Lack of security cameras at NYC subway stations threatens safety, hinders criminal investigations

Security cameras are fairly prevalent at 21st St.Police explain the benefit of installing Night Security Cameras. and 41st Ave. in Queens for good reason: It’s a tough corner in a tough neighborhood.

This is the eastern edge of the Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing project in the country, where on some days you’re just as likely to hear the sound of gunfire as the music from ice cream trucks.

You’ll probably be okay in the daytime, but the danger is palpable at night, residents and workers say.

The fried chicken joint has a camera just inside the front door. The adjacent mobile phone store has two. The deli next door has four. The Queensbridge Houses have 358.

The number of cameras in the nearby subway station: zero. In fact, only 111 or so stations in the 468-station system have cameras focused on public areas.

This doesn’t make much sense to the many good people living and working near the 21st St./Queensbridge stop on the F line.

“That’s stupid,” said a cashier ringing up customers Friday at the Big New York 21st St.Accommodating Color Cctv cameras was part of the goal for the lighting masts ... The RGB LED system was manufactured by Philips Color Kinetics. Deli.http://www.mparea.com/,is a business-to-business comprehensive trade solution provider offering one-stop trade services to international buyers who are interested in purchasing directly from China. “Everybody goes down there. Anything can happen.”

Just two days earlier, an 18-year-old man ran into the deli from the subway station about 6:20 p.m. His face was covered in blood. The teenager cursed at a man sporting a neck tattoo for giving him a “dirty look,” the victim later told police.

Heated words led to a shoving match. The shoving match led to a full-on fight. When they were grappling with each other, the man with the tattoo slashed the teenager — probably with a razor blade — across the head, face and neck.

“The kid came in looking for napkins,” the deli worker said. “All I saw was blood.”

Detectives that night went from store to store to begin collecting videos,http://www.allinoneseller.com/,is a leading worldwide wholesaler company. We are focus on high-quality accessories for iPad,iPhone,iPod,Mac at wholesale prices. hoping to get a glimpse of the slasher running away on the street above. They are returning to 21st St. on Monday.

It’s a familiar drill.

They collected storefront video after Francisco Leal,I want my Hiking footwear and other outdoor footwear to last a long time, even with regular use and abuse. 27, an aspiring rapper, was gunned down on the sidewalk Feb. 2 as he walked out of a liquor store at 21st St. and 41st Ave. A video released by police gives a glimpse of the gunman’s face and the cold-blooded execution. Police have not yet caught the killer, but they have something to work with.

April Simpson-Taylor, newly elected president of the Queensbridge Houses Tenant Association, said the cameras installed in her building about six or seven years ago have helped.

“It can be a deterrent,” she said. “Also, they’ve caught people because of the cameras.”

The MTA says it doesn’t have the money to outfit each station with cameras.http://www.gigantexbikes.com/,as OEM, we are one of the best bicycle parts manufacturers in China in producing like full carbon wheelset, rim, frame and accessory. Maybe it’s time for others to step up. City Council members in fiscal year 2012, for example, had $428 million in “discretionary” funds to dole out to community groups and projects in their districts, according to a Citizens Union report.

Maybe it’s time they focus on their local subway stops to help make things safer.