Lefferts Blotter

Fearless Crime Fighting Duo Nicole "On-It" Fabri and Vinnie "The Man" Martinos comes through once again, this time with two and a half months worth of police blotter. Remember, this is culled from the wider 71st precinct, and they compile it by hand, so there's always a chance for human error. But you'll find these reports are pretty darn accurate for the nabe typically called Lefferts (a/k/a Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, PLG, NE Flatbush, West Pigtown, Prospect Park East). I'm still holding out hope that someone will contact the 70th and do the same. And awaaaaaaaaaaay we go...

Crime Report

July 17 – October 1, 2013

Robberies

• July 28^th, 1PM. 285 Hawthorne Street. $4 was taken by physical force. Arrest was made.
• August 15^th, 7PM. Hawthorne and Bedford. Cell phone snatched.
•  August 17^th, 11PM. Rogers and Winthrop. Cell phone snatched.
•  August 18^th, 2PM. Nostrand Winthrop train station. Cell phone snatched.
•  August 21^st, 5PM. 323 Clarkson. Cell phone snatched.
•  August 24^th, 1AM. Hawthorne & Flatbush. Cell phone snatched. Arrest was made.
•  August 25^th, 2:30PM. 225 Parkside Avenue. Cell phone snatched. Arrest was made.
•  August 30^th, noon. 597 Rogers in hall way of apartment building, Cell phone snatched.
•  September 2^nd, 11PM. 75 Hawthorne. $5 in cash taken by physical force.
• September 2^nd, 5AM. Fennimore and Nostrand. Cell phone snatched.
•  September 12^th, 3PM. Nostrand and Sterling. Cell phone snatched. 2 perps arrested.
•  September 17th, 9:30PM. 258 Fennimore. Cell phone snatched at gunpoint.
•  September 20^th, 2PM. 1272 Nostrand. Cell phone snatched.
•  September 26^th, noon. Nostrand and Sterling in train station. Jewelry taken at knifepoint.
•  September 27^th, 8PM. 1037 Nostrand commercial store. Robbed at gunpoint. $2000 taken.

Felony Assaults

• July 22^nd, 5:30AM. 100 Winthrop. Person was slashed with knife.
• July 23^rd 1:30AM. 576 New York Avenue. Person slashed.
•  August 3^rd, midnight. 57 Lincoln Road. Person hit with unknown object.
•  August 4^th, 1:30PM. 524 Flatbush. Peron hit with blunt object.
•  August 10^th, 4PM. Ocean and Parkside Ave. Person was slashed with knife.
•  August 18^th, 5AM 426 rogers. Person was slashed.
•  August 22^nd, 580 Flatbush. Person was shot in left hip. Moved to Kings County hospital.
• August 24^th, 3:30AM. Dispute at 700 Flatbush Avenue. Person was slashed with knife.
•  August 25^th, 2AM. 722 Flatbush Avenue. Person was hit with bottle.
• August 27^th, midnight. Nostrand and Hawthorne. Victim face down with lacerations to face.
• September 1^st. 4:15PM. 271 Parkside. Two males on third floor, shot was fired. Victim was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.
• September 2^nd. Maple and Flatbush Ave. 2AM. Person was shot in left side of head. Taken to Kings County and is in stable condition.
• September 3^rd. 10PM. 40 Lincoln Road. Person had jaw broken. Arrest was made.
• September 11^th, 1PM. Sterling and Rogers. Perp attempted to strangle female. Arrest was made.

Burglaries

• July 17^th, 11PM. 270 Parkside. Perp came in front window, arrest was made.
• July 31^st, 4:30PM. 377 Hawthorne. Unknown entry, unknown what taken. Looked like someone went through stuff.
• August 12^th, 2PM. Came in through front door, took $200 in cash
• September 4^th, 7PM. 411 Rogers. Came in rear door, unknown what was taken.
• September 4^th, 8PM. 1258 ocean avenue. Commercial store, took $4000 in cash and cell phone.
• September 10^th, 7AM. 311 Sterling. Came in through front door, took $400 in cash.
• September 10^th. 7AM Bedford and Parkside. Perp came through front door, took electronics.
• September 19^th, 8PM 2015 bedford. Side window on fire escape. Took epectronics.
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• Grand Larceny (No physical force between victim and perp)
• July 17^th, 7:15AM. Flatbush and Ocean in train station. Cell phone taken. Arrest made.
• July 19^th, 4AM. Clarkson and Nostrand. Cell phone taken.
• July 22^nd, 4PM. 1112 Nostrand. Cell phone taken.
• July 26^th, 6:30PM. Nostrand and sterling. Cell phone taken.
• July 30^th, 12:30PM. Ocean and Parkside. Cell phone taken. Three arrests made.
• July 30^th, 4:30PM. Fennimore and Flatbush. Cell phone taken.
• August 7^th, 9PM. Winthrop and New York. Cell phone taken.
• August 8^th, 1PM. 700 Flatbush. Cell phone taken.
• August 9^th, 5:30PM. 111 Midwood Street. Cell phone taken.
• August 10^th, 1:30PM. Sterling and Nostrand. Cell phone taken
• August 15^th, Midnight. 685 Flatbush. Cell phone taken from car.
• August 20^th, 4AM. 1176 Nostrand. $20 taken.
• August 23^rd, 4:30PM. 670 Parkside. Cell phone taken.
• August 24^th, midnight. 685 Flatbush. Cell phone taken.
• August 25^th, midnight. Sterling and Nostrand in train station. Cell phone taken.
• August 26^th, 8PM. Fennimore and Flatbush. Cell phone taken
• August 27^th, 4PM. 26 Empire. Pickpocket.
• August 28^th, 8:30PM. 556 Parkside. Electronics taken from vehicle.
• September, 3^rd. 4PM. Nostrand and sterling, on the bus. Cash taken by pickpocket.
• September 4^th, 11AM. 1114 Fennimore. $300 in cash was taken.
• September 19^th, 12:15AM. Clarkson and Nostrand. Cell phone taken.
• September 20^th, 10PM. Winthrop and New York. Cash and credit cards taken from car.
• September 23^rd, 5PM. Nostrand and Clarkson. Cash and wallet pickpocket.

Grand Larceny Auto

• August 8^th, 2AM. 150 Lincoln. 2009 gray Nissan Maxima.
• August 23^rd, 10AM. Ocean and Parkside. 1991 Brown Mercury.
• August 30, 7:30PM. 125 Ocean Avenue. 1999 Gray Chevy.
• September 5^th, 8PM. 221 Midwood Street. 2006 Gray Toyota.
• September 13^th, 10PM. 258 Fennimore. 2002 White Chevy.
• September 24^th, 10:30PM. 35 Clarkson. 2009 Gray Honda.

Rape

None

Identity Theft

There were 23 cases of identity theft.

This Cat Needs You

Currently starving on Winthrop tween Nos & Bed

This little gal is skinny but getting fed by a local Samaritan. She loves being held, which means she's most definitely a throw-away, not a feral kitty. Our local hero would love to take her in, but her building won't allow pets.

If you respond to this ad, I'll hook you up with the current caretaker and you can go out and see for yourself. Email me here. Despite the balmy weather, winter's just around the corner, and a domestic cat won't last long on the streets. Without a new people-parent, she'll be road splatter or get torn up by a wild one, so this is your big chance to change this critter's life for good!

"Play For Peace" - Next Wednesday October 9

If you're tired of hearing gunshots, and tired of the same tired blah blah blah about it, come out to the Parkside Playground next Wednesday October 9 (raindate Oct 10) for a Playdate. The more folks, young-old-whatever that come, the more we can show our solidarity. More security, more engagement, more programs, more gang prevention. More leadership, please.

And here's the poster/flyer from generous and talented neighbor Karen Oh.

Maple Street Community Garden - the Place to Be this Sunday

Time to sign up for you FREE tree. That's right...sign up before they run out here: Pick 'em up at 11am, but be sure to reserve! This Sunday!

Then learn about vertical palette planters with Sustainable Flatbush. Info here.


If you haven't visited the Maple III garden, dang if it ain't impressive. So go!

psst...don't tell anyone

Here's the local Page 6 411:

The Q has gotten word that a certain Councilman showed up yesterday afternoon to survey the Parkside Playground. To our knowledge this is the first time he has taken seriously neighborhood complaints about the condition of the p-ground. Thanks to local vigilantes, the plantings have been cared for and the swings replaced. The Q welcomes all the help we can get, and I for one am glad he took our press release about the upcoming October 9 "Play for Peace" event seriously.

Also, the Lenox Block Association meeting is happening tonight, and guess who's coming to dinner? Right. First time for everything. His long-shot opponent is showing up too. Sparks? I look forward to hearing what goes down!

Is this a sign of a new chapter in local politics? Let's hope so. There's no hard feelings on this side of the blog, though I know a political dogfight gets heated sometimes, and to those who so vehemently hate me I ask that you remember that any citizen and resident is allowed to run in an election, and we are all compelled to choose and support any candidate we feel is most qualified. It remains to be seen whether this new interest is a passing phase related to the upcoming election.

Which...is still happening in November. Remember, Syliva Kinard who won more than 10% of the primary vote is on the ballot on the "Rent Is Too Damn High," recently changed to juxg "Rent" party line. Feel free to cast your vote accordingly. I'm meeting with Ms. Kinard today and will be glad to update you on her plans for the district.

Which...I just thought I'd pass on what I've heard from the Council Member the last two times I've heard him speak. In a (brilliant?) twist of an old canard (huh? like that I found a way to use that homophones? Come on, give it up!), Mr. Eugene has said that

"after the election I will unveil my plan, a vision for the neighborhood."

AFTER the election. I really don't know how to respond, but if you're like me, I love surprises!

"Hmm, Monty. I'll take what's behind curtain number 2 please!"

CSA On Its Way - Deadline Oct 11

If you're interested in boxes of yummy wintry foodstuffs, just sign on to the PLG CSA, with distribution at the Maple Street School near the Prospect Park Q/B/S. Info here. More info below, but go to the website for a pdf of the sign up form and more info on the farmer and the dealy-oh.

More Pix of 626

Can't get enough of renderings? These drawings of the coming 626 Flatbush are from the developer, and include a bit more detail. Some folks were wondering about that "street" next to the building. Looks like a parking and service entrance to me.

Rendering for 626 Flatbush - Check it Out

Here 'tis. Click the link. Comments aweigh!

 http://marvelarchitects.com/project/626flatbush/

Congratulations y'all. You're now officially Up and Coming!

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Do Your Duty! Vote For Tish James

If you like your public advocate to be feisty, smart and sure of herself and her ideals, which may very well resemble YOUR ideals, then vote today in the runoff for Public Advocate. Sure it's costing $13 million for this one office that almost no one understads and whose entire budget is like $2.5 million. But that means your vote is worth THAT MUCH MORE! Your vote could be worth, I dunno, $100 or something like that, if 130,000 people vote. That's right. In order for you to vote today, it will cost about $100 for you to do so.

But the cost of not voting? Umm. I'm not sure I can make an equation out of that one. Infinite money! It costs infinite money for you not to vote.

So vote. Vote for James. Tish covered the 35th Council District down to Empire, so at least you know she'll know your neck of the woods. I had breakfast with her early last year. It was cool; she's funny, tough as nails, smarts like a kick in the shins. I won't tell you what we talked about, but I will tell you I had a bagel. And we went Dutch in honor of the City's colonial heritage.

Flatbush Corridor Finally Gets a Fix

Since first skipping down Flatbush Ave from the Garden in 1989, and driving my Mazda GLC along its bumpy rue, I've been amazed that no DOT brainiac has seen a need to bother sluicing its plumbing and regulating its anarchy. Accidents and slowdowns and the near video game frenzy of dollar vans have been the norm for, I dunno, maybe back to the days of the Dutch, or at the very least to the golden age of the Dodgers and dodging from trolleys.

After last night's forum at Erasmus, we can finally expect the changes that the Q and many others have been advocating for years to be implemented. Check out this nifty visual aid printed in the Daily News article today:

Finally an acknowledgment, as my own measuring by footsteps will attest, there is simply not room for three lanes each direction. Other cities like Seattle would never dream of such insanity. In my post from last year on the topic, I noted that the prescription on Parkside from the Tennis Bubble is working swimmingly. There's even room for a bike to ride by the parked cars, provided the rider be on his guard for the opening of doors.

Ever noticed how Olde Good Things parks its truck along Parkside near the Parade Ground? If you haven't read this post about the CoBU Cult on Woodruff, that's a fair enough segue don't you think? That's probably my favorite Q scoop, and alls I hads to do was Google the address. Amazing what turns up when the hours from 11pm to 12am are spent on the ol' Toshiba.

I wonder how "to Google" conjugates in French. Nous Googlons? Googlez Vous?