84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Underground melee
Three men brawled on an A train
near Jay Street-MetroTech station
on Sept. 20.
The victim told police that he
got into a fi ght with two baddies
aboard the Manhattan-bound subway
around 7 pm, when the attackers
punched the victim repeatedly,
before pulling out a blade and slashing
him in the head and the back of
his neck.
The goons fl ed outside the Downtown
Brooklyn station and the victim
followed them in pursuit but
lost sight of them at street level, according
to police reports.
Bottle basher
Police arrested a man for allegedly
slashing a man with a broken
bottle on Bridge Street on Sept. 13.
The victim told police that the
suspect allegedly stabbed him in
his neck between Nassau and Concord
streets at 10 pm.
Cops collared the defendant at
the 84th Precinct’s Gold Street station
house a week later and charged
him with felony assault, according
to police reports.
Twisted tool!
Some screwdriver-wielding
snake stole expensive clothes from
a Fulton Mall department store on
Sept. 14.
An employee told police that the
knave snatched $983 worth of clothes
from inside the store between Gallatin
Place and Hoyt Street at 5:30 pm,
and when the worker confronted
him, said, “Back off” while toting
the tool.
Inn fi ghting
Police arrested a woman for allegedly
attacking a man with a glass
bottle inside a Schermerhorn Street
hotel room on Sept. 14.
The victim told police that he told
the woman to leave, when she allegedly
fl ipped out between Nevins and
Bond streets at 8:50 am, before she
cut his leg with a broken glass bottle
and damaged the victim’s bike.
Cops arrested her on felony assault
charges at the scene at 9:30 am,
according to the authorities.
Canned!
Some reprobate attacked a
woman with a spray on Flatbush
Avenue on Sept. 19.
The victim told police that the
cretin sprayed a mystery liquid in
her face between Schermerhorn
and State streets around 10:30 pm,
causing her serious pain.
COURIER L 8 IFE, SEPT. 25-OCT. 1, 2020
Man fatally struck by train at
Cortelyou Road Station
Emergency crews remove the body of a 40-year-old man from under a Q train in
Flatbush Monday evening. Photo by Todd Maisel
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Revel rebels
Revel scooter riding pirates ambushed
a delivery man on Park Avenue
on Sept. 13.
The victim told police that he
was dropping off food between Vanderbilt
and Clinton avenues at 12:40
am, when one of the bandits jumped
him from behind and punched him
in the face, before snatching his
cellphone and wallet and fl eeing on
a Revel.
Charging out!
Some clod stole a portable charger
from a Myrtle Avenue store on
Sept. 18.
A store employee told police that
the thief nabbed a portable charger
and fl ed out of the store at Adelphi
Street at 2 pm.
Bad neighbor
Police arrested a woman for allegedly
attacking her neighbor with
a broomstick at St. Edwards Street
on Sept. 14.
The victim told police that she
was trying to separate her daughter
and her alleged attacker who were
fi ghting inside the housing complex
near Park Avenue around 11 am,
when the defendant hit her in the
head with the broom.
Cops arrested the suspect just
after 11:30 at the scene and charged
her with felony assault, according
to police reports.
Deli danger
Some goon strangled and
punched a guy at a Lafayette Avenue
bodega on Sept. 14.
The victim told police that the
ruffi an put him in a chokehold and
hit him in the face and body at Classon
Avenue at 8:45 pm.
Knife vs Shovel
A knife-wielding goon attacked
a man outside the Brooklyn Navy
Yard at Adelphi Street on Sept. 18.
The victim told police that the
slasher cut him in the cheek between
Flushing and Park avenues at
8:10 am, but the victim fought back
and hit the bad guy with a shovel,
causing the villain to stab his victim
several more times.
— Kevin Duggan
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Subway stop
A bruiser mugged a woman at the
Surf Avenue station after threatening
her with a box cutter on Sept. 14.
The victim told police that the
marauder tried to rob her inside
the station near W. Eighth Street at
around 9 am, but fl ed after not fi nding
any valuables.
Jewelry jaunt
A bandit snagged a jewelry box
from a W. 17th Street home on Sept.
18.
The victim told police that she
returned to her home at the intersection
of Avenue Z at around 2 am
to fi nd her window open and her
jewelry missing.
Money cabinet
A crook stole money stored in
a cabinet in a W. 24th Street living
room on Sept. 1.
The victim told police that he
found the money missing from his
residence between Neptune and
Mermaid Avenues at around 10 am.
— Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Bottled up rage
A man stabbed a woman with a
glass bottle on 64th Street at 4 am.
The victim told police that the attacker,
whom she knew, stabbed her
with the broken glass in her arm at
a home between 20th and 21st avenues
at 4 am.
The victim suffered swelling to
her arm, and EMS rushed her to
NYU Langone Hospital, where she
received stitches, cops said.
Power hungry
A thief nabbed a generator from
the 18th Avenue N train subway station
on Sept. 17.
A city employee told police that
the bandit stole the $2,000 generator,
which was being used for construction
work on the station’s roof, from
terminal located between 63rd and
64th streets at 11:15 am.
— Rose Adams
BY TODD MAISEL
A 40-year-old man was fatally
struck by a Manhattan-bound Q
train during the evening rush hour
on Sept. 21, transit police said.
Police offi cials say the victim,
not immediately identifi ed, was
struck by the train at 6:30 pm on
Sept. 21 at the Cortelyou Road Station
in Flatbush.
Offi cers from NYPD Transit
District 32, fi refi ghters and emergency
service cops rushed to the
scene, but found the victim under
the train and declared him dead at
the location.
Cops cleared the station of commuters
as they worked to remove
the victim from underneath the
train. Service was knocked out for
more than an hour, but was restored
at about 8 pm, authorities said.
Offi cials say they do not believe
the man was victim of a crime, but
the incident is under investigation
by transit detectives and the MTA.