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A sense of concern and outrage
is brewing in Throggs
Neck about a possible conversion
of an offi ce building into
an unwanted use.
Commercial tenants at
2800 Bruckner Boulevard received
letters to vacate the
property, and community
leaders have formed a coalition
to fi ght a possible alcohol
and drug rehab program.
Complaints have been
fi led with the city about beds
being moved into the building
or illegally converting it
into a residential building,
with some folks planning to
take legal action against the
landlord because they have
leases, according to multiple
sources.
Homeowners and renters
are also circulating petitions
to protest what appears to be
“a substance-abuse rehabilitation
program recruiting
staff” to work in the building
and lack of community notice
or engagement on what
may be sited at 2800 Bruckner
Boulevard.
“The community is defi -
nitely mobilized,” said Steven
Kaufman, an attorney who
is leading the Throggs Neck
Strong coalition looking into
the matter, adding “I believe
with mobilization, we might
be able to stop what they want
to do.”
Tenants in the building
say they got letters over the
last two weeks telling them
to vacate the building by
September, said Bobby Jaen,
Throggs Neck Merchants Association
the NYC Department of Buildings,
including those concerning
“commercial space that is
being turned into residential
space” and those saying tenants
see “beds, dressers, mirrors
and chairs,” being moved
in.
As of press time, a meeting
of the Throggs Neck Strong
coalition has been planned
for the Crosstown Diner on
Thursday, August 3, with Jaen
expecting around 125 people,
following a lot of community
organizing and petitioning
that led to a forceful showing
at an earlier impromptu meeting
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president and coalition
member.
So far, at least 20 complaints
have been logged with
with the man.
At his 25 Westchester
Square store, Sol recalled how
the shoplifter had on previous
customer.
occasions
been a paying “He spent money here,
it’s not like I never saw him
before,” Sol said. “He came
around two or three months
ago and bought a pair of
shoes.”
But the Sunday of the assault,
the suspect asked for a
shopping bag, grabbed stuff,
and tried to leave, according
to Sol.
“I told him, ‘No, you can’t
on Friday, July 28.
Anthony Mameli, Charles
Ruttenberg Realty’s Bronx
commercial real estate manager,
said the company was
planning a grand opening for
its new offi ce at the building
A fi ght ensued and Sol said
he “went to the ground with
him. I hurt my shoulder. He
took a big bite in my arm. I was
at the hospital until 6 o’clock. I
still have pain in my shoulder.
I still can’t lift my left arm.”
Sol said he had seen the
shoplifter associate with patients
from the Bronx Psychiatric
Center, so he fi gured he
was a client.
As Bronx Psychiatric Center,
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on Waters Place, continues
to release its patients on
the street during the day, they
interact with homeless people
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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, F 10 EBRUARY 15-21, 2019 BTR
40th Precinct
Saturday, December 29 at 7:45 p.m. -- The
NYPD is seeking the public’s help in identifying an
individual wanted in connection to a robbery. The individual
approached a 31-year-old man at Jackson
Avenue and East 152nd Street. The individual and
another individual had guns, and proceeded to rob
the victim at gunpoint. They took a Bulova watch,
$1,000 in cash, bracelet, necklace and ring from the
victim before fleeing in a BMW.
Tuesday, January 1 at 6:30 p.m. -- Cops are
seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an individual
in connection with a robbery. Near St. Mary’s
Park at St. Ann’s Avenue and East 149th Street, (see
photo), he approached two teenagers and simulated
a gun. He demanded the two victims’ property. The
individual took about $900 and fled the location. No
injuries were reported.
43rd Precinct
Saturday, February 9 at 2:04 a.m. -- Police
responded to a 911 call concerning an unconscious
man in front of 258 Soundview Avenue. When they
arrived on the scene, cops found a 50-year-old man
lying on the ground unresponsive. He had bruise on
the back of his head. EMS responded and took the
man to Einstein hospital where he was pronounced
dead. The medical examiner will determine the
cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.
48th Precinct
Wednesday, January 23 at 9:00 p.m.-- The
NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in learning
the whereabouts of an unidentified man (pictured
on this page) in connection with an apartment
robbery. The individual entered an apartment building
near East 175th Street and Cortona Park North.
A victim was inside the apartment: a man in his 70s
who was home by himself when he heard a knock on
his door. The victim opened the door and the unidentified
man forced his way into the apartment, grabbing
a knife from a kitchen. He sat the man in his
70s into a chair and began slashing his arms and
hands while demanding money. The individual then
removed $2,000 from under a mattress in the apartment,
as well a cell phone and landline telephone,
before fleeing the location. The victim sought assistance
from a neighbor and called 911. EMS took the
victim to a local hospital in stable condition.
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The NYPD requests wishes to interview this
individual in connection with a Tuesday,
January 1 incident in the 40th Precinct.
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Cops in the 40th Precinct are looking to interview
this individual in connection with a
robbery on New Year’s Day.
Photo courtesy of NYPD