Reached by phone， the 38-year-old victim said she had lived in the neighborhood for a long time but until last week did not have any problems with crime. The police say there are different groups that are terrorizing the neighborhood， said the woman， who did not want her name used out of concern for her safety.

Bonita is 100% correct，

Three violent attacks on women， two on Adelphi Street and one a couple blocks away at Lafayette and Vanderbilt， were among the 11 street robberies reported in the 88th precinct last week.

- A woman discovered her jacket was missing after she put it on a clothes rack 15 feet away from her at 625 Atlantic Avenue， on Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. She lost $100 cash， her New York state ID and her credit card， police said.

- An 18-year-old man was arrested after he stole $160 from a 15-year-old acquaintance and punched him in the face， police said. Kawon Franklin was arrested and faces charges of criminal possession of stolen property， among other charges.

- A teenager threatened to shoot his 14-year-old schoolmate when the victim refused to give up his cellphone on Classon Avenue between DeKalb and Willoughby at 3:20 p.m. on Sept. 30， police said. He took the cellphone from his victims hand and fled on Classon.

As well as the robberies， the gunpoint theft of an X-Box， a renegade cab driver and a mysterious man in a snorkel kept cops busy in the neighborhood last week. Here are the rest of the robberies， and all the felony reports provided by the 88th Precinct for Sept. 27 to Oct. 3:

In the second incident on Adelphi， two men attacked a 24-year-old woman between DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues at 4:40 a.m. on Oct. 2. She was walking down the street when two men approached her from behind. One put his hand on her mouth， pulled her to the ground and threatened her， while another man grabbed her pocket book， police said. Both men ran off toward Lafayetft local flash talkingte Street.

Emergency Room Heist: Someone took a cell phone and Citibank check card from an unsecured room in a local emergency department on the night of Sept. 26， according to a police report， which did not list where this happened. The robber charged a total of $8 to the check card. The victim has since canceled his card and cell phone account.

This is still New York，” she said. This is still Brooklyn.

These new people dont have it!

“ I used to live in Western Massachusetts， and the rent was too damn high. The dirt cheap bottom of the barrel 1 bedrooms were 800 dollars. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise， the rent is too damn high! If we had a Boston economy， that wouldnt be bad， but to live in the boonies and small towns， thats too much to pay. I blame the townies. They own all the property and just want to suck the college students dry of their loans.”

- Someone stole $8，000 in cash from the back room of a restaurant on DeKalb Avenue at Vanderbilt Avenue， the owner told police on Oct. 3. The restaurant does not have surveillance cameras， he said.

Eileen-Ann Fisher， who used to live in the neighborhood and works at Olea Restaurant as a server and bartender， said she feels as safe as can be expected.

- A 21-year-old man went to the 88th Precinct shortly after 2 p.m. on Sept. 28 and told officers that someone had stolen his iPad， debit cards， Metro Cards， $25 in cash and other personal items from his backpack in a locker at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus.

Purses， wallets， jackets and backpacks:

Car thefts :

- A Florida resident discovered his 2010 Buick Enclave missing at 10 p.m. on the night of Sept. 25 from the northwest corner of Classon and DeKalb Avenues， police said. The victim said there was no broken glass at the scene.

Bag Snatching: Someone snatched a plastic bag containing prescription drugs and an MP4 player valued at $350 from a Brooklyn man on the northeast corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues on Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. No one was injured， police said.

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The influx of the well-off makes all of us targets for those out there from this neighborhood and others who now view the entire area as ripe for the picking.

- Three unknown men pushed a 13-year-old Queens resident and ran off with his LG env3 smartphone， his student MetroCard and $7 in cash after school on Sept. 28. The theft occurred on the northeast corner of South Elliott Place and Fulton Street. The victim refused medical attention， police said.

Resisting Arrest: Police arrested a man allegedly in possession of marijuana in open view in front of a building on Lefferts Place near Grand and Classon Avenues at 10:45 p.m on Oct. 1. The suspect ran into the building， scattering the residents， and refused to be handcuffed， police said. The Local could not confirm the man’s name or the charges against him with the Brooklyn District Attorney.

(This is a note for the writer， not about the victim. Somehow I doubt that the victim would have just given up the card and walked away just because “it didn’t work”.)

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Ladies take a cab， its for your own good!

People really need to STOP walking down the street and talking on their $150 – $600 phones in a recession! Yes， no one has the right to rob you but， look at the times we are living in!

Due to my job， I sometimes walk my dog at 430-5am in the morning; I see the shady characters weaving in and out. They even dare give me the good morning nod.

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A couple days earlier， before midnight on Sept. 26， a man approached a woman from behind， held her mouth shut， and grabbed her iPhone from her hand on the northeast corner of Vanderbilt Avenue and Lafayette Avenue， police said. The victim tried to fight back， until the perpetrator struck her in the face， causing a laceration to her mouth. The man told the victim to stay down on the ground as he ran southbound down Vanderbilt Avenue towards Fulton Street. Police said the victim brought herself to the hospital.

- Two 14-year-olds approached an 11-year-old boy walking down Gates Avenue after school on Sept. 29 and demanded his basketball. Money fell out of the victims hand during the struggle over the basketball， and the perpetrators ran off eastbound with everything. A school teacher witnessed the incident and followed the teens into a nearby store， where they spent the victims money. Police arrested the two teens the following day and charged them with grand larceny.

The three attacks on women came in a week where residents started a conversation about crime in the neighborhood on The Local， and a group gathered to form a new neighborhood watch program. Several Adelphi street residents emailed The Local and commented on the blog to express concern about the recent attacks.

Other Robberies:

I grew up ith these guys， I knew the stick up kids and the trouble makers. I have never seen anyone in Clinton Hills walk and talk on the phone or even flash anything worth stealing. Actually crime was pretty low . but like you said “ripe for the picking”， these new residents look like targets. We never even carried more than 10.00-20.00 at a time on us， because we knew people from FT Green and the Pojects near the 88th were watching. e usually carried money in our socks and put it in different places on our bodies， even in our sneakers. That was just plain street smarts!!!

I’ve also seen young white women walking around talking on cell phones at that time…

i saw a lady get robbed for her phone yesterday at 2pm he punched the lady snatched her phone and ran it was so sad she tried running after him only to trip and fall right there on alantic ave.

Renegade cab driver: A Fulton Street resident who arrived home in a taxi just before midnight on Sept. 30 said the driver drove off with his credit card， his camera and laptop， according to police. The victim told police he tried to swipe the card， and when it didnt work he gave it to the driver and stepped out of the cab. The victims credit card was used in different locations before the victim canceled it， police said.

…Something about the “cab driver” report isn’t very clear — the report implies the card was stolen， but then goes on to say that the victim GAVE the card to the driver and just walked away. What’s missing here?

i’ve thank fully only been held up once and it was ten ， 11 years ago when dekalb ave started becoming semi hot.and yes， years ago – for the most part folks assumed you must not have that much $ if you lived here . we also kept valuables out of sight! if you’re a girl and it’s late at night-past 11 pm or so or if you’ve been drinking get someone to walk you home. or take a damn car service! common sense!!!! no matter what year we’re in or how hip a neighborhood is. if i was inclined to jack someone for their stuff present day fg/ch would be like hitting the lottery. again， not paranoia but i can’t tell you how many times i’ve seen people- who clearly would not be able to fight back(and police tell you that you never should) waltzing around ， heads down， texting or headphones on so tight that they can’t hear anything around them. totally distracted by an immediate need to talk on a phone. who can be that important to speak to that you can’t refrain from using a phone until you’re home?! everybody goes on about old school hip hop or fashion- why don’t we have an old school technology/street smarts day.yes， it’s hard to break the habit but if you’re faced with the choice of using an i phone or getting home safe?

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- A man in a snorkel yup， a tube used to breathe while swimming — pushed a 23-year-old man and demanded everything in his pockets on the evening of Sept. 27， police said. The incident occurred on Navy Walk.

- A womans purse disappeared after she left it on the back of a chair while she went to buy a drink in a bar on the northwest corner Grand Avenue and Fulton Street at 9:30 p.m， on Sept. 30， police said. Back home， she noticed her credit card was used numerous times.

- Three armed men pushed through the door of a man’s apartment on Carlton Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. on Sept. 28， police said. One of the invaders held the 19-year-old victim at gunpoint while the other two snatched the victims X-Box 360， his HP laptop and $400 in cash. The three robbers fled. The victim suffered no injuries.

- An employee of the New York City Housing Authority reported the theft of four radios from his office on Carlton Avenue near Atlantic Avenue on Sept. 29. The office manager said the radios are stored in a room thats accessible to all employees.

- A man in his 30s approached a woman in the Fulton Street G stop， placed a knife to her throat and removed her purse from her shoulder just after noon on Sept. 28. The perpetrator then fled to the street.

Five of last week’s 11 muggings involved teenagers. As of Sept. 26， the precinct had reported 151 robberies so far this year precisely the same number they reported for the same period last year. Police had no comment on the recent incidents.

- A woman discovered her purse missing at a restaurant on Myrtle and Washington Avenues after she left it on a shelf at 9 p.m. on Sept. 29. Police later found the womans empty purse in a garbage can inside the restaurant. The victim is missing her credit card， her debit card， and her identification card. The perpetrator used the victims credit card to buy an $89 Metro Card.

- A 2008 Honda Civic went missing from Clinton Avenue around 1 p.m on Sept.29.

- A Clinton Avenue resident returned home at 11 a.m. on Sept. 30 to discover her Dell Inspiron laptop was missing. The victim told police that she secured her door with a Slam-Lock before leaving， but there was no sign of forced entry.

Residents in Lafayette Gardens lost their heat during Thanksgiving week. The heat may be back on， but it hasn’t spared building operators heat form residents.

Romantic Rivalry: A victim escaped injury after her ex-boyfriends current girlfriend approached her on the corner of Saint Edwards Street and Myrtle Avenue and threw a glass bottle in her direction， police said. The incident occurred while the victim was on her way to an interview on the morning of Sept. 28. The bottle hit the victim in her leg， then broke on the ground. The victim told police that the perpetrator later called her cell phone and told her she was lucky it wasn’t her head.

Others said the neighborhood is still safer than it once was.

ft local flaThe Week in Crime: Spate of Street Robberies，In one incident， which a neighbor recounted in The Local last week， an unidentified man approached a woman from behind just after midnight on Sept. 29， on Adelphi between Greene and Fulton. He covered her mouth， threw her to the ground， punched her in the face and head with a closed fist， and demanded she hand over her wallet， police said. After a brief struggle， the mugger fled southbound on Adelphi Street with the victims purse， leaving her with a bloody nose and contusions to her face and forehead.

- A 1990 Chevrolet Caprice disappeared from Hall Street， around 8 p.m on Sept. 30. The same car was stolen previously about 3 years ago， from the same location， police said.

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- A young girl returned home to North Portland Avenue after school on Sept. 29 to discover that someone had stolen almost $10，000 in electronic equipment and video games， police said. There was no sign of forced entry.

In terms of crime， I think that this neighborhood has changed for the better， said Luke Stern， a 12-year resident of the neighborhood.

Car break-in: Someone popped the lock and stole a watch， a Blackberry and the car keys from an orange Dodge Nitro parked on the southeast corner of Willoughby Street at Fleet street at about 8 a.m. on Oct. 1， police said.

- An unknown person took a womans wallet she left at a cash register in a commercial establishment on the northwest corner of Carlton and Myrtle Avenues around 11:30 a.m on Oct. 1. The woman lost $300.

- One teenager threatened a man with a firearm while two accomplices stole the victims BlackBerry and $180 in cash during the evening hours of Sept. 27 on the southeast corner of Greene and Clermont Avenues. The perpetrators then fled southbound on Clermont Avenue.

s88 – What did the guy look like?

Teens as Vft local flaThe Week in Crime: Spate of Street Robberiesictims and Perpetrators:

Bank Trouble: A bank notified a resident of unusual activities on her bank account. Three withdrawals of $200， $160， and $40 were made from the same unknown account to her bank account. Then， two checks from the same person later determined to be fake checks- for a total amount of $400 were deposited on her account， she told police， on Sept， 29.

“ Just a tip for those shopping at Atlantic Center. You could avoid your purse， bag， etc. being stolen if you didnt leave it in a shopping cart unattended. I mean yes its sad that one is not able to leave their belongings unattended just for a second but it seems at least 25 percent of the crimes being reported in the 88 are related to someones bag being stolen at the Atlantic Center because it was left unattended.”

Also， why don’t they make phones that can be turned off and disabled by the original account holder?

“ The bicycle riders are also part of the problem， and in upsate NY they can be somewhat militant and disrespectful of vehicular traffic. Safety works BOTH ways.......”

- While the resident was in the bathroom， someone walked into an unlocked basement apartment on Gates Avenue at around 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 and stole an Apple laptop computer， police said.

@ bonita applebum

It used to be safer in this neighborhood 10 years ago because prior to the mass gentrification， the assumption was that if you lived here you probably didn’t have anything worth stealing.

Unusual Weapon: A 36-year-old resident walking to work on Grand Avenue at 2 p.m on Oct.1 suffered cuts and bruises on his face when someone attacked him with an umbrella， police said. The perpetrator hit him on his head and face with an umbrella. The victim was treated on the street by emergency services after the attack. Police arrested Eric Thompson， 39. He is charged with menacing， two counts of assault and criminal possession of a weapon， among other charges.

-theDisciplinarian it was a young block boy. he robbed a middle aged white lady for her iphone 4. im block myself i was inches away from with two iphones in my hand he targeted her bc she looked hopeless it was the saddest thing ive ever seen. no one should have to be worried about being robbed at 2pm.

Assault: A 57-year-old man told police that someone struck him with an unknown object and then fled on foot at 9:30 p.m on Sept. 30， the police said. The victim refused medical attention.

this is NOT a blame the victim but no one- especially a woman- should be walking home， alone in any neighborhood at 4 in the morning.