New security cameras along East Tremont Avenue in Throggs Neck promise to keep residents safe 

NYPD Argus cameras have been installed along East Tremont Avenue in Throggs Neck.

Photo Gabriele Holtermann

The Throggs Neck Business Improvement District (TNBID) is one step closer to its goal to make Throggs Neck the safest community in New York City.

Alongside community members, elected officials and NYPD officers, the TNBID announced the activation of long-awaited NYPD Argus cameras along East Tremont Avenue at a press conference outside the 45th Precinct in Throggs Neck on May 2.

The undisclosed number of cameras are located within the TNBID coverage area from Bruckner Boulevard to Miles Avenue and were made possible with funding provided by New York state Assemblymember Michael Benedetto.

TNBID’s Executive Director Bobby Jaen was excited about the installation for numerous reasons and said the cameras had already “paid major dividends.” Jaen shared that three days after the cameras had been installed, they recorded a crook robbing a woman at 10 a.m. and slamming her to the ground.

Jaen also hopes the security cameras will also crack down on illegal cannabis shops in the neighborhood, which residents say have brought crime to the area.

“The other reason why I was so hopped up to get the security cameras, as you all well know, everybody behind me is working diligently to turn around and try to do something about these illegal cannabis stores,” Jaen said.

Jaen has been working closely with the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), the New York City Sheriff’s Department, the 45th Precinct and landlords to get the illegal cannabis stores shut down.

“We have to do whatever we have to do to make our place safe,” Jaen said. “Thanks to Assemblyman Mike Benedetto, we now have eyes on you. That’s what I tell the cannabis stores, ‘We now have our eyes on you.’”

For Benedetto, it was a “no-brainer” when the BID approached him about funding anti-crime cameras because he was committed to the safety of area…