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December 21, 2010
Another iPhone swipe
The Brooklyn Paper
by Thomas Tracy
Congratulations, Bruce Ratner! The Brooklyn Paper now refers to your Brooklyn malls as "Grinch HQ."
Grinch HQ
There were more sticky-fingered thieves than department store Santas inside the troubled Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center Mall last week. Here’s the rundown:
Several more thefts were reported at the troubled Atlantic Center and Atlantic Terminal malls this week. Here’s what happened:
• A thief swiped a wallet that was on a shopping cart inside the Target store at around 6 pm on Dec. 13.
• A mousy thief plucked a wallet from a woman’s handbag as she walked around the Chuck E. Cheese’s on Dec. 17. The woman said her bag was hanging off her shoulder the entire time.
• What’s worse than going to the Department of Motor Vehicles? Having your wallet taken away from you at the Department of Motor Vehicles!
A thief made off with a 40-year-old man’s wallet as he got his permit renewed at the office on Atlantic Avenue between Fort Greene Place and South Portland Avenue on Dec. 16.
Related coverage...
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill], The Day: Safer Subways and Shopping
The Brooklyn Paper, and the Brooklyn Eagle are both talking about crime in the neighborhood, and No Land Grab points out the the Atlantic Yards development was supposed to reduce crime in the project’s footprint. Much of the recent rise in crime can be attributed to thefts and robberies, and there was concern expressed at the public safety town hall meeting last week about shoppers falling victim during the holiday season. Anyone have a bad experience this weekend? We kept a handle on our valuables while picking up a few last minute items at the Flea, but fell victim to long lines, cranky employees and pushy fellow shoppers at Target.
NoLandGrab: We were kind of being facetious — it's the ESDC and AKRF who claimed, falsely, that the neighborhood crime incubator was the footprint, rather than Bruce Ratner's "Grinch HQ."
Posted by eric at December 21, 2010 12:24 PM