Throughout the month of May, the NYPD’s 104th Precinct has shown a continued emphasis on tackling quality of life complaints in the Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village neighborhoods.
The 104th Precinct recently tweeted a photo of neighborhood coordination officers standing in front of an unregistered vehicle they seized at Cypress Avenue and Cypress Hills Street in Glendale, with a huge speaker system grouping on Tuesday, May 23.
Another post on the 104th Precinct Twitter page showed a confiscated modified white Honda with a massive speaker configuration welded on the vehicle’s roof on Saturday, May 20. The vehicle was located at 48th Street and Maspeth Avenue in the industrial district of Maspeth.
The vehicle was impounded and the owner was given an unreasonable noise summons, Deputy Inspector Kevin J. Coleman, commanding officer of the 104th Precinct, told QNS.
“When we seized that vehicle with that huge speaker system on its roof, we actually had no calls about it yet,” Coleman said.
According to Coleman, officers discovered the vehicle while out on patrol, checking on known problem areas. They were then able to confiscate the modified vehicle during the night on Friday, May 19, before any 311 calls were made.
Gary Giordano, district manager of Community Board 5, viewed the post on social media and shared how car owners who blast music show a “lack of respect” for neighbors and residents.
“It’s often about people just being so self-absorbed that they think they have a right to blast their music or to drive their car like a brat, and not caring about other people,” Giordano said.
Giordano also noted how he’s seen a growing desire from residents in recent years to install more speed bumps on their blocks.
Similar Twitter posts were made on the Precinct’s Twitter page in May, featuring confiscated illegal motorbikes, ATVs and other illegally parked or abandoned vehicles removed. Coleman said posting constantly serves…
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