Anybody want to hear about a home invasion robbery on Park?

I get called names when I post "negative" information about the crime in our area so I'll leave it up to the audience to decide if they want to know about a "home invasion" robbery that occured on X-mas eve.

post it already stop being a tease!

I like to know what's going on. I always appreciate it when people post information like this. Please do tell us.

what does "home invasion robbery" mean?

they basically rob you while you're home!

Stop being coy, Paraderest, let's hear it! Who cares if one person doesn't like what you post? Many others do.

Yes!!! I always want to hear aboot news (good/bad), goings on, etc in our neighborhood!

On Christmas Eve at around 10:30pm a man called 911 stating that he had been stabbed earlier in the night. When police arrived that had realized that the stabbing occured more recently than the dispatcher thought. They also found out that the man had been beaten, robbed, tied up and left for dead. He stated that 3 unknown males bust into his apt. They then beat and stabbed him. At some point they tied the man up and stole several thousand dollars worth of jewelry. It took the man a long time to untie himself and call police. He was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.

I don't know the exact address but it was on Park Place near Vanderbilt.

CRAZY oy vey

Well, that was worth sharing. That's horrifying. How did you find out about this? Did any news outlets cover it? Please share any additional details if you hear more.

he is either a cop or has a scanner . or knows cops.

When did this happen? I live on Park Place by Vanderbilt. I don't recall seeing a bunch of squad cars or EMS recently.

I think this is a hoax. I live on Park Place near Vanderbilt and was home all night on X-Mas Eve and never heard any police or EMS either.

When I was walking home from the 7th Ave Q station on Xmas eve, I saw two ambulances on park near Vanderbuilt and wondered what had happened.

Nope, no hoax. I promise.

How do you "bust in" to somebody's apartment?

230 Park Plc. 70 yr old man

mypasswordwontwork wrote: How do you "bust in" to somebody's apartment?

That's easy enough. Pry the door open, pick a lousy lock, come through a fire escape or even through the window from the roof. It can be as simple as knocking on the door and saying "Land Shark".

King without a crown wrote: 230 Park Plc. 70 yr old man

is he ok?

i hate it when scums target old people, knowing they don't really fight back. too bad the old guy didn't have a shotgun.

Idlewild wrote: [quote=mypasswordwontwork]How do you "bust in" to somebody's apartment?

That's easy enough. Pry the door open, pick a lousy lock, come through a fire escape or even through the window from the roof. It can be as simple as knocking on the door and saying "Land Shark".

How can we minimize chances of this happening to us? I'm a single woman living alone with a dog that doesn't bark when strangers approach the apartment

Buy a decent tubular or deadbolt drop lock (or a cylinder put in your existing lock) such as Medeco or Multi-lock. Get a ADT or other alarm system. Make sure your windows are locked. Look through your peep hole to see who is knocking on your door. Personally go down to the entrance/exterior door if someone rings the bell looking to get buzzed in. A NYPD cop or detective can also give you tips if asked. I believe they do this as a community service.

Ask to see ID for anybody who shows up to do any work without a uniform, marked car/van, or unplanned.

Call companies to verify that they sent somebody if you need to (Time Warner, ConEd, etc.).

Don't be intimidated to ask as many questions as you want/need to.

Make sure that if you have a front door to buzz people in that nobody is allowed to keep it propped open (my friend lived above a place that did catering and they frequently did this when expecting/moving packages....it's how they got into her building when she was robbed).

230 Park Place is not a valid address

Museumlady wrote: 230 Park Place is not a valid address

What do you mean? It's a nice building and seems quite "valid".

Looking at Pshark- it goes from 226 park to 248 Park.
Regardless, I do appreciate hearing about items like this so that I have a sense of what is happening around me.

I used to live in 230 Park Place. It's valid.

Flexichick wrote: Make sure that if you have a front door to buzz people in that nobody is allowed to keep it propped open (my friend lived above a place that did catering and they frequently did this when expecting/moving packages....it's how they got into her building when she was robbed).

Great piece of advice Flexi never even thought of that.

Idlewild wrote: I used to live in 230 Park Place. It's valid.

I walked by it yesterday. It's the large apartment building on the Carneviento side of the street.

Isn't that a doorman building, btw?

Yes it is. Have you ever seen the mural in the lobby? It used to freak me out when I was a kid. It still does.

Idlewild wrote: Yes it is. Have you ever seen the mural in the lobby? It used to freak me out when I was a kid. It still does.

I've never been inside, but I'll definitely stop in and check it out tomorrow.