{"id":322102,"date":"2026-08-15T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322102\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:24:50","slug":"hundreds-of-nypd-cops-heading-to-inwood-to-prevent-wild-teen-takeover-this-weekend-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322102\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of NYPD cops heading to Inwood to prevent wild ‘teen takeover’ this weekend: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of NYPD cops are expected to be patrolling the streets of Inwood in upper Manhattan this weekend to prevent a \u201cteen takeover\u201d<\/a> of area streets \u2014 a wild event that sparked chaos in the area and ended in one death, city officials said Saturday.<\/p>\n

A takeover following last Sunday\u2019s Dominican Day Parade sent thousands of teens swarming onto Dyckman St. and other surrounding blocks throughout the night, where they ran amok, stomped on cars and destroyed property, local leaders said.<\/p>\n

During the madness, Steven Bodner and another man, both 23, were stabbed on Nagle Ave. near Arden St. at about 12:45 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

Bodner, who lived in Holbrook, N.Y., was rushed to Harlem Hospital and died a short time later. No arrests have been made in his death, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like, you know, a movie,\u201d Inwood resident Nancy Preston told ABC Eyewitness News Friday about last weekend\u2019s madness. \u201cA disaster movie, a horror movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

When a new teen takeover was advertised on social media for this weekend, local leaders mobilized into action<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast week\u2019s events cannot and will not be repeated in the Dyckman area,\u201d local elected officials said in a joint statement released Friday. \u201cA person lost their life, two others were injured, private property was damaged, our businesses were forced to close down early, residents were unable to access their homes, and our public spaces were left completely trashed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local leaders have gone to both City Hall and the NYPD \u201cto ensure there is a plan in place to prepare for an influx of people into our neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHundreds of police officers will be in the area around the clock, enforcing street closures and barricading areas across Dyckman St. and throughout our neighborhood,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

During a press conference on their plans to protect the community, City Councilwoman Carmen De La Rosa (D-Inwood) said that about 700 officers will be in the area this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community should not be experiencing this level of violence and this level of disrespect,\u201d De La Rosa said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been informed that we will have 700 police officers on the ground in Washington Heights and Inwood this weekend to make sure that no unsanctioned gatherings happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

NYPD officials do not release deployment numbers and could not confirm the number De La Rosa coined, but said there will be additional police presence in Inwood this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NYPD is aware of the planned gathering,\u201d an NYPD spokesman said. \u201cWe will have a police presence in the area and will continue to monitor information regarding the event.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of NYPD cops are expected to be patrolling the streets of Inwood in upper Manhattan this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-322102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322102","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=322102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}