‘Walk Right In’ burglaries on the rise in Brooklyn Heights
Leslie Lewis, longtime president of the 84th Precinct Community Council, remembers a time when Brooklyn Heights and nearby communities were not that safe.
He calls these the “crack times” of the ’80s and early ’90s, when thieves would not think twice about breaking windows and busting down doors to burglarize your home.
Back then, burglaries in Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill and DUMBO numbered in the thousands each years. Last year there were just 141 burglaries in those same neighborhoods.