NYPD agrees to steer clear of two blocks
in notoriously violent Brooklyn neighborhood
— labeling stretch a ‘police free zone’
New York Post,
by
Tina Moore
,
Shane Galvin
,
Rich Calder
&
Georgett Roberts
Original Article
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino,
10/18/2025 11:08:18 AM
A notoriously violent two-block stretch of Brooklyn is fighting crime — by keeping uniformed cops away, The Post has learned. NYPD officials agreed to turn a sliver of Brownsville in the NYPD’s 73rd Precinct into a “police free zone” last week as part of an city-funded experiment called the Brownsville Safety Alliance that initially was only twice a year but now runs four times annually. And it’s an initiative that’s received praise from anti-cop, mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, an official with the group that runs it told The Post.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 10/18/2025 11:16:43 AM (No. 2018437)
Next year it will be a 10 block square area.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hershey 10/18/2025 11:30:38 AM (No. 2018443)
Wasn't there a movie about giving free rein to criminals for one night???? What was the name again?? Stupid New York was it??? They have a bad neighborhood, then FLOOD it with cops ... kissing a crims butt will never get them anywhere except more crime...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Northcross 10/18/2025 11:35:49 AM (No. 2018447)
Public Service Announcement: To all thugs within a 50 mile radius of Brooklyn. Police Free Zone has opened in Williamsburg. Do your thing!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
dbdiva 10/18/2025 11:38:15 AM (No. 2018451)
Let's give the voters a preview of what will happen when Mamdani is elected. Be prepared for ALL of NYC to be a "police free zone"; get used to the idea that it will be a "crimes all the time" zone.
Good luck.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Birddog 10/18/2025 11:53:58 AM (No. 2018454)
Why would it COST money to NOT have cops patrolling that area...it should be a costs reduced equation.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
billa57 10/18/2025 12:04:25 PM (No. 2018460)
With Zombie Zohran is in charge of NYC he'll probably have “police free zone” through out the city and we'll have to build a wall around the entire city. Hey, wasn't that in a movie
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jdano 10/18/2025 12:12:37 PM (No. 2018469)
There are literally two Brooklyns. I wish we could build a wall.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
earlybird 10/18/2025 12:34:10 PM (No. 2018477)
Run hy an NGO. Which means there i$ money involved.
Several major crimes are up in Brownsville.
FTA: "While murders and shootings dropped 83% and 40% respectively in the 73rd Precinct so far in 2025 compared to the same point last year, robbery is up 23%, from 191 to 234; felony assault is up 26%, from 521 to 654; burglary is up 40%, from 111 to 155; and grand larceny is up 30% from 284 to 368, data show."
Not impressive Feom the looks of the principals, the blacks' worst enemies continue to he black. Sad.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 10/18/2025 12:36:39 PM (No. 2018480)
How sad for the people who live in that area and have to be subjected to the rampant crime.
No one should have to live under such conditions.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 10/18/2025 12:40:11 PM (No. 2018485)
What the hell is this? Incredible, if this is true. But, generally, the NYP has been a reliable source in the past.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Namma 10/18/2025 1:08:11 PM (No. 2018510)
ya would not need cops if people would obey the law. but they don't Women and children should get out of that area fast!!
I have friends that have cancelled trips to NYC. Knowing the mooosie commie will be taking over the city.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 10/18/2025 1:09:18 PM (No. 2018511)
Probably thin out a lot of the residents and hurt local businesses. The few brave enough to stay.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
kono 10/18/2025 1:29:41 PM (No. 2018519)
A part of society's body has necrotized and is being amputated.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
seamusm 10/18/2025 1:31:28 PM (No. 2018523)
Sgt. Schultz law enforcement. Guess they're anticipating their incoming Mayor.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 10/18/2025 1:33:20 PM (No. 2018525)
Now, even the NYPD has been corrupted. Buh-bye, New York.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
ldb51 10/18/2025 2:00:07 PM (No. 2018537)
So, if a murder happens in NYC, and no one is there to see the mess, I guess a crime didn't happen?
There HAS to be a Supreme Court-Safe precedent for Federal authorities doing everything possible to stop the mayhem when local and state officials and LE bail on the People. If not, Congress needs to get busy and set up/improve a durable Emergency Plan to Make It So.
Meantime, cop-free zones MUST become fully-armed National Guard-Rich Zones. Otherwise, this Fed Admin joins all the previous useless dreck in the cesspool of urban history.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 10/18/2025 2:07:36 PM (No. 2018541)
It’s Hamsterdam from The Wire in real life.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Scribelus 10/18/2025 6:27:54 PM (No. 2018615)
…and the urban tragedy rolls on…
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
JimBob 10/18/2025 11:20:58 PM (No. 2018674)
So.... Will they send in the Social Workers?
I wonder if it will also be a Fire Department-Free zone, and if so, what will happen when the inevitable fire breaks out..
I wonder what the insurance rates will be.
Perhaps this is a method of Urban Renewal..... Let the Thugs run amok, freely kill each other and burn it all to the ground, then end the experiment, bulldoze the whole place flat, and start over.
On second thought, will the Muzzies establish a Caliphate with Sharia Law? There's nothing to stop them.
In any case, any honest person should get the Hades out ASAP.
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