NYPD Sky Watch Deployed at Farragut Homes

NYPD Sky Watch

NYPD Sky Watch

The NYPD deployed Sky Watch a few weeks ago yesterday, a “mobile platform for surveillance, assessment, and response” on the corner of York Street and Bridge Street at the Farragut Homes in Brooklyn. Calls to the Precinct did not reveal more details. Speaking of crime stopping, reports of car break-ins have stopped since the suspect was caught back in September. If anyone has further details or incidents that resulted in the Sky Watch deployment, please let us know.

Related:
{Dumbo’s Sky Watch Already has Reduced Crime, 28Mar2008}
{NYPD Sky Watch Deployed to Dumbo, 27Mar2008}
{Anyone Know About the Shots Fired Last Night?, 25Oct2008}

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  • The skywatch has actually been up for approx. two weeks.

  • The skywatch has actually been up for approx. two weeks.

  • I wanted to comment on the car break-ins. One career thieft was caught but the two youths are still at large!

  • I wanted to comment on the car break-ins. One career thieft was caught but the two youths are still at large!

  • these things are great if they stay forever. otherwise they result in even more crime once gone.

  • these things are great if they stay forever. otherwise they result in even more crime once gone.

  • All criminal activity stopped once this was deployed in Dumbo. So it does help for the most part. It’s also stopped the shootings in Farragut since it came around.

  • All criminal activity stopped once this was deployed in Dumbo. So it does help for the most part. It’s also stopped the shootings in Farragut since it came around.

  • Cracky and Smokey have also disappeared… Did they finally get arrested? Anyone know what happened?

  • Cracky and Smokey have also disappeared… Did they finally get arrested? Anyone know what happened?

  • look at that bimmer in the front. glad to know that our tax dollars are put to good use so their $200 apartment leaves them with enough money for luxury cars.

  • look at that bimmer in the front. glad to know that our tax dollars are put to good use so their $200 apartment leaves them with enough money for luxury cars.

  • it could be someone’s from USS J Condo Enterprise or from 99 Gold.

  • it could be someone’s from USS J Condo Enterprise or from 99 Gold.

  • LMAO. That was funny anon in vh.

  • LMAO. That was funny anon in vh.

  • I think it’s a good idea to monitor the projects for the holiday season.a time when everyone is looking to get “paid”. maybe Cracky and Smokey are in St. Marten until the new year. lol

  • I think it’s a good idea to monitor the projects for the holiday season.a time when everyone is looking to get “paid”. maybe Cracky and Smokey are in St. Marten until the new year. lol

  • According to Smokey himself, Cracky moved to Florida.

  • According to Smokey himself, Cracky moved to Florida.

  • anon, i doubt it. a little too much chrome for j condo or 99 gold residents.

  • anon, i doubt it. a little too much chrome for j condo or 99 gold residents.

  • Quit while you’re “ahead”, great. You’re really crossing the line here.

  • Quit while you’re “ahead”, great. You’re really crossing the line here.

  • anon in vh – if you think crime stopped once this thing left front street then you’ve been living under a rock. for starters, did you miss the 1 million car break-ins? several people got jacked as well over by jay closer to york.

  • anon in vh – if you think crime stopped once this thing left front street then you’ve been living under a rock. for starters, did you miss the 1 million car break-ins? several people got jacked as well over by jay closer to york.

  • I’ve seen those 2 youths walking around the dumbo area looking for victims. Be careful of the skinny 6ft black guy who wears round wire rimmed glasses. He always looks like he is up to no good. He has a sidekick that walks around with him and they are always on pretending to be on their cellphones even when they are walking together.

  • I’ve seen those 2 youths walking around the dumbo area looking for victims. Be careful of the skinny 6ft black guy who wears round wire rimmed glasses. He always looks like he is up to no good. He has a sidekick that walks around with him and they are always on pretending to be on their cellphones even when they are walking together.

  • I tried an interesting tactic with the skinny kid. He spotted my wife and I walking our dog and crossed the street towards us. I decided to break off from the wife/dog and walk directly towards him. I think this may have confused him because he diverted his direction. Not sure if it was a fluke but perhaps something to think about.

  • I tried an interesting tactic with the skinny kid. He spotted my wife and I walking our dog and crossed the street towards us. I decided to break off from the wife/dog and walk directly towards him. I think this may have confused him because he diverted his direction. Not sure if it was a fluke but perhaps something to think about.

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  • Yes, Jitterbugger, criminals are always thrown when you take them by surprise and dynamically change the pattern they anticipated. It’s your best defense for you and your loved ones. Good thinking. I’m gonna look out for that guy.

  • Yes, Jitterbugger, criminals are always thrown when you take them by surprise and dynamically change the pattern they anticipated. It’s your best defense for you and your loved ones. Good thinking. I’m gonna look out for that guy.

  • This false sense of community police security is in place “only” to encourage whites to re-populate, reside & run businesses along the water fronts. Asian Americans, Spanish Americans and Jews reside & have resided there among the African American community for years amidst the crime wave that long existed. They are tax paying citizens too. “DUMBO” is just what “The Sky Watch project mean…DUMB-O idea. Good luck with the experiment.

  • This false sense of community police security is in place “only” to encourage whites to re-populate, reside & run businesses along the water fronts. Asian Americans, Spanish Americans and Jews reside & have resided there among the African American community for years amidst the crime wave that long existed. They are tax paying citizens too. “DUMBO” is just what “The Sky Watch project mean…DUMB-O idea. Good luck with the experiment.

  • For the man who decided to divert from his dog and wife. If anything had happened to either one of them, you would have bought it on yourself. You are not a superhero. For the white community: Brooklyn Heights is and always have been a community of whites, African Americans, and other ethnic groups. In the “photo shoot” shows 2 white woman walking across the street of the very building I once dwelled. The residents of Brooklyn Heights have a right to walk any where they so desire, you have no business walking that part of the neighborhood no more than you feel African Americans have a right to walk along the newly renovated, newly populated Brooklyn Waterfront. Crime; exists, it’s a part of life no matter where you decide to live. Get over yourselves white people. We are all here together like it or find somewhere else to populate in peace. Stop acting like vigilant terrrorists among the African American communities.

  • For the man who decided to divert from his dog and wife. If anything had happened to either one of them, you would have bought it on yourself. You are not a superhero. For the white community: Brooklyn Heights is and always have been a community of whites, African Americans, and other ethnic groups. In the “photo shoot” shows 2 white woman walking across the street of the very building I once dwelled. The residents of Brooklyn Heights have a right to walk any where they so desire, you have no business walking that part of the neighborhood no more than you feel African Americans have a right to walk along the newly renovated, newly populated Brooklyn Waterfront. Crime; exists, it’s a part of life no matter where you decide to live. Get over yourselves white people. We are all here together like it or find somewhere else to populate in peace. Stop acting like vigilant terrrorists among the African American communities.

  • I have family in 5 of the buildings there in Farragut Houses, Transit Authority employees, School Aides, Food Service Workers and Active Duty Service Members like myself and 3 of my family members currently Desert Storm/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans. We were born & raised in the entire Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Waterfront Community long before the waterfront area was re-established. The Beamer that sits on the corner in the photo above? belongs to a tax paying citizen. On any given morning at the Jay Street/High Street train stations, there are just as many black resident-employees going to and coming from as there are white, Hispanic American, Asian American resident/employees. For those of you this may apply…”Being ignorant” is not an excuse. “Fear is ignorance”.

  • I have family in 5 of the buildings there in Farragut Houses, Transit Authority employees, School Aides, Food Service Workers and Active Duty Service Members like myself and 3 of my family members currently Desert Storm/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans. We were born & raised in the entire Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Waterfront Community long before the waterfront area was re-established. The Beamer that sits on the corner in the photo above? belongs to a tax paying citizen. On any given morning at the Jay Street/High Street train stations, there are just as many black resident-employees going to and coming from as there are white, Hispanic American, Asian American resident/employees. For those of you this may apply…”Being ignorant” is not an excuse. “Fear is ignorance”.

  • *Stop acting like vigilant terrrorists among the African American communities.*

    When the gunfire and crime that unfortunately comes from so many African American communities ends, the police & concerned neighbor vigilance will end too.

  • *Stop acting like vigilant terrrorists among the African American communities.*

    When the gunfire and crime that unfortunately comes from so many African American communities ends, the police & concerned neighbor vigilance will end too.

  • Hey Mom?
    Don’t think that African Americans haven’t needed or requested the same community watch programs to get off the ground for the “WHOLE” community white, hispanic, asian american and blacks commuting near and around the water fronts and don’t think that the police are going to spend much more tax paying dollars on this DUMB-O project too much longer. Soon enough you will have to resort to creating your own local block watch associations remember, the photo shoot and cover story is a mere strategy to encourage endorsements for the expansion of the waterfront area of Brooklyn Heights.

  • Hey Mom?
    Don’t think that African Americans haven’t needed or requested the same community watch programs to get off the ground for the “WHOLE” community white, hispanic, asian american and blacks commuting near and around the water fronts and don’t think that the police are going to spend much more tax paying dollars on this DUMB-O project too much longer. Soon enough you will have to resort to creating your own local block watch associations remember, the photo shoot and cover story is a mere strategy to encourage endorsements for the expansion of the waterfront area of Brooklyn Heights.

  • well, I say kudos!!!! That police stand there in the picture are to keep the water front communities from coming into the Farragut Homes looking to recruit drug pushers to work the waterfront; which is another reason why crime is down…let’s look at the big picture here people….

  • well, I say kudos!!!! That police stand there in the picture are to keep the water front communities from coming into the Farragut Homes looking to recruit drug pushers to work the waterfront; which is another reason why crime is down…let’s look at the big picture here people….

  • Philly, I don’t know what photo shoot and cover story you’re referring to. Are you referencing Hide’s post on this blog? The Skywatch was deployed on Bridge Street after a string of late night shootings that took place at Farragut. It had nothing to do with a waterfront PR move. Once the Skywatch showed up the shootings stopped.

    The police should be here protecting everyone in the neighborhood and from what I can see they are — now — if they haven’t always been. They were all over the chronic muggings that were going down in front of China Mansion. They had officers stationed out front every day. When the shopkeepers were having problems last summer and there were some felony assaults the Skywatch got put in on Front Street. Along with all of this there are lots of us organizing on our own to watch over and protect ourselves and our own blocks, police presence or no. That’s just part of city life.

  • Philly, I don’t know what photo shoot and cover story you’re referring to. Are you referencing Hide’s post on this blog? The Skywatch was deployed on Bridge Street after a string of late night shootings that took place at Farragut. It had nothing to do with a waterfront PR move. Once the Skywatch showed up the shootings stopped.

    The police should be here protecting everyone in the neighborhood and from what I can see they are — now — if they haven’t always been. They were all over the chronic muggings that were going down in front of China Mansion. They had officers stationed out front every day. When the shopkeepers were having problems last summer and there were some felony assaults the Skywatch got put in on Front Street. Along with all of this there are lots of us organizing on our own to watch over and protect ourselves and our own blocks, police presence or no. That’s just part of city life.

  • You are absolutely right Mom. Police protection has to be purchased now of days for communities and neighborhoods. When the funding run out, police presence will be sparse. If the police were doing their jobs; muggings like in front of China Mansion would have never occured in the 1st place.
    Why does a crime have to occur before police get off there donut behinds and do their job of keeping communitees safe? So much for “Protect and Serve huh?

    The police should have always been protecting the whole community. Do you think a community of working class citizens would tell the 84th pct “thanx but your protection is not needed”? Crime in the Farragut area have been nothing new. The 84th Precinct has always existed in the midst of a troubled community. The Farragut/Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO Community are the SAME community discriminatively distinguished by race, ethnic group and income. When people look down their noses at one community within a community, it still gives the entire community a bad rap.

  • You are absolutely right Mom. Police protection has to be purchased now of days for communities and neighborhoods. When the funding run out, police presence will be sparse. If the police were doing their jobs; muggings like in front of China Mansion would have never occured in the 1st place.
    Why does a crime have to occur before police get off there donut behinds and do their job of keeping communitees safe? So much for “Protect and Serve huh?

    The police should have always been protecting the whole community. Do you think a community of working class citizens would tell the 84th pct “thanx but your protection is not needed”? Crime in the Farragut area have been nothing new. The 84th Precinct has always existed in the midst of a troubled community. The Farragut/Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO Community are the SAME community discriminatively distinguished by race, ethnic group and income. When people look down their noses at one community within a community, it still gives the entire community a bad rap.

  • Well maybe one thing that we all have going for us is that Dumbo is an increasingly important tourist destination. The city has invested time and money in marking the Brooklyn Bridge footpath and other local sights for our out of town guests. As long as people are interested in visiting our neighborhood (and spending their money in NYC) we stand a good chance of keeping a decent police presence around here.

    You’re so right, Philly, the police should be here to protect all of us. And it’s a shame that so much policing seems to happen in response to incidents rather that the prevention of them. I do think that the 84th’s hands are tied to a certain extent with regard to Farragut since the NYCHA has their own police force and the threat of litigation is so high — the police can be sued for many prevention tactics as simple as moving a panhandler along. The way NYCHA housing is managed in general is criminal and a lot of the places the Housing Authority falls down makes life harder for all of us.

  • Well maybe one thing that we all have going for us is that Dumbo is an increasingly important tourist destination. The city has invested time and money in marking the Brooklyn Bridge footpath and other local sights for our out of town guests. As long as people are interested in visiting our neighborhood (and spending their money in NYC) we stand a good chance of keeping a decent police presence around here.

    You’re so right, Philly, the police should be here to protect all of us. And it’s a shame that so much policing seems to happen in response to incidents rather that the prevention of them. I do think that the 84th’s hands are tied to a certain extent with regard to Farragut since the NYCHA has their own police force and the threat of litigation is so high — the police can be sued for many prevention tactics as simple as moving a panhandler along. The way NYCHA housing is managed in general is criminal and a lot of the places the Housing Authority falls down makes life harder for all of us.

  • I wanted to comment on the car break-ins. One career thieft was caught but the two youths are still at large!

  • I wanted to comment on the car break-ins. One career thieft was caught but the two youths are still at large!

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