Park Slope Burglary Spike May Be on its Way Down After Three Arrests

From through , Park Slope suffered a spike in burglaries, which caused a at one point with 15 burglaries in March.

However, after cops made three arrests recently, the spike in burglaries seems to have broken, according to the 78th precinct’s Executive Officer, Captain Julio Ordonez.

One of the arrests took place on April 5, when , which is covered by the 72nd precinct. The Commanding Officer of the 78th, Captain Michael Ameri, told Patch that his station was performing an investigation on that same man concerning , between Fifth and Sixth avenues, where he stole nearly $9,000 in jewelry.

In the past 28 days, there were nine burglaries compared to 15 in the height of the spree, according to Ordonez.

During the spree, Ameri said that the burglars focused on residential apartment buildings around 13th and 14th streets, between Prospect Park West and Fifth Avenue area and then around St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street between Fourth and Flatbush avenues.

But now, those areas are not being affected as much as they were, Ordonez said during Tuesday’s 78th precinct community council meeting.

"We had a couple areas in which we had concerns," Ordonez said. "But we arrested three individuals and with those arrests the crime took care of itself."

Ordonez said that there are still burglaries in Park Slope, but the spree, which was categorized by the —most of the homes were broken into by crooks climbing in open back windows off fire escapes— is no longer happening.

From April 20 to May 20, there were 10 burglaries, one more than this month.

"We made the right arrests at the right time," Ordonez said. "There are still burglaries, but we are not seeing the same spike as before."

Ordonez also said that crime in total is down 12.3 percent for the year.