarowski (phone: (917) 826-6569, e-mail: karol.smiarowski @ nypd.org.

To join via PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Android device, click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85850734957?pwd=MGV6WVlUbGNDUHVOOEc1RkhiV0pOZz09

 

Meeting ID: 858 5073 4957

Passcode: 408594 

 

To join by landline phone, call 1-929-205-6099.

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66th Precinct
phone: (718) 851-5611
5822 16th Avenue
between 58th and 59th streets
Borough Park, Brooklyn
e-mail: 66precinctcc @ gmail.com
website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/66th-precinct.page
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NYPD66pct/posts/?ref=page_internal

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD66Pct or @66precinctcc

 

 

66TH PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING ONLINE NEXT WEEK

 

 Boundaries of the 66th Precinct

 

 66th Precinct Community Council

Monday, September 14th, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

 

The 66th Precinct Community Council will hold its September meeting online via Zoom on Monday, September 14th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The last Community Council meeting was on January 16th.

 

The meeting is free, and it's open to the public.

 

Join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78984381543?pwd=cUQ0bHFZUnRUcVA5ZmFZRnVvT1hqZz09.

The meeting ID is 789 8438 1543, and the Passcode is U7f9n3.

At the meeting, the public can report crimes in Kensington, Borough Park, and Midwood as well as any policing matters.

The 66th Precinct's commanding officer, Deputy Inspector James King, will update residents on recent crimes in those neighborhoods, but the input of people who live within the boundaries of the precinct is essential.

The purpose of the 66th Precinct Community Council is to provide the critical interface between citizens and police through regular monthly meetings. Meetings are normally held monthly from September through June.

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Contact information for the 66th Precinct:
phone: (718) 851-5611
5822 16th Avenue
between 58th and 59th streets
Borough Park, Brooklyn
e-mail: 66precinctcc @ gmail.com
website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/66th-precinct.page
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD66Pct or @66precinctcc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NYPD66pct/posts/?ref=page_internal

ADULT MALE EXPOSES HIMSELF TO FEMALE CHILD ON THE F TRAIN

Sketch courtesy of the NYPD

A man exposed his genitals to a twelve-year-old girl on the F train near the Ditmas Avenue station on the morning of February 7th.

Description: scar on his right cheek, in his thirties, about 5'10", wearing a gray hoodie.

Articles about the crime are on the websites of Windsor Terrace Patch and WABC Eyewitness News.
 

BURGLAR SOUGHT FOR TEN COMMERCIAL BREAK-INS

The NYPD is looking for Edwin Perez-Guzman, pictured above, who is suspected of breaking into ten commercial establishments in Kensington and Windsor Terrace since mid-October and burglarizing most of them. See Marc Torrence's article in Windsor Terrace Patch for details.

TENANT IS SENTENCED FOR KILLING HIS LANDLORD WITH A SWORD

Press Release from the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office

Kensington Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

For Fatally Stabbing Landlord with Sword

Apprehended in Airport before Boarding Flight to his Native Bangladesh

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a 31-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally stabbing his landlord with a samurai sword during a dispute inside a basement he was leasing from the victim.

Acting District Attorney Gonzalez said, “This defendant caused a tragic and completely senseless death, taking the life of a beloved businessman and a father of three. He will now serve a very long prison sentence for his brutal and violent conduct.”

The Acting District Attorney identified the defendant as Rasel Siddiquee, 31 of Kensington, Brooklyn. He was sentenced today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog to 25 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision following his guilty plea earlier this month to first-degree manslaughter.

The Acting District Attorney said that, according to the evidence, on January 6, 2014 the defendant was inside a basement apartment at 546 McDonald Avenue in Kensington, which he was renting from the victim, Mahiuddin Mahmud.

The defendant, who was holding a sword, became angry at the victim over a pedicab license that was received in the mail. He struck the victim with the sword multiple times and continued to strike him in the throat after he fell to the ground, the evidence showed.

The defendant was apprehended on January 8, 2014 in Kennedy Airport after using his credit card to buy a flight ticket to Bangladesh.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Melissa Carvajal, Deputy Bureau Chief of the District Attorney’s Homicide Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Timothy Gough, Chief.

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Previous posts about this murder are posted at https://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/search?q=Mahmud.

KIDNAPPING OF TWO-YEAR-OLD POSSIBLY ATTEMPTED AT KENSINGTON/BOROUGH PARK BORDER

A man approached a two-year-old boy as he sat alone on the front steps of his house. As the man spoke to the boy and gestured for him to come closer, an older child stepped out of the house and onto the porch. The possible would-be kidnapper walked away.

This scenario took place this morning (Thursday, August 24th) at about 8:00 a.m. on 36th Street, near 12th Avenue, on the Kensington/Borough Park border.

A surveillance video of the incident is posted on the Twitter page of Myles Miller, PIX 11 News.

If anyone has information about this to share with the police, call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477), visit http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text 274637 (CRIMES) and then enter TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers can call (888) 57-PISTA (74782).

MAN WHO ROBBED WOMEN AT GUNPOINT IN KENSINGTON AND WINDSOR TERRACE IS SENTENCED TO THIRTY-ONE YEARS IN PRISON

Thirty-one years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision is Justin Farrow's sentence for the August 2015 armed robberies of women in Kensington and Windsor Terrace.

He stole cell phones, cash, a Metrocard, jewelry, and a gift card.

Farrow was arrested in September 2015 and found guilty in May of this year of robbing four women over a span of nine days who had been walking alone at night.

He was also found guilty on the charges of assault and possession of a weapon. He had hit one of his victims in the head and ear with his Beretta, a semi-automatic pistol.

He wasn't found guilty of a fifth charge of armed robbery.

Two officers in the 72nd Precinct had arrested him after seeing a man holding a gun at Vanderbilt Street and Prospect Park Southwest.

Previous blog posts about the robberies:
September 2, 2015: WANTED FOR GUN POINT ROBBERIES IN KENSINGTON AND WINDSOR TERRACE 

September 5, 2015: ARMED ROBBER ARRESTED 
 

SEEN ELSEWHERE, JUNE 23, 2017: ANTI-MUSLIM HATE CRIME. KENSINGTON AND WINDSOR TERRACE NEWS ON OTHER SITES

          Kensington and Windsor Terrace News on Other Sites

                                             Crime

Taser-toting Brooklyn man threatens to kill neighbor outside mosque

"on E. 2nd St. near Albemarle Road in Kensington"
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/taser-toting-man-vows-kill-neighbor-brooklyn-mosque-article-1.3272567

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MURDER OF CHILD-MURDERER'S BROTHER IN HIS HOME ON E. 2ND STREET

UPDATE, June 28, 2017: Despite initial reports about his death,

"The city’s Medical Examiner’s office has declared Tzvi (Jack) Aron’s bizarre death 'undetermined.' An undetermined classification means that the medical examiner has concluded the investigation and cannot rule with certainty after taking into account all the available information and any test results." (Daily News)

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Tzvi "Jack" Aron, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found dead in his family home in Kensington at around 2:45 p.m. on Friday. He was a brother of Levi Aron, who is in prison for kidnapping eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky in 2011 and murdering and dismembering him in that house.

Yerachmiel Aron found his twenty-nine-year-old brother Tzvi stuffed into a basement closet, duct-taped and wrapped in a blanket. Tzvi had lived in the basement.

The police pronounced him dead on the scene. His death has been classified as a homicide. Tzvi had reportedly told police that someone had threatened him last month.

The Aron house is located at 466 E. 2nd Street in Kensington, between Avenue C and Cortelyou Road.

MAN ARMED WITH BOLT CUTTER MENACES TENANTS

Armed with a bolt cutter, the man pictured above menaced tenants as he tried to gain entry to 483 Ocean Parkway. A full hour after the tenants reported the incident, officers from the 66th Precinct arrived.

483 Ocean Parkway is near Ditmas Avenue in Kensington.

Read the entire story in Brooklyn Pulp, written by Donny Levit.

CRIME DOWN IN 2016 IN KENSINGTON'S AND POSSIBLY WINDSOR TERRACE'S POLICE PRECINCTS

Crimes and crime statistics for Kensington and Windsor Terrace in 2016 are discussed in two articles published this week in Windsor Terrace Patch:

In Kensington's NYPD Precinct, Major Crimes Collectively Down in 2015 (This headline should say "2016.")

Major Crime, Once Up in Windsor Terrace's Police Precinct, Could Finish Year Down

THIEF STEALING PACKAGES IN WINDSOR TERRACE AND KENSINGTON

The man in this photo has been stealing packages from buildings in Windsor Terrace and Kensington.

He's stolen them from several apartment buildings and private houses on Ocean Parkway, Prospect Park Southwest, Reeve Place, and Temple Court, and he's stolen as recently as last night.

Sometimes he rings doorbells in vestibules and lobbies until a resident buzzes him in. Sometimes he follows someone into a building. Sometimes he waits to enter until a guest or delivery person is exiting. 

He brings reusable bags and a backpack with him. He fills them with packages he finds in lobbies, in mail rooms, by apartment doors, and on porches.

The thief appears to be white-skinned. He is approximately 5'8" tall, has a beard and mustache, has tattoos on both upper arms, and wears a cap that says CAVS on it (a blue Cleveland Cavaliers cap with orange lettering on it).

VIOLENT ALLEGED ATTACKER OF ELDERLY WOMEN ARRESTED

An arrest was made this morning in the case of the armed criminal who was wanted for attacking mainly senior citizens. Twenty minutes after a tip was reported to the Crime Stoppers hotline, the NYPD arrested 64-year-old Clarence Jones on Lincoln Place in the 78th Precinct in Brooklyn for allegedly committing eight armed robberies and assaults.

Jones' alleged victims were women ranging in age from their 70s to the 90s as well as a few people younger than that who stumbled upon the crime scenes. He allegedly followed them home and then either hit, choked, or pistol-whipped them and robbed them. 

He was armed at various times with a gun, a knife, and a box-cutter. The attacks occurred in several neighborhoods in Brooklyn and in Queens and the Bronx.

The attack in our neighborhood occurred on Ocean Parkway near Beverley Road on Saturday, March 26th, in the daytime, just like the others. After following an 83-year-old woman into the building she lives in, he allegedly knocked on her door, then hit her in the face with a hard unspecified object.

Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce had said earlier that "Jones has 19 prior arrests and spent 14 years in prison for the exact same crime." He was released on parole in 2014.

OLDER MAN NAMED AS SUSPECT IN ATTACKS ON OLDER WOMEN

The NYPD is searching for 64-year-old Clarence Jones as a suspect in several armed robberies and assaults. The victims are women who range in age from their 70s to the 90s as well as a 43-year-old man. The perpetrator either hit, choked, or pistol-whipped them and robbed them on all but one occasion.

The attacker was armed at various times with a gun, a knife, and a box-cutter.

The attack in our neighborhood occurred on Ocean Parkway near Beverley Road on Saturday, March 26th. It happened in the daytime, just like the other crimes.

Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said "Jones has 19 prior arrests and spent 14 years in prison for the exact same crime."

The suspect is dark-skinned, has gray hair, is 5'8" tall, and weighs about 202 pounds.

Whoever has information that might help the NYPD can call NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS, or submit a tip through the Crime Stoppers website, or text a tip to CRIMES (274637) and then entering TIP577. All calls are kept confidential.

MAN WANTED FOR ATTACKING WOMEN IN KENSINGTON, PARK SLOPE, AND ELSEWHERE

The man in the video and on the wanted poster is suspected of attacking at least five women--four of them in their 70s and up--in separate incidents in several neighborhoods. The most recent attack was on an 84-year-old woman at Ocean Parkway and Beverley Road on Saturday. 

He is armed. He is described as in his 40s to 60s, about 5-feet-11-inches tall, and weighing 250 pounds. He wore a dark hoodie, a black jacket, a black wool cap, black gloves, dark shoes, and light pants,

Anyone with information on the robberies should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477); for Spanish, call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

ARMED ROBBER ARRESTED

Police Officer Gavigan and Sergeant Caporale of the 72nd Precinct arrested a suspect in the recent series of armed robberies of women in Kensington and Windsor Terrace.

The officers spotted a man holding a gun at Vanderbilt Street and Prospect Park Southwest last night at about 11:00 p.m. The man, Justin Farrow, was in possession of a loaded silver Beretta, the semi-automatic pistol shown below.

The charges pressed against him are five counts of robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.

A Wanted poster with photos of him on a surveillance camera is in our blog post at Wanted for Gun Point Robberies in Kensington and Windsor Terrace.