Crown Heights Gets Another NYPD Surveillance Camera

by CrownHeights.info

As part of a new initiative to combat bias attacks and anti-semitism in New York City, the NYPD has installed a surveillance camera on the corner of Lincoln Pl and Kingston Ave in Crown Heights.

The initiative to install 100 new security cameras in Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park was announced by Mayor Bill DeBlasio in January.

The effectiveness of these cameras has been called into question, with critics pointing out that local stores have no lack of surveillance cameras.

The cameras are also not monitored 24/7, and officers are required to retrieve the footage from another location.

The first camera put up in Crown Heights was installed on Kingston Ave on the corner of Union Street in March. Since then, another camera was also installed on Eastern Parkway on the corner of 770,