88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE—CLINTON HILL
Battery on bicycle
A brute swung a baseball bat at a
man riding his bicycle down Myrtle
Avenue on Jan. 7.
The victim told police that he
was cycling near Grand Avenue at
about 1:30 am when, without words
or warning, the brute hit him in the
face with a baseball bat, then took
off running toward Steuben Avenue.
Emergency responders took the
victim to Methodist Hospital with
multiple lacerations on his face and
a likely broken nose.
A literary lob
A woman living at the Tillary
Street Women’s Shelter allegedly
threw a book at the face of her fellow
residents on Jan. 2.
The victim told police that she
did not know the scoundrel, but that
she had thrown the book at her at
about 9:30pm intending to injure
her.
Offi cers arrested the tosser on
the scene, and an EMT treated the
victim for pain and redness.
Bezos bandit
A sneak crept into an Amazon
delivery truck parked on Myrtle Avenue
and made off with a whole bin
of packages on Jan. 5.
THe victim told police that he
was dropping off packages near
Hall Street at about 1pm when a
man approached her to tell her he
had seen a man running away from
her parked delivery truck with a
container of to-be-delivered boxes.
There was no damage to the
truck, and the driver couldn’t remember
if she had locked it before
walking away.
Caught on camera
A bandit broke into a Lefferts
Place basement on Dec. 26 and stole
a bicycle.
The victim told police that they
were away on vacation, but when
they got home, they checked their
Nest camera and found the sneak
walking into the basement of the
home near Grand Avenue at around
11 pm on Dec. 26 and leaving with
their bicycle, wheel locks, and their
child bike seat.
Bike lock loss
Someone snipped the lock on an
expensive electric bicycle parked
on Grand Avenue and stole both on
Jan. 5.
The victim told police that she
had locked the bike to a street sign
near Gates Avenue at about 8:30 am
and left it until about 2:30 pm, but
found the sign pole bare when she
returned.
COURIER L 8 IFE, JANUARY 14-20, 2022
Two suspects fl ee after
shooting man in the leg
Police discovered the bloodied man who was shot in East New York on Jan 6.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Lost and found
A bandit stole a parked van from
Oxford Walk sometime between
Jan. 2 and Jan. 4.
The victim told police that she
left the Nissan near N. Portland Avenue
at about 12:45 pm and left it
until 8 am on Jan. 4, when she discovered
her parking spot empty,
without even shattered glass or a
sign of the thief.
Offi cers searched for the vehicle,
and found it near Jamaica, Queens,
apparently parked by the thief.
Deli stop detour
A man just looking for some
lunch lost out when a lout stole his
2017 Toyota from Lafayette Street
on Jan. 8.
The victim told police that he left
his RAV-4 running, but without the
keys inside, at the corner of Grand
Avenue while he went into a nearby
deli at 1pm — but, a few minutes
later, a bystander told him someone
had just stolen the car and was driving
it toward Classon Avenue.
Joy ride
A carjacker stole a 2009 Honda
from Navy Street in the early hours
of Jan. 9.
The victim told police that they
left the car at the corner of Park Avenue
at about 2 am and realized it
was gone later that morning.
License plate readers had pinged
the car heading out of the borough
on the Brooklyn Bridge at about
5am, then on the FDR Drive, northbound,
and fi nally on the Willis
Avenue Bridge headed toward the
Bronx. There were no signs of breakin
on the scene, and the victim said
he was in possession of the only two
sets of keys.
Stolen Hondas
Some sneak lifted a 2020 Honda
that was parked and locked at the
corner of Navy Street and Park Avenue
between Jan. 7 and Jan. 9.
The victim told police that he
locked his parked vehicle at 10 pm
on Jan. 7, but by 2 pm on Jan. 9, it
had disappeared without a trace.
Police searched the area but did
not fi nd the car nor any sign of the
freebooter.
— Kirstyn Brendlen
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Shocking crime
A duo of savages robbed two girls
with a taser at a Benson Avenue
park on Jan. 3.
The victims told police that the
brutes pointed the weapon at them
at the park between Bay 43rd Street
and 27th Avenue at around 3:15 pm,
before grabbing their belongings
and running off.
MyPhone
A goon slashed a man in the face
and robbed him on Mermaid Avenue
on Jan. 3.
The victim told police that the
bruiser hit him with a sharp object
between W. 16th and W. 17th streets
at around 4:10 am, before grabbing
his cellphone and running off.
Stick up
A random lummox hit a man
with a stack on Brighton Eighth
Court on Jan. 9.
The victim told police that the
baddie hit him in the head and elbow
between Brighton Street and
Coney Island Avenue at around 7
am, and ran off.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Diamonds aren’t
forever
A burglar swiped a diamond ring
while it’s owner was showering in her
68th Street apartment on Jan. 7.
The victim told police that she
went to shower in her apartment
between 19th and 20th avenues at
around 10 am, and she returned to
fi nd her $18,000 ring missing and
the door ajar.
Fool order
A gun-wielding brute tried to rob
a delivery driver at an Ovington Avenue
home on Jan. 7.
The victim told police that the
savage brandished a black fi rearm
and threatened to take all of the delivery
driver’s money at the home
between 67th and 68th streets at
around 1:20 pm, but the driver made
it away successfully.
—Jessica Parks
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Police are investigating a
shooting that left a man injured
on the afternoon of Jan. 6
At 1 pm, offi cers responded to
a 911 call regarding a man shot at
Dumont Avenue and Euclid Avenue.
Upon their arrival, offi cers
found a 28-year-old man who had
been shot in his left leg.
A spokesperson for the NYPD
said the victim was inside a vehicle
parked at the location when he was
shot.
EMS took the victim was taken
to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition.
Two unknown men, described
as Black and wearing black jackets,
were seen fl eeing the scene following
the shooting.
No arrests have been made at
this time and the investigation is
ongoing.