Correction: With Crime Up, NYPD Hosting Sunset Park Meeting This Wednesday

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that this meeting will take place on Thursday. The meeting is scheduled for Aug. 24, which is Wednesday. We apologize for the error.

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — With crime up so far this year in the NYPD's 72nd Precinct, Sunset Park residents can meet two of their neighborhood cops at a public meeting this Wednesday.

Through Aug. 14, major crimes were collectively up about 10 percent in the 72nd, which covers Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace and Park Slope South. Crime trends seemed to show the uptick is mostly attributable to Sunset Park.

That said, during the first months of the year, crime in the 72nd was up closer to 20 percent compared to 2015, suggesting it may be leveling off.

Residents who want to learn more can attend a community meeting at 7 p.m. on Aug. 24 at 4520 4th Ave.

The gathering will be hosted by Carmela Andersen and Philip Buonora, the Neighborhood Coordinating Officers, or NCOs, assigned to Sector C of the 72nd precinct. (Each precinct is divided up into four or five sectors under the city's community policing model.)

Sector C of the 72nd runs from 3rd Avenue to 7th Avenue, and from Greenwood Cemetery to 55th Street:

Sector C in the NYPD's 72nd Precinct (click to enlarge). Map courtesy of the NYPD

Wednesday's meeting will be the first time the NYPD has spoken publicly about crime in the 72nd Precinct. For more than a month, the department has declined to allow Patch to interview either precinct commander Emmanuel Gonzales or the NCOs in any precinct. The department has not explained its policy.

Here's a complete list of the NCOs operating throughout the 72nd, followed by a map of all four NCO sectors (which you can click to enlarge):

Sector A

• Wilfredo Montes: 917-912-0960, wilfredo.montes@nypd.org
• Danny McGrath: 917-853-2601, daniel.mcgrath@nypd.org

Sector B

• Gary Bonavita, gary.bonavita@nypd.org
• Brian Cassidy, brian.cassidy@nypd.org

Sector C

• Carmela Andersen, 929-375-2344, carmela.andersen@nypd.org
• Philip Buonora, 929-371-7705, philip.buonora@nypd.org

Sector D

• Richard Fuentes, richard.fuentes@nypd.org
• Sue Liu, sue.liu@nypd.org

The four sectors of the NYPD's 72nd Precinct (click to enlarge). Map courtesy of the NYPD.

Top image courtesy of Giacomo Barbaro/Flickr