PHOTOS: 68th Precinct Night Out at Shore Road Park a smashing success
Crowds turned out for the 68th Precinct’s annual Night Out against Crime celebration in Shore Road Park at 79th Street.
The August 2 event — which is replicated in communities around the city and across the country — was begun in the 1980s as a way of building bridges between cops and community, as well as making a statement that the streets belong to law-abiding residents, not criminals.
The 68th Precinct’s event, one of the largest in the city, draws thousands of people each year to enjoy live music (this year, a Beach Boys tribute band filling the evening with the sounds of “Good Vibrations”), while youngsters bounced in the bouncy house, sat in police vehicles, and munched hot dogs, hamburgers, watermelon and ices.