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Riverdale Press Echoes Our Call for Release of Neighborhood Crime Stats

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When we first sought neighborhood crime stats from the 52nd Precinct a few years ago, I seem to recall it was because we saw that the Riverdale Press has published just such data for the 50th Precinct. In fact, the Five-O is still providing that information to the Press, which they should be commended for. But somehow the NYPD feels that the 52nd Precinct (Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights) and the rest of the Bronx, for that matter, no longer deserves this most basic of public information that is routinely gathered using their taxpayer money. We’ve been waiting 420 days for the NYPD to respond to our Freedom of Information Law Request, adhere to state law, and release this very public information.Our journalist pals at The Riverdale Press also found this rather disturbing and published this editorial echoing our call for the release of so-called sector data. Their headline says it all: “All Crime Stats Should Be Public.”If you missed News Channel 4’s coverage earlier this week of our campaign you can see it here.We’ll keep marking the minutes until the NYPD does its duty.

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Creston Ave. Crew Busted in Drug Raid

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Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the latest edition of the Norwood News, on the streets and online now.By Alex KratzOver the past several years, the area around Creston Avenue, just north of St. James Park, has built a reputation as a hot spot for the drug trade. Periodic violence highlighted the turf wars that accompanied it. Earlier this month, however, local and federal authorities made a big dent in curbing Creston’s infamous image. Culminating a year-long investigation by the FBI and NYPD with an early morning raid on the so-called “Creston Avenue Crew,” police arrested eight people in the Bronx and three in Puerto Rico.

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Two Wounded in Bedford Park Shooting

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By David GreeneA wild early morning shootout on Tuesday in Bedford Park sent two victims to the hospital, police and witnesses said. The incident was reported at 1:15 a.m., on Tuesday, July 26. Upon their arrival, police discovered two people shot outside of 264 E. 199 Street, near Briggs Avenue. According to a NYPD source, one victim was shot in the leg and the other in the arm. Both were transported to St.