SEE: Bed-Stuy March Decries Violence As Shooting Surge Continues

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Hundreds of New Yorkers took to the streets of Bed-Stuy on Saturday to call for an end to gun violence that has gripped New York City this year — including a shooting that broke out just a few blocks from the protest.

The "Cease-Fire Peace Walk" made its way from Broadway Junction to the recently-added Black Lives Matter mural on Fulton Street, where speakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, decried the shooting surge and urged for peace.

Citywide, shootings have spiked more than 200 percent in the last few weeks, compared to the same time period last year. North Brooklyn has been a particular hot-spot for the gun violence, seeing 78 shootings in the last 28 days compared to just 14 during the same period in 2019.

"This is a community claiming ownership over its own streets," de Blasio said Saturday, according to videos from the rally. "This community owns these streets — not those who would do violence, but the people everyday who want to live in peace."

Saturday's rally was organized by several local organizations, including New York Knicks player Taj Gibson's foundation.

It is the latest call from local officials and advocates for an end to the gun violence.

Recent incidents include a shooting that broke out just blocks from the rally on Nostrand Avenue on Saturday afternoon, which killed a 23-year-old. Also nearby, a shooting on President Street last week hurt at least four people and killed a 30-year-old when it spilled onto a Classon Avenue street corner.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has called for a "crisis response" from the NYPD specifically for the borough's uptick in gun violence and more recently announced a video campaign aimed at preventing the shootings after a particularly violent Fourth of July weekend.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has responded to the surge with an anti-crime plan that includes increased NYPD foot patrols in high-shooting areas, particularly in the Brooklyn and the Bronx, and deploying Community Affairs officers and gun buybacks.