Remember the Bevy Court Robberies? Well the police did catch a suspect.
The good news was that the burglar who robbed a home on Bevy Ct. recently was apprehended and jailed. He was traced to Brownsville, thanks to an alert citizen!
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Another Incident at Seba Avenue Park – Gun?
There have been numerous reports floating around the comments here and Facebook about an incident yesterday in Seba Avenue Park.
The incident was that either one or multiple kids from out of the beach tried to intimidate a Beach kid out of his cell phone and there may or may not have been a weapon flashed.
That’s all the information we have at this time. We welcome you to update us all in the comment below. We will update you as we try and get more information.
ATV’s Damage Gerritsen Avenue Parkland
This week, next to the brand new Olga’s Garden is a very large area literally destroyed by Quad/ATV tracks.
This is a disgrace to the neighborhood and destroys the arguments that local Quad and Dirt Bike riders have brought up on Comments and various meetings.
The only way to stop this is if you see a Dirtbike/Mini-Bike/Quad/ATV riding on the Avenue or Parkland call 911 immediately.
Beware: Robberies and Break-Ins
I know people won’t like it but here it is: There seems to be a rash of vehicle break-ins and robbery reportings going around facebook and the comments over the last few days.
The vehicle break-ins involve mostly unlocked vehicles. As reported previously these thefts resulted in cash, iPods, GPS tracking systems and other items being stolen.
Please report suspicious vehicles or persons in the neighborhood by calling 911. Please give the operator a physical description, what direction they were headed, as much information as possible if they are driving the vehicle’s license number, if possible.
Here is what has been making the rounds:
Please be aware that there are people breaking into houses and cars in Gerritsen Beach..Lock all your doors and call the police if you see anything suspicious..This has been going on for a couple of weeks now and is getting out of control..Something MUST be done about this..Enough is enough already!!!
The recent break-ins were on bevy between channel & devon. The lady tried to break into two of my cars. One she took change out of & spilled pepsi all over my seat, the other cars alarm triggered and she went down the block towards Devon ave. When I realized what had just happened I chased her around the block, where she told me in a drunken stupor and I quote” there was a big truck on gerritsen ave, that’s why, sorry about that”, so I smiled and said ” oh alright, no problem”. I continued to follow her without her knowing, and saw her try a handle on Celeste court between the same avenues. I then asked her where the truck was. She then said that was her car, and I being fed up exclaimed that I knew that wasn’t her car( She was infront of my friends house) and that I knew she had just broken into mine because there was spilled pepsi all over the seat, and she just happened to be holding a beverage of the same variety. She then broke down, started crying and said ” yea, the truth is, is that I’m homeless and I was looking for a place to sleep”. More words were exchanged and then my parents showed up, so I went back home to finish watching “The Doors” with my brother. Basically she looks like a frail 45-50 year old woman. Watch out for her, oh yea and she comes in the neighborhood from around ave W, because all the cars she attempted to rob trace back in a line over to that way.
The women was on Whitney Avenue and Plumb 2nd Street on Sunday.
She asked me for a cup of water. when I went inside to get it, my LARGE DOG kept her
There was also a robbery in the new section, at 45 Hazel Ct. A male black attemped to break in through a window and was scared off by a neighbor who witnessed the attempted break in.
The other incident in which my neighbors house was robbed, was a separate incident which happened in the morning a few days ago. It happened early in the morning at a time when the elderly woman was still sleeping but others were up going to school/ work. There is construction going on on my block. The only thing out of the ordinary that day, and I say this speaking the truth, was that some of the work crew witnessed a skinny, young, African American male, whom no one on the block had ever seen before, park his car up on the side walk. That’s it. A few of the guys saw him get back in his car, when he nervously said “Sorry for parking here”. He then fidgeted around with his keys for a moment and drove off. I don’t want to draw any false conclusions, but …
NYPD: Get out of Town!
61st Escorts a Group of Kids out of the Neighborhood.
“Keep Moving, Keep Moving” blared on Gerritsen Avenue.
Yesterday, Tuesday June 15th, I saw a police car from the 61st Precinct pull up to Seba Avenue Park and two officers proceeded to kick out about seven Black and Hispanic kids from the park and the neighborhood – for what seems to be no apparent reason.
The police pulled up and were overheard telling the kids to get out of the park and “to go get arrested somewhere else.”
The park was never closed. The dozen or so people who remained in the park after the incident who were not kicked out – all of whom were white – had no idea why this happened. One skater half-jokingly told me, “I’m not complaining that they’re gone…but that was messed up.” referring to how the police booted these kids.
If that weren’t enough, the officers then followed the youths down Gerritsen Avenue in their police car to make sure that they rode out of the neighborhood. The police followed them all the way down Gerritsen Avenue and down opposite way on Burnett Street to Avenue U where the 61st and 63rd share a border.
I only briefly got a chance to speak with the booted kids before the police got over the loudspeaker with “Keep Moving, Keep Moving” mantra. As expected, the kids had said they did nothing wrong and did not know why the police had kicked them out. One did say that someone may have of accused them of stealing bikes, which they, of course, denied.
After further inquiry on the scene, the police officers never gave a reason for booting them out.
There seems like there should be more to this story that meets the eye. However, the 61st precinct did not return calls for comment or explanation of the incident.
Update: Commenter c.robb came forward and said that:….”one kid said to my son give me that bike so my husband said to the kid let me see you take his bike. and we saw the cops riding down the ave. so i stop them to tell what just happen that the kid just went to take my son’s bike and i am very glad that the cops where around to assist us”. Thanks, now we all know of a possible threat! Thanks to you readers for getting to the bottom of this.
Vandals Caught Defacing Property on the Avenue
Cameras! Cameras! Cameras! & Youtube! No matter what the crime you commenters always demand cameras. Well in this case you got one.
Vandals were caught on security camera defacing property on Gerritsen Avenue. They were marking up the newish buildings It appears as though they knew a camera was watching them, one looks right into the camera then puts his arms up to try and cover what the other person is doing (30 second mark).
The video does cut out a few times but stick with it and you will witness them marking up the building.
The building was cleaned the next day.
The Building in Question - October 2009
Brand New Vollies Mural Defaced
TWO WEEKS Folks! TWO WEEKS!
In a case of truly disgusting behavior – the brand new mural that the Vollies put up has already been defaced within TWO WEEKS of putting it up.
Obviously the neighbors and the Vollies are disappointed and are left wondering “why do this?”
Before TWO Weeks ago
GB NYPD Resident – Tara Hayes – in the News
Plainclothes police officers investigating a string of robberies in Sunset Park fatally shot a man around 2:30 p.m. yesterday by Greenwood Cemetery. The detectives spotted Michael Romero, 32, loitering on a quiet stretch of 5th Avenue and, believing he matched the description of a robbery suspect, pulled up to him in their unmarked car. After beckoning Romero over to the vehicle and asking to see his ID, he said, “You want to see my ID? Here’s my ID,” and produced a loaded .357-caliber revolver, presenting it to Officer Sean Kelleher, who was behind the wheel.
Officer Kelleher was able to jam his finger in the hammer to prevent Romero from firing, and during their struggle for the gun, Officer Tara Hayes jumped out and ran around the front of the car reportedly firing one round that went through Romero’s shoulder to his chest. “She saved her partner’s life, and possibly her own and that of a third officer with her unflinching, swift response,” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. Romero died of his injuries at Lutheran Medical Center. None of the officers were injured, said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who praised Hayes for saving her partner.
Police officials described him as a career felon who has been arrested more than 30 times in 15 years, a fact that led some officers to believe that he knew exactly who he was confronting when he drew his piece.
“A guy with this kind of rap sheet must have known that the three people coming towards him in a Crown Victoria were cops,” said one police source.
The cops, however, were apparently mistaken for targeting Romero, who has not actually been connected to the robbery spree plaguing the area.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/04/01/2010-04-01_police_shoot_man_on_sunset_park_brooklyn_street.html
Illegal Dump Site to be Cleaned
Hooray for Parks on this one folks.
With the Illegal Dumping story from a week back we have been trying to get any agency to answer a few questions and to get a response and cleanup.
After speaking with Mr. Lawrence Majors our “newish” Parks Manager, he is new to our park but came from Sheepshead/Brighton/Coney Parks area. He stated that GerritsenBeach.net’s pictures and coverage made them aware of the situation and they plan to remove the debris.
Although as of this time, they have not physically gone back-weeds to look, they are aware of what and how much debris is back there from the pictures. They are planning to “investigate” and remove the debris after the area drys out. They will go back there with a few front end loaders and containers to remove the debris.
The investigation goes like this: When they get back there, if they can find a consistent address in the debris, they may be able to issue a summons. However, if they investigate and the person moved they are out of luck. In terms of finding these disgusting people I think our chances are low.
As for the keys…There are approximately 5 Gates that lead back weeds(not including Burnett): Channel, Soccer Field, Gotham, Cryus, Seba. Park’s Manager Lawrence Major’s plans on changing the locks and keys ASAP and to change them every so often, they have not been changed in approximately 5 years. When asked about who is in possession of the keys, so this wont happen again, only the FDNY and Park he said are in possession. It must be noted that the Vollies and the members of the GBCares board also have keys to open these gates and they should be included when the locks/keys are changed out.
As soon as the Parks Press office returns our phone calls we will be putting up more information.
More on the Illegal Dumping
Look what was found in the debris! A store for rent number.
As it stands right now, we should have an answer, possibly with a meeting from at least one of these agency’s: DEC, Parks, Sanitation Enforcement next week.
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Disgusting Illegal Dumping Back Weeds
What’s worse than woodchips and the subsequent woodchip gate?!
Blatant dumping in our own backyard.
Back weeds, directly behind the 8-track, there are 4 piles/strips of construction debris. It is all construction debris that was dumped out of a dumpster. It looks to be mainly roofing material but it basically looks like an entire house was gutted, put into dumpsters, then dumped back weeds. It’s literally everything you would see in a gutted house including a kitchen sink, awning, and satellite dish.
The area in question, which everyone should see, is behind the 8-track. After a little bit of walking around you can see the vehicle trail through the weeds. It appears that a vehicle entered the 8-track from the main trail from where they could of entered pretty much through any gate.
Which begs the question: How did they get through the gates? Who has responsibility for these gates? The city? A local organization? Then, more importantly who committed the act?
Seriously! This is truly horrible. Not just because they dumped all of this garbage but because you have this strange feeling that it could be “locals”. What kind of person dumps this stuff? Good luck to them when the investigation starts.
We will be updating this story as more updates come out.
Aster Ct. Crime Spree
[This car had its GPS stolen from the glove box]
We’ve been getting emails and message about numerous car break-ins on Aster court.
They have been stealing anything they can see.
It’s been every weekend for the last three weekends. The thieves are going into cars via open windows, unlocked doors, etc. Apparently one of the first weekends of this spree, a 12 year old was caught red handed in someones vehicle and was given “a good talking to”.
Bus Shelter Destruction: Storm Edition
The criminal animals took advantage of the storm smashing 4 shelters on Gerritsen Avenue.
As you can see they used bricks and lawn decorations to smash the shelters.
Everyone who took the bus this morning in the rain thanks you for getting wet and cold.
Two Tires Stolen: Aster Ct
[Car on Cinder Blocks - Pic by Danny]
Storm be damned. Thieves last night stole two tires off a black honda accord in front of 82 Aster.
Check out the previous Cars on Cinder Blocks
The Day After The Shooting
Area Precincts sent multiple Community Affairs officers to PS 194 this morning to explain what happened to whomever asked, as well as to be a presence to make people feel better.
D’Amato’s father, George D’Amato Sr., told the Post his son “had minor scrapes with the law, nothing serious.” He added: “I am retired law-enforcement myself. I know what it’s like. I can’t blame the officer. He did what he had to do.”
- Police Kill Man Carrying a Fake Gun at a School – New York Times
- NYPD cops shoot, kill man pointing toy gun after he refuses orders to drop it – New York Daily News
- Fatal Police-Involved Shooting Outside Elementary School – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV
- Cops kill man who pulled a fake gun – New York Post
- Cops kill Gerritsen Beach youth – YourNabe.com
- Man holding fake gun fatally shot near NYC school – The Associated Press
- Father Of Man Shot By NYPD: Cop “Did What He Had To Do” – Gothamist
There is a Facebook group named “R.I.P. George!” up with friends exchanging kind words of remembrance.
