Brownsville Police Stations Get ATMs To Prevent Robberies

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — The NYPD has installed ATMs in two Brownsville police houses to offer residents a safe space to withdraw cash.

There are now two cash-withdrawal machines in the 73rd Precinct at 1470 E. New York Ave. and at Police Service Area 2 at 560 Sutter Ave., the NYPD and Municipal Credit Union confirmed Wednesday.

The new machines are part of an initiative to combat ATM robberies in crime-heavy neighborhoods and to improve relations between those neighborhoods’ communities and local police, according to the New York Post.

Three other precincts have received ATMs — the 67th precinct in East Flatbush, the 33rd precinct in Washington Heights, Manhattan and the 100th precinct in Arverne, Queens, according to MCU spokesman Mike Mattone.

MCU and the NYPD will discuss the possibility of installing ATMS in each of the city’s 98 station houses, according to the NYPD and the MCU spokeswoman.

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