Recchia gets NYPD to install security cameras on 86th Street
Message to a thief: Before you go to pick that person’s pocket on 86th Street, be aware that Big Brother will be watching you.
The New York Police Department is installing 11 new ARGUS security cameras along the 86th Street shopping area in Bensonhurst and in other sections of southern Brooklyn, thanks to $400,000 in funding obtained by Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr.
Recchia (D-Coney Island-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) said the 11 new cameras will supplement the existing seven ARGUS cameras that are already up and operating in his council district. The word ARGUS is from Greek mythology. He depicted as a giant with 100 eyes who could watch over a wide area.