Update* This week…read moreother events occured regarding the case I was involved in and I just want to say that Officer Mazzella was extremely professional, helpful and courteous. I am so grateful for him and couldn't thank him enough. Its only fair that I update this review to reflect what a wonderful officer this guy is.. you can tell he ENJOYS doing his job which we don't see very often. Officer Mazzella if you read this THANK YOU AGAIN.

I love this precinct. Sergeant Murphy is a bald cutie. His mustashe will leave you mesmerizedread more

This precinct is in charge of some of the nicer areas of the northeast Bronx but this has to be one…read moreof the worst precincts in the Bronx. They never solve crimes and unless its murder its considered petty and just shelfed. They will make you do police reports making you think something will be done but if you never call them you will never ever hear from them. They do more harm than good by botching evidence , stalling and running out the clock and divulging private information. By the time they are done you wont be able to do anything with your case and you would have been better off without them. The detective they assigned to me said they had better things to do, closed the case with leads not contacted and the leads they contacted they told all my private biz and the neighbor stopped talking to me. My family and I have filed about 10 reports in the past five years. Zero were solved and only in 2/10 was there even a follow up after the initial report. I highly suggest people forming neighborhood watches, have security cams and look out for each other. These cops have no interest in protecting and serving . They are collecting checks and counting the days to retirement. Stay safe or at least as safe as you can be if this is your precinct

I have been trying to reach the 49th precint for the past 2 days NO ONE PICKS UP PHONE called 311…read moreand was hung up on 3 times. I always dread when i have to go to this precint they are very nasty and rude.

Everyone at this precinct is lazy and seems like they don't want to do their job,! Have you waiting…read moreforever just to be so called helped by a rude officer.

After kicking in my bedroom window, the thief used my suitcases to steal my stuff. He trashed my…read morebedroom (tossing everything looking for secret treasures - hah little did he know that I am the secret treasure in my bedroom... but I digress, and this guy was an idiot). He stole my laptop, docking-station, monitor, keyboard and mouse... but forgot the battery or the power supply. Then he went through everything else looking for valuables. A couple of cameras, some small stuff. An ice cream container from Buckingham Palace filled with British coins. I called 911 from my doorway. My door was open when I got home. I looked into my apartment, and my monitor was gone. I pulled out my Blackberry and called 911 for the first (and hopefully last) time in my life. The operator stayed on the phone with me was I walked from room to room. She was great. My bedroom looked like a cyclone hit it, and my Teddy Bear was crumpled under broken glass. The thief left the light on in my bathroom. I was very angry. Soon enough, a cruiser pulled up with two patrol officers. They were very professional and kind. I was still very angry. When we were walking through my bedroom, assessing the damage, one asked in a concerned tone "Is it usually this messy?" I resisted the urge to slap him, but then realized that these people see the worst of society on a daily basis. I said "No. I made my bed this morning before I left." As we filled out paperwork, their supervisors came. Three plainclothes officers, who were also very kind and they listened to my anger. I was advised not to touch anything until forensics came. I wanted a drink, and one officer suggested that I just wear gloves and have a drink. I couldn't do it. I sat in my chair and never took of my coat. At 11, a detective came to let me know that forensics would come in the morning. I slept in the sofa that night - still angry, I pulled some spare pillows from the closet, and my emergency heater and I closed the door to the bedroom. I slept well, anger is exhausting. In the morning a team of forensic officers came. They got a footprint from my pillow (size 12 boots - just like the guy upstairs) and a print from my desk. I was fingerprinted to rule out my own prints, and after they talked with me for a while, they left and I started cleaning. That evening, the detective who is handling the case came to visit me. He had called a few times during the day, and when he and his partner arrived, I felt like I knew them already. This is just a brief sketch of what transpired over my Friday and Saturday. The upshot is, the police were AMAZING. I'm sorry that they ever had to come into my life, and my stuff is gone. It may be a miracle that I can get it back, but my computer was password protected, the majority of my stuff was backed up using dropbox, and x-marks. Yeah, it's going to cost me some money (I don't have renter's insurance). If you stumbled across this review, take a moment and think about how your life would be affected by a robbery. Make a list of your stuff and their serial numbers. (you might on a long shot get your stuff back). Some of my digital pictures are gone forever. But the majority were saved. I'll update this if the NYPD come through with finding my stuff - but until then, life goes on.... My life has officially become a cautionary tale....

Four Stars because there's always room for improvement. I've been living back in NYC for 17 years…read more During this time I've seen a big improvement in the attitude of our police. The new recruits are friendly, helpful and not intimidating as in the past. I had a couple bad experiences about 10-15 years ago. Now when I ask for information I'm assisted. It's like when you teach a child the policeman is your friend. I wasn't raised that way. I was taught to be afraid of them. I'd be locked up. I still have a fear of imprisonment. Thus my name FreeBird. I try my best to keep the law because of my fear. I thank the police every chance I get these days. We lost 9 to suicide this year. I'm grateful every day that they take the job. They are so very very underpaid! Thank you NYPD. My heart and prayers go with you.

Thanks for helping my friend finding my friend. Who told me he wanted to hurt himself because I…read moretook it serious and I showed you the text messages. Thank you. You guys worked really hard and I told you guys. Thank you so much for that. I really appreciate it, but he's Dominican. And that's the Pope's guards. I'm telling you, Michael Angelo designed their uniforms and you don't see my TV. Do you they look like court? Gestures in the colors of Mardi Gras lent kind of funny. Well then, Joanne asked Michael Angelo an artist to design it.Alright cause it's kind of fucking funny

I had to get some fingerprint cards filled out for a background check for a job. I went later that…read moreday; they told me the person who does fingerprints wasn't there. There was absolutely nothing going on, from what I could see. I doubt the person wasn't there. I came back the next day during the time they said the person would be there. Again, nothing going on. I waited about 20 minutes for someone to come down and do something that took about 5 min. I will say, people were helpful when I came in and asked me what I needed, and they did call the person who did the fingerprint cards within 5-10 minutes of me arriving. I'll give NYPD the benefit of the doubt and assume there was more going on behind closed doors than I could see; otherwise, I would have to say things looked and operated needlessly slow.

I've been trying to call them for two hours. I am trying to reach the operator. At first it rang…read morefor however long it takes the phone company to cut the call off. Now whenever I try 0 it says "You cannot be transferred to this number. Please try again." I then tried every other extension and got the same response. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume the switchboard is down.

POLICE ARE THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF COMMUNITIES! People are…read moreoften too critically offensive of law enforcement based on extraordinary eventful circumstances beyond the fate of reality, yet they discount & discredit the bittersweet necessary presence of dedicated Officers in their sectors to Serve & Protect which once was their motto! Of course we're all under the sensitivity discretions of distinctive "melting-pot" of millions of unique people of different ancestral cultural traditions, languages, religions, rituals customs, beliefs-faiths, and attitudes who don't think alike and come with temperamental misconceived confusions exhibiting different individual etiquette-mannerism! But above all these differentiations over a century still allowed the gradual mixed races of law enforcement officials to have astonishingly outdone themselves improving communities even with shortages of manpower, resources, and the malevolent nexus nemesis of wickedness of organize crimes, gangs, fraudulent people, thieves, robbers, and domestic violence of criminal predicates heinous assaults to innocent folks. What society doesn't realize is that our POLICE have anti-crime, anti-drug, antiterrorism, and other intervention community units to prevent and combat the injustices that plagues civilizations endless of sinners temptations evil "mindsets" regards for greed & gluttonous search of illegal cash, robbery of property, damage to business & homes, and injury or death of good natured victims. Sadly, criminal lost minds & hearts can't all be saved as well as the sacrificial lambs of noble benevolent folks & family caught in unpredictable "crossfires" of pure FATE & COINCIDENCES! We all must embrace those [humanitarian sacrifices] of these Brave FINEST Men & Women who dress in their uniforms with an ultimate breathe of confidence to do their jobs for better future of their children, parents, elderly grandparents, siblings, and commercial business owners daily struggle in NYC's toughest metropolitan neighborhoods! Recidivism efforts starts in the proactive homes, workplace, neighborhood watch, and political patriots willing to bring transformative changes. God Help Us All!

Professionalism at its finest. Great precinct! And even better cops! Was pleasentlt surprisedread more

today I got pulled over on the Hutchinson Parkway while I was transporting a customer from…read morewestchester to LaGaurida. The officer was giving me a nasty attitude he was being disrespectful and rude The customer in my car was impatient because he was gonna miss his flight

My wife and I visited this precinct today to report a minor incident, upon our arrival the officers…read morewere friendly, respectful and helped us with our incident. My wife had a feeling of satisfaction and safety when we left. Would not hesitate to call on again if the need presents itself.

I stayed here from 06 to 07 and forgot to leave a review…read more 1. Let me begin by saying everything is free and they never ask for a tip. Most of the hotels I've stayed in pretty much expect tips and the food is always a bit overpriced- not at Rikers. You can pay extra for "commissary" which is basically junk food and extra toiletries. 2. My vacation started at 100 centre street after two gentlemen and the court system as a whole, decided I should quit my gainful-tax paying lifestyle and spend a few years in the care of the correction institution of NY. Apparently, using prescription medication without a prescription warrants this. I was chained to another fine vacationer and we were swiftly taken by bus to Rike's. I give the bus experience 4 stars for value (it was free) but 1 star for the unfriendly staff. 3. Surprisingly great water pressure and shower temperature. 4. Very roomy and yet cosy cots. 5. The bread (served at every meal time) must be some type of local artisanal or ethnically appropriate recipe because it's unlike most store bought bread or any I've tasted previously. 6. The rest of the food is normal pseudo-American fair, pasta, beans and rice, etc. nothing to write about really. 7. Book selection for reading is average and I got a lot of reading done. 8. They have card games and chess/checkers, dominos etc for entertaining times with your new found friends. 9. Staff. The staff need retraining in customer service based duties. Especially the white shirted "captains". Not sure what they believe to be a captain of...but it sure isn't making the customers feel welcome. They often curse wear frowny faced scowls....it just generally seems like they don't want to work there. Every now and then (if your lucky) you'll get to see a Broadway type performance art piece featuring a neo-modern take on the classic Ninja Turtles. They come out yelling and cursing and telling everyone to lay face down on the floor....oh boy it's exciting!!! They prefer Donatellos character though using the culturally appropriate Bo or long stick type weapon. As a side note, I'd really like to see more variety in the characters played and such different weapons. All in all if a cultural diverse, but gender specific, lots of free time vacation is your thing (and by that I mean non-Anglo Caucasian) I'd say you'll love it.

Everything..... The staff is unprofessional and the food is so bad that a dog won't even eat…read moreit..... They won't let you have personal clothes, yet they give you used jumpers that are to last for your entire time there.... Your locked up 23 hours a day and for the hour you do get, you spend it on the unit because they always give the excuse that they don't have enough staff to take you outside..... It's hot in the summer and super cold in the winter.... I became suicidal because of it all and u definitely don't recommend anyone to go there at all , so please stay home out of trouble and whatever you do try not to get yourself locked up !!!!!'n

I don't recommend nobody going to the 23rd precinct if it's an emergency or anything serious …read more The service is poor . The staff Is lazy everybody. the detectives think everything is a joke . This precinct Needs to be looked into by internal affairs

Pretty chill ngl…read more Vibes are usually immaculate. Respectful 12 here, would recommend the visit