New York Police Department 114th Precinct

Horrible precinct!!! I came in to file and report for someone who attacked me and my husband with his car after a whole big road rage incident and they refused to file it. The guy who attacked us was able to file is and even got my husband arrested when he was the one who tried to attack us. This man made me go through most horrifying roller coaster of my life. After trying cut everyone off in a busy street by getting on the sidewalk and my husband not letting him cut us off because we were so late for work, He got out of the car cursing and spat at us, threatening my husband and inviting him to fight (I begged him to stay). The guy then went to his trunk (I thought he was going to take out a gun or a bat), but there was too much traffic and we couldn’t get away. He actually took out a can of Axe and threw it at us, traffic then all of the sudden moved. We ran off and even switched streets to get away from him, but he chased us through the streets — running red lights, getting on sidewalks and finally slammed into the rear of our car. My husband being on parole at that time (problems with his ex-​wife) and as per my wishes tried his best not to get out of the car, but once he hit the back of our car, my husband took it as a threat on our lives. He took out the club and pounced on his car and tried to get the guy out, but the guy didn’t and instead called the cops on us. Unfortunately, I called the cops 30 seconds after he did… It was to late. I didn’t call earlier because I thought it would just end, that the guy would get tired and stop harassing us. The guy pressed charges, saying my husband hit him with the club, which he didn’t and that my husband was the one that started it all. We explained to the precinct, but the guy had gotten bruised from he’s steering wheel when he slammed on us and claimed that it was from my husband beating on him with the club… It made no sense, if it was a hit by the club by my husband, his arm would have been broken.
The point is that I tried to file my report and they treated me like I was the worst person in the world. They ignored me for a half hour, talked down to me … «what do you want?», they said, then after explaining they said NO. and when I insisted, the captain basically screamed at me, and with an attitude — as if I was bothering him said «I said that you can’t, you can’t file a report simply because you want to get back at the guy» I told him, that it was not the case, that I just wanted to note what happen and that this guy deserves to be behind bars since he attacked us and I had the damages to my car to prove it… I left there crying and feeling so little and helpless. Isn’t the police there to serve and protect us? They are city employees, my taxes pay for their salary. Why are they so against us? All this does is just build hatred and lack of trust. Do I ever even want to even consider getting help from them again? NO! Because I know they wont.

«DETECTIVE» squad is USELESS! Could have done a better job myself as a regular person rather than recieving their useless help

I was going to give this precinct the benefit of the doubt after reading these reviews, but nope. I had a minor car accident on a Friday night. Not only did it take them 2 hours to show up, the officer who took my statement didn’t even do that correctly.
I stated that I didn’t see the other car coming and then they hit me. The police report said, «and she stated she made a left turn and hit vehicle 1». What!!! And he couldn’t even take my address down correctly. They didn’t take any pictures or witness statements.
It’s very clear they don’t care by putting NO effort in. I pity anyone who has to deal with this precinct. Good luck.

These guys are always helpful, respectful, and knowledgeable. They’ve helped me before and today they helped me file a report. Thank you for being what good law enforcement should be.

I cant believe how I was just treated here. Someone threatened to damage my car so I wanted to go in and see if I could submit a claim, just in case something did happen. The first officer wouldnt walk towards me and had me yelling my story from across the room. she gave me such an additude and spoke so condescendingly that I said I was uncomfortable and wanted to speak to someone else. Then another officer said «you know if you want to do this im gonna have to fill all this paperwork out and its just gonna go in a filing cabinet somewhere» … Why yes I would like it filled out, I am sorry but that is your job. They made me feel like such an idiot. I am usually a big supporter or our police but they totally need their additudes checked

Very nice bunch of guys. Helped me out and let me use facilities. When you read any negative reviews you have to really look and see where the complaint comes from. Usually drunk and unruly people or just plain criminals that do not want to be arrested.

I have had nothing but a positive experience with the 114^th PCT. The men and women n uniform work extremely hard to protect the communities. I am sorry to read some of the negative interaction but that does not describe the entire Squad. In every profession their is an unprofessional. Doctors make mistakes doesn’t make all doctors bad! I challenge any person commenting to volunteer as auxiliary police or work with the community officer to see what they have to endure on a regular basis. Going to work to put their life in danger to protect us is challenging yet they do it.
Detective Harvin is a phenomenal detective. He goes above and beyond his call of duty. When my brother was shot (not fatal) last month he stayed in contact with my family to make sure that we were okay. He deserve all the respect and admiration for what he does. I have to edit what I say because the shooter is still on the loose. However; Detective Harvin’s dedication and genuine concerned with the safety of community he works in shows. I thank him and his squad for the diligent efforts. May God continue to keep them ALL safe as they work those tours to keep us safe!

I called the precinct at 1:30 in the morning when I realized a strange woman was in my building, screaming and banging on doors. Because I a) live alone and b) could hear that she was asking for help but did not seem injured, rather high or drunk, they advised me to call 911 and said they would dispatch someone.
And 5 minutes later they did.
I’m glad they are doing their job to uphold the public’s safety.

Nothing else but useless! I called few times already and have myself stopped the police cars to warn them about reckless driving around Astoria Park and Ditmars area and I have never, ever seen police car patrolling the area. All those boys with fancy Range Rovers and Mercedes from that private school on Ditmars, rage around with their cars after they are done with school. I literally called last week after I was almost struck by one and left message and nobody called me back. Guess what happened, someone lost their life now!

This is how a real Police Department should be run. I think the cops from the 114^th should give lessons to the guys on the 111^th on how to go about performing their jobs with integrity and professionalism and on not being corrupt. Is there any way we can trade everyone from the 114 for the 111. I’m tired of corrupt cops that violate our civil rights for financial gain and beat people too. That’s what they do at the 111.

Don’t bother calling, they won’t pick up the phone. I called 8 hours ago to report a car blocking my driveway. I was essentially told «we’ll get to you when we get to you». Now, they won’t answer the phone. The car is still blocking my driveway, I missed work and have been waiting all day. A few months ago I was robbed. They responded 6 hours later. The detective gave me a business card that looks like it was home made. I’m honestly not sure if we have a police precinct or a bunch of con artists with really authentic uniforms.

My friends got arrested for a few hours at this precinct and I have to tell you, being the only one sober I watched my friends get verbally abused in the worst way.
Although my friends were a little drunk, they were still under control and weren’t giving the officers a hard time at all. The officers in there were bully’s and it was actually very disgusting to watch how they managed the situation and how they treated my friends.
One of them through all my friends papers And IDs on the floor and told her she had to pick it up because «she dropped it ». just really humiliating. My other friends hand cuffs were on really tight, which by the way left bruises and she asked politely to loosen them up and they laughed and said no, she had them on for a really long time. maybe 2 whole hours.
They were making fun of my friends, belittling them, making insulting jokes and Im not sure if it was because all of them were lesbians or because they were all females. The male cops were being very aggressive, pushing and tossing them and no one even cared to say «hey, enough «. They were being bullied the entire time.
The next day when my friends made it home they realized they were missing a few things. Some money, a license ID and a passport. They did throw it away or just kept it to be ass holes? because thats exactly what they were acting like.
Im just saying that a lot of funny business happens here after hours and Im not sure who was in charge after midnight because they were all behaving on the same level. Very disrespectful and taking advantage of their title as police officers.
JUST DISGUSTING! Never ever been to a precinct as bad as this one.

If I could give this precinct zero stars I would. I have nothing but the upmost respect for police officers and the tremendous jobs they do protecting local communities and keeping the people in them safe. This station does not have any of those officers…
Since moving to Woodside a few months ago there have been two situations where I needed help from the police and the officers at this station did not give a crap about me. I was actually told «why are you calling us, just call 911» when attempting to report some suspicious stuff occurring on my block, even though it was in no way a 911 emergency. They seem to have no desire to do their jobs and are SUPER NASTY about anything you call them for. Oh, I’m sorry– my bad– I thought you were police and were supposed to help me.
If I ever actually have an emergency I won’t even waste my time calling this station…

First off you have to know that I hate writing bad reviews but there comes a time in every person’s life when a limit has been reached. Today is my day!
I have had several experiences with this precinct mainly because I needed fingerprints for a government job and also because of noisy neighbors who I had to file complaints about.
Fingerprints –Picture it Sept 2013 (in the voice of Estelle Getty from Golden Girls) In a tough economy I FINALLY got a job and it required fingerprints for a background check. The only caveat was that it had to be done within 2 weeks of accepting the job offer. Ok no problem, I thought.
I called this precinct and talked to an officer who stated that there is only ONE officer who knows how to do the «old-​fashioned way» fingerprinting with actual ink. REALLY!!! I have seen a lot of movies and have family that are in law enforcement, so I know it is not that hard. But anyway they tell me to make an appointment with the community affairs officer and transfer my call to him. I leave a voicemail at about 9:30am. About 4 days go by and no reply to my VM, so I call back and again leave a voicemail. About a day later I get a phone call and make an appointment to see the officer on a Saturday morning (I adjusted to his schedule since I was still unemployed and had no where to go). He tells me to bring a money order and my fingerprint card. Keep in mind I only have 3 days left to send in my fingerprints. I show up on Saturday and the officer is a no-​show!!! I panic and the lady at the front window gives me the same BS about officers not being trained in fingerprinting. She tells me to go to the 113^th precinct and see if they can do it. ARE YOU SERIOUS?1?!
Well as they say beggars can’t be choosers; so I call the 113^th precinct and explain my situation to the officer. He tells me to come and long story short, I get my prints (even after that officer had been working for almost 17+hrs). That officer told me that the 114^th precinct DUMPS a lot of the work on the 113^th precinct. And I believe him 100%.
The reason for the two stars is because as per Unilocal standards it means «Meh. I’ve experienced better» — better service at the 113^th precinct.
Noise complaints– I have called the precinct several times and mostly they just keep me on hold for about 20ish minutes hoping I will go away or get disconnected. Sometimes I am lucky and they will do something (2 out 15 times). I am no math wiz but that is a very low percentage (13% for those who don’t want to whip out a calculator).
I know there are officers who serve and protect Astoria and I want to thank them but the rest of you need to get your act together.

Wish I could give negative stars. It use to be a decent police precinct maybe if they get out their crooked cops who protect their CI’s it will be again. But as long as they have officers there who will lie, fake a police report, refuse to do their job, do false arrest no matter how good the precinct will look on paper usually the truth eventually comes out. It was a good precinct especially when 1 Sargent was there (he retired) now it’s horrible. I’m sure there are some officers there who are good&there for the right reasons, some of them are really nice but because of the corrupt cops I don’t trust police anymore, I thought guilty pple said the police lie I never thought they actually did especially when they knew the 1 person was guilty. I hope if you’ve had a bad experience you share it, if you have a problem&they do nothing always write down dates and times you went, make sure you get the officers name and I would personally video record them obviously with audio as well. It’s good to have you might not think so the 1^st time but when it’s the 10^th time you’re gonna wish you did, trust me. Some cops didn’t become cops for actual truth and justice but to be cop of the month, hope those sleep well at night.

Worste precinct ever! The cop at the reception window needs a atittude adjustment, since I just waited an hour and no one is hear to file a report is absurd, then I get told If I dont want to wait I can go to a another precinct, with attitude I guess rescpect courtesy just doesnt matter but getting 100 plus a year, by being useless dick, maybe I should sign up! ₩=%÷=_​€ nypd

I have been thinking for the past few days about what I was going to review for my 100^th review and today it just kind of presented itself. I woke up this morning like every other weekday ready to go to work and when I reached my car this morning I had the rude awakening that my car had been broken in to. That isn’t typical of my neighborhood so it was a bit surprising and I was pretty bummed out about it. I called the 114^th because in my opinion it didn’t constitute an emergency but the guy I spoke to patiently explained that really the best way to address the issue was to call 911. The gentleman I spoke to was empathetic to my plight and I hung up and made another call.
My call to 911 was quick and I was assured that officers would be forthcoming. I really didn’t know what to expect for how long it would take. My call to 911 finished with a voice recording sendoff that informed me officers were busy handling other issues in the area and it could be some time. I called work, told them I would be late and then figured I would be settling in for the long haul. I was reminded of the time I brought hubby to the emergency room with an earache. We watched all kinds of ailments pass through ahead of him that were classed as more «time sensitive and urgent» and I envisioned this predicament to be similar.
Much to my surprise, two friendly officers from the 114^th showed up within an hour and took my information, asked me some questions about what took place and generally made me feel that they cared about what had happened. One of the officers thanked me for calling the incident in, telling me that this kind of information really helps them know what streets need to be patrolled.
I appreciate what our officers do for us on a daily basis and I just want to say THANK YOU for all that you do!

First off I have tremendous respect for NYPD — They keep all of us safe and that’s hard job.
…well, so about the 114^th. I had hit and miss experience. Some officers I bumped into on the street or park were extremely nice, we exchange usual «hi», «what’s up», «have you see this man?», small talk sometimes, joking around, nice guys (& ladies).
Buuuuut, I really HATE calling the 114^th on the phone! I saw bunch of motorcycles and cars passing red lights and stop signs (I know there’re many kids and elders live on that street), so I called 114^th. They tell me that I HAVE TO REPORT IN PERSON at precinct! Does NYPD give me a lift there? (Also this conversation ended «officers have more important task than following up traffic violation in progress. CLICK!»)
So I called 311 to report the problem and next day I followed up with 311, and to my surprise the 114^th investigated the report…12 hours AFTER my first call! Yeah, I’m sure those motorcycles and cars were still at the red light just waiting to get ticketed??? Does crime in progress mean anything to them???
I guess I have to start wearing my ugly reflective running vest when picking up a newspaper from corner store? This is why I sometimes feel like I’m living in the 3^rd world country.