88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE—CLINTON HILL
Fort Greene fi lchers
A couple of fi lchers robbed someone
walking through Fort Greene
Park on Jan. 16.
The victim was walking near S
Portland Avenue and DeKalb Avenue
just after midnight when the
thieves approached him from behind,
put him in a chokehold, and
started punching him, leaving him
with cuts and bruises, then stoke
his drivers license, more than $300
in cash, and a MetroCard.
Scaffold sneaks
Five brutes hiding under some
scaffolding on Fort Greene Place
tried to rob a man walking past on
Jan. 16.
Police said the victim was walking
near Fulton Street at about 5pm
when he found himself surrounded
by the group of would-be pickpockets,
who tried to attack him and demanded
his cell phone and money.
He was able to dodge their attacks
and run away, alerting a nearby police
offi cer, who searched the area
for the perpetrators without success.
Barber trading barbs
A barbershop customer was
kicked out of the chair and assaulted
by his stylist on Jan. 10.
The victim told police he was
attempting to get a haircut at a
shop near Carlton Avenue at about
3:30pm when one of the barbers told
him to exit the shop. He did, but
stood outside knocking on the door
because, determined to get his ends
trimmed. That was when the haircutter
opened the door and smacked
him with an unknown object, causing
a gash to his forehead.
Offi cers took the victim to Brooklyn
Hospital Center for treatment.
Lock and key
A rogue allegedly started hitting
a woman in the face during an argument
on Jan. 12.
Police said two residents of the
women’s shelter on Tillary Street
were in an argument at about 1am
when one of the women got violent,
repeatedly hitting the victim on the
face and head with a lock.
The victim was taken to Woodhull
Hospital, and offi cers arrested
the alleged assailant on the scene.
Fights causing fi ghts
An argument between acquaintances
led to a stabbing on Myrtle
Avenue on Jan. 15.
Police said two men were standing
near Vanderbilt Avenue at
about 9pm arguing about a previous
dispute between the victim and
a friend of the perpetrator when the
goon took out a knife and stabbed
COURIER L 8 IFE, JANUARY 21-27, 2022
Shooting at event hall
leaves two wounded
Police responded to a shooting at a rental hall in Canarsie, Brooklyn on Jan. 13.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
the victim in the back of the hand
before fl eeing.
Emergency responders took the
victim to Methodist Hospital with
non-life-threatening injuries.
A distant attack
Some bruiser threw an object at a
stranger on Flatbush Avenue Extension
on Jan. 15.
The victim said he was out and
about near Fulton Street at 11pm
when an unseen stranger threw an
object at his face, striking him and
causing some bruising and swelling.
Diner dash
A sneak stole cash and a locked
safe from a Myrtle Avenue restaurant
early on Jan. 10.
Police said the victim was getting
ready to open Wray’s Caribbean
and Seafood Cuisine, near
Ryerson Street at 4pm when she realized
the restaurant’s front door
was damaged, then that the register
had been swiped from behind the
counter.
Nabbed package
A housebreaker broke the front
door of a Grand Avenue apartment
and stole a package that had been
left in the foyer early in the morning
on Jan. 13.
Police said the victim heard
glass shatter and watched an unknown
man step into the lobby of
the building near Lexington Avenue
at 4:45am. The thief reached down
to grab a package from the fl oor and
fl ed toward Gates Avenue.
Anti-theft kit
Some jerk stole a bicycle and its
accessories from a Cambridge Place
home on Dec. 18.
The victim was on vacation when
someone cut the lock on his bicycle,
which was locked up near Gates Avenue,
police said. The brigand made
off with the bicycle, its anti-tire
theft kit, basket, bell, and cell phone
holder. While the cycle’s rightful
owner wasn’t there to witness the
theft, his cameras caught the whole
incident.
— Kirstyn Brendlen
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Corona virus
A shoplifter swiped cases of Corona
beer and pizza from a Neptune
Avenue convenience store on Jan. 13.
The victim told police that the
brute hit him with a shopping cart
when he attempted to stop him at
the door of the store between W. 17th
and W. 19th street before exiting at
around 10:50 pm, but the pilferer
managed to escape.
Billz Benz
A carjacker under the pseudonym
“Billz Billz” stole a Mercedes Benz
after meeting the person selling it on
W. 21st Street on Jan. 11.
The victim told police that the
thief contacted him on Facebook
and they met at the location between
Mermaid and Surf avenues where he
gave him a copy of the keys so the potential
buyer could show the vehicle
to his father around noon, the seller
then saw the crook through the window
driving away with the car.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Chew and screw
A pair of crooks stole over $2,000
worth of Nicotine gum from an 86th
Street convenience store on Jan. 14.
The victim told police that the
duo fl ed the store between Bay 10th
and Bay 11th streets at around 1:50
pm with the stolen gum.
Pop some tags
A bandit swiped $21,000 of designer
items from a vehicle parked
on 78th Street on Jan. 9.
The victim told police that she left
the doors unlocked when she parked
the car between 19th and 20th avenues
at around 9 pm with the stolen
items in the passenger seat.
—Jessica Parks
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
At least two people were injured
in a shooting at a Brooklyn event
hall early Thursday morning, leaving
one man fi ghting for his life,
police reported.
Law enforcement sources said
the incident happened at about
3:45 a.m. on Jan. 13 inside the E&R
Rental Hall at 1014 East 92nd St. in
Canarsie.
Offi cers from the 69th Precinct,
in responding to a 911 call about the
gunfi re, found a 46-year-old man
shot in the head at the location.
EMS units rushed him to
Brookdale University Hospital,
where he was listed in critical condition.
Later that morning, police
were informed that a 33-year-old
woman, who was at the event hall
when the man was shot, suffered a
gunshot wound to her leg. She had
gone home after the shooting, and
sought medical assistance within
the 67th Precinct’s confi nes.
Paramedics brought her to
Kings County Hospital for treatment
of her injuries.
Sources familiar with the investigation
said detectives are
continuing to canvass the area for
clues and security footage of the
suspect, as well as any other potential
victims connected with the
shooting.
So far, no arrests have been
made in the ongoing investigation,
police said.