{"id":19374,"date":"2025-10-28T02:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/19374\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T02:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:02:14","slug":"ghost-car-sweep-nets-53-tows-before-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/19374\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost car sweep nets 53 tows before dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Share this:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2Farticles%2F2025%2F10%2F27%2Fghost-car-sweep-nets-53-tows-before-dawn%2F&amp;linkname=Ghost%20car%20sweep%20nets%2053%20tows%20before%20dawn\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2Farticles%2F2025%2F10%2F27%2Fghost-car-sweep-nets-53-tows-before-dawn%2F&amp;linkname=Ghost%20car%20sweep%20nets%2053%20tows%20before%20dawn\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_reddit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2Farticles%2F2025%2F10%2F27%2Fghost-car-sweep-nets-53-tows-before-dawn%2F&amp;linkname=Ghost%20car%20sweep%20nets%2053%20tows%20before%20dawn\" title=\"Reddit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_flipboard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/flipboard?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2Farticles%2F2025%2F10%2F27%2Fghost-car-sweep-nets-53-tows-before-dawn%2F&amp;linkname=Ghost%20car%20sweep%20nets%2053%20tows%20before%20dawn\" title=\"Flipboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2Farticles%2F2025%2F10%2F27%2Fghost-car-sweep-nets-53-tows-before-dawn%2F&amp;linkname=Ghost%20car%20sweep%20nets%2053%20tows%20before%20dawn\" title=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>BROOKLYN \u2014 THE NYC SHERIFF\u2019S Office towed 53 vehicles between midnight and 7 a.m. on Oct. 24 during an overnight \u201cghost car\u201d crackdown across the borough, using license-plate reader operations,  <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/brooklyn\/more-than-50-vehicles-towed-in-overnight-ghost-car-crackdown-in-nyc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports PIX News 11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Anthony Miranda said the blitz aims to \u201ckeep our communities safe, promote pedestrian safety, and remove dangerous vehicles from our communities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City officials say the improperly licensed cars pose safety risks and are linked to violent crimes; 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One World Trade Center rises in the background. AP Photo\/Donald King\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t9\/11 memorial events in Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 11 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/articles\/2025\/09\/11\/americans-mark-the-24th-anniversary-of-the-9-11-attacks-with-emotional-ceremonies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25254543237567-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"William Staudt, a firefighter that worked at Ground Zero on the day of the attacks, looks over a reflecting pool during a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. AP Photo\/Seth Wenig\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmericans mark the 24th anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks with emotional ceremonies<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 11 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/articles\/2025\/09\/10\/volunteers-prep-millions-of-meals-for-fellow-new-yorkers-on-24th-anniversary-of-9-11\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25253626445845-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Volunteers work during the &quot;NYC Meal Pack For 9\/11 Day&quot; at the Intrepid Museum, Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2025, in New York. 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Photo by Arthur De Gaeta\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2730PREMIUM <br \/>Canarsie Park holds 9\/11 vigil, other ceremonies hosted throughout Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 11 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a id=\"comments\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Share this: BROOKLYN \u2014 THE NYC SHERIFF\u2019S Office towed 53 vehicles between midnight and 7 a.m. on Oct.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3302,98,100,99,9,24,63,13287,13288],"class_list":["post-19374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-breaking","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-sheriffs-office","tag-traffic-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}