A gate is the only thing keeping thrill-seekers from walking up the Brooklyn Bridge cables to the top of the iconic span, as a Russian tourist did on Sunday.
A vacation picture to die for
A Russian tourist climbed a support beam of the Brooklyn Bridge on the Brooklyn side on Sun., Aug. 24 at 12:15 p.m. and took pictures, police say.
Yaroslav Kolchin, 24, went past the security gate to scale the bridge and reached about 276 feet. A uniformed sergeant noticed Kolchin scaling the bridge and radioed aviation, harbor, and emergency service units to respond. Police say Kolchin took photos with his iPhone as he walked back and forth on the landing.
Kolchin has been charged with reckless endangerment, obstructing governmental administration, criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct, AM New York reported.
This is the third incident in which Lower Manhattan bridge security has been called into question. In July, two German artists claimed they replaced the American flags on the top of the Brooklyn Bridge’s tower with white flags. On Aug. 20, Palestinian supporters unfurled a flag on the Manhattan Bridge to protest Israeli bombings in Gaza.
Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday that “changes will be made” to bridge security.
Bar brawl
Two men, both 32, were inebriated and got into a fight at the Raccoon Lodge on 59 Warren St. at 8 p.m. on Sat., Aug. 16, police say.
One man from the Bronx said the other man punched him in the face seven to eight times causing pain and swelling to the side of his face. He further stated that the other man put both hands around his neck and strangled him. His attacker was arrested. Police say the suspect resisted going into a police vehicle.
Grand theft Jeep
A 41-year-old Soho man parked his 2014 white Jeep Cherokee across the street from his Thompson apartment early morning on Sun., Aug. 24 at 3 a.m. When he went back to the spot on Thompson St. between Broome and Spring Sts. at 7 a.m., the car was gone.
Motorcycle stolen in B.P.C.
At 8 p.m. on Fri., Aug. 15, an 18-year-old Brooklyn man parked his $3,800 black Honda motorcycle in front of 70 Little West St. in Battery Park City. Two days later at 2 p.m. on Sun., Aug. 17, the 18-year-old realized his bike was missing. Thinking it had been towed, he called 311 and the impound lot, but the motorcycle was not there.
Theft at Pier 25
While playing basketball near Pier 25, on West St. and N. Moore St. in the Hudson River Park, a Virginia man left his bag on the ground at noon on Wed., Aug. 20. At about 6 p.m., the 17-year-old noticed that his wallet and iPhone 5 had been taken from his bag. He canceled his credit cards and there were no unauthorized purchases. In addition to his phone, credit card, and driver’s license, he also lost $30 cash.
Taking passports old & new
At Cafe Exchange on 49 Broadway in the Financial District at 3 p.m. on Tues., Aug. 19, a Chelsea woman put her wallet on a table while she went to get some food. When she returned, the wallet was gone. She lost both a valid and invalid passport, a Brazilian I.D., two credit cards, and $275. Police did not release the woman’s age.
Assault & iPhone steal
At a T-Mobile store in the Financial District at 29 John St. on Thurs., Aug. 21 just before 6 p.m., a man entered the store and tried to remove a display black iPhone 5S from its metal holder. A 32-year-old female employee asked the man to leave. He instead ripped the $650 phone from its metal socket and shoved the employee in the chest causing redness and pain before he fled. She refused medical attention at the scene.
—Dusica Sue MaleseviC
