63-Year-Old Woman Held-Up in Mid-Afternoon Robbery on Classon

Police are looking for a gunman who held up a 63-year-old woman on Classon Avenue in broad daylight.

The woman was walking on the avenue at about 2 p.m. on Dec. 18 when, at Bergen Street, she noticed three men following her. When she got to Dean Street one of them said, “Gimme your purse,” and showed her a silver handgun.  She handed it over and the men took off. The woman lost $222 in cash.   

There have been at least seven gunpoint robberies in the area over the past year:

- On Dec. 3, a 30-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint on Classon Avenue near St. Johns Place just after 5 a.m. 

- On Nov. 21, a 21-year-old man was mugged at gunpoint on Washington Avenue near Lincoln Place at about 1 a.m.  

- On Oct. 1, a man was robbed at gunpoint on Classon Avenue.

- On June 13, a gunman pistol whipped a man during a mugging of a couple Eastern Parkway between Vanderbilt and Underhill.

- On May 4, a 30-year-old man was held up by a gun-wielding thief on St. Johns Place between Underhill and Washington.  

- On Feb. 28 a gun-wielding man stole iPhones from women as they walked near the corner of Underhill and St. Marks avenues. last week.

In addition, there have been three violent muggings at the  Franklin Avenue Station in November alone and at least 11 violent attacks reported in Prospect Heights and the western edge of Crown Heights since June. 

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Remember that women or men can call the Brooklyn Bike Patrol at 718-744-7592 for an escort home. Their hours are: Sun.-Thurs., 8 p.m. to midnight, Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m. to 3:30 a.m.

Residents can discuss area crime with the commanding officer of their local precinct at monthly community council meetings.

The 77th Precinct, which covers the area between Vanderbilt Avenue (east side) and Ralph Avenue and Atlantic and Eastern Parkway, meets the second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at rotating venues. Call (718) 735-0634 for the current location.

Those who live between Vanderbilt and Flatbush are now covered by the 78th Precinct, which meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm at the station house on the corner of Bergen and Sixth Avenues.