Robbed in Clinton hills

Yeah I try to avoid Hall, also waverly. Dont leave anything visible in the car. Phone charger, GPS cables, mounting bracket, etc, should always be taken out. I leave absolutely nothing visible in the car. Then I pray until I return to the car.

just another example of why i dont keep a car here :? sorry to hear of your break in, they are not fun at all.

Boygabriel wrote: Please report your break in to the police. I

Ive done this numerous times, but to no effect Since I did not have comprehensive insurance, they wouldnt even note a complaint until I insisted on it.

Thank you for the reccomendation for Palais Glass. They did a great job and I highly reccomend them, especially if you are in a hurry.

Unfortunately, I found this out because of a break in this weekend, and I have to admit, I feel very naive about this. I've lived in various parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, and I've been in CH for a few years now. When some friends decided to visit from out of town, I told them it that parking on the street was a viable option. Not more than 12 hours after their middle of the night arrival was their car broken into, parked on Dekalb and Waverly. The car is an average Sedan, 6 years old. No GPS, No CD player. Nothing electronic was left in plain vision. Apparently the hot item was the the jacket left in the back seat. (Just a regular winter coat.)

I can't seem to wrap my brain around why this happened. A break in for a coat? Should I have reccomended they find a garage, even though my own car was parked down the block? Should I now think twice about leaving clothing in the back seat? Should I think twice about street parking althogether? I've never had an incident myself, and I thought we took all the proper precautions. Or, was this just a routine for these parts during the holiday season, as the officer told me, one of the 12 break ins that were reported that day?

While things have definitely gotten better with regard to crime this is still New York... It's pretty simple, don't leave ANYTHING in your car if you're parking it on the street overnight. Not even something you think is worthless.

If you're parking in an area prone to break ins you may even want to take it back the old school, pre-gentrification, break in prevention methods... Leave all your compartments (glove, center console, etc.) empty and open. Also leave your doors unlocked. At least then anyone who is interested will know there is nothing in the car. If they want to get in and take a look anyway they won't break your window because the door is open.

If your car is nice and someone would want to steal it you should probably be parking in a garage anyway...

Good luck with that. There was a security company watching some houses on Gates a few years back and also running a small prostitution service on the side.

Hamilton wrote: [quote=Anonymous]Good luck with that. There was a security company watching some houses on Gates a few years back and also running a small prostitution service on the side

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Midget Hookers?

we can only hope.

Boygabriel wrote: This whole situation is just so frustrating b/c I don't think CH has a bad problem with car break ins, it's just a few key areas. I wish we could hire a private security guard to just spend each night sitting on the corner of Hall St/St James and Willougby, discouraging the theives who prey on those few blocks.

If there ever was an area that needed police video surveillance it's this one. If you want to go private just set up a video camera or a time lapse still camera and catch the action as it happens and turn it over to your local law enforcement.

When I was violently mugged the cops at the 88th precinct were great. They made a huge effort to document and investigate my case and eventually caught the guy who had mugged more than a dozen women around the Clinton-Washington Ave G stop. Because they'd taken the time to document each and every mugging really well there were multiple witnesses and the case was easy to prosecute. You can't be frustrated with the police's response, what are they supposed to do? Some kid smashed your window and ran off. Even if the police drive by that block every half hour, it still wouldn't prevent it. And if any of you have one of those car alarms that doesn't shut off once it goes off, I'm the one that got you towed.

Sounds bad...