At around 4:20 a.m. on Monday morning, four men barged into Lincoln Convenience at 2047 Broadway between West 70th and 71st streets, shooting a friend of a clerk in the left foot. The burglars took off with an unknown amount of cash and CBD oil, according to an NYPD spokesperson. The suspects are still at large. This is the second time in three days that Lincoln Convenience has been robbed by a group of men.
ILTUWS spoke briefly with Lincoln Convenience owner Ray Adams, who expressed concern for the wounded victim who was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 29-year-old friend was there to show the business support, as it had been robbed just days earlier. “This has been an intense few days,” said Adams, who put his hands together and looked up. “I just thank God everyone here is okay. It’s a lot. There’s a lot of people reaching out.”
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The first robbery at Lincoln Convenience took place around 6:30 a.m. on Friday, August 5, according to an employee, who told us a group of men came in “wearing masks and stole a lot of Delta-8.” When asked if they felt safe in the shop, they aired a sense of confidence and replied, “It’s like this all over the place.”
On Monday evening, the NYPD released the following footage of the thieves striking Lincoln Convenience.
WANTED-ASSAULT: On 8/8/22 at 4:10AM inside 2047 Bway @NYPD20PCT the unknown individuals discharged a firearm, striking the victim & removed property from the location. Any info call us at 800-577-TIPS or anonymously post a tip on our website https://t.co/TRPPY5zHV2. pic.twitter.com/k5NhbwjZQZ
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) August 8, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled against New York’s restrictive gun licensing laws — making way for concealed carry guns on the streets. Governor Kathy Hochul has since approved new gun control legislation that would limit where people can carry guns, banning them in places like subways, Times Square, bars and restaurants. It would also block gun permits for people with a history of dangerous behavior and require background checks for ammunition purchases.
Not all New York government officials are in favor of the amendment. “No data has been presented that shows concealed carry permit holders are drivers of gun violence,” said Assemblyman Jarett Gandolfo in an CBS News interview. Assemblyman Michael Tannousis also told CBS, “The increase in crime here in New York can only be addressed effectively one way, and that is by holding violent criminals accountable for their actions.”
“for the wounded victim who was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.”
Which Mount Sinai? It’s unlikely the shooting victim was transported across Central Park to the real Mount Sinai.
Thieves and armed robbers of convenience stores in NYC:
They must be stunningly ignorant to not know that the image quality from inexpensive security cameras has vastly improved in the last 5 years and that such stores/markets have these better cameras.
It’s not like these are MTA subway security camera, which are old bad in lowlight 320 vertical lines cameras. Modern inexpensive security cameras are at least 1080 vertical lines, often more, and they are massively better in lowlight cameras from just 10 years ago. The data is hardly compressed when it’s sent to the hard drives for later review. The videos are good MP4s, albeit not a raw video, but MP4s are usually very clear provided anything like a good lens is in front of the sensor.
I’m struck by the proximity to McDonald’s; that “restaurant” chain seems to attract a lot of violence to its Manhattan “restaurants”. Some times the violence is within the “restaurant”, but in the case of this specific McDonald’s, some months back the was a shooting (circa 3 PM) outside this McDonald’s; the bullet went wild (as they oft do) and hit someone NOT party to the dispute outside the “restaurant”.
I also believe there was a shooting in or immediately outside the McDonald’s at 95th and Broadway some months back.
I haven’t been to a McDonald’s in 15 years, but I really don’t think it’s their fault. That McDonalds has been there for a long, long time.
The plain reality is that over the past 2 years, national and local society has deemed certain crimes and violence to be ok. It’s both well known and coming out of the mouths of progressive leaders.
We/you voted for this.
Respectfully,
It’s not exactly McDonald’s (Manhattan) fault directly. However the “restaurants”, in Manhattan at least, tolerate behavior inside and outside the locations that at other restaurants, including chains, would get “customers” thrown out of the restaurant by management. And if the bad behavior, fights for example, were a repeat event outside the restaurants, the manager would take photos of the fighters and supply the cops with those photos and possibly also provide the cops with security camera video footage.
Apparently, McDonald’s in Manhattan take none of these protective and preventive actions. They’re managed as if they’re in an isolated corner of a stripmall parking lot. Then even suburban McDonald’s in the typical stripmall parking lot would not tolerate the behavior allowed in and at Manhattan McDonald’s.
(I limit my comments to Manhattan, because I have little experience walking past McDonald’s locations in other boroughs, though there is a location in downtown Flushing I could check, since I go to Flushing with some frequency — albeit I usually use the Mets-Willets 7 train stop, and when I use the Main Street 7 train station, the last thing on my mind is food at the McDonald’s. I’m far more interested in inexpensive good, not extraordinary, vegetables in the various markets. And I were to dine in at a Main Street Flushing restaurant, I would never choose McDonald’s.)
“The plain reality is that over the past 2 years, national and local society has deemed certain crimes and violence to be ok. It’s both well known and coming out of the mouths of progressive leaders.
We/you voted for this.”
Where are you getting your facts on this subject? No one supported this kind of crime, except the cops who won’t do basic policing. And many of these cops are NYPD, who were NOT ordered to ignore such crimes.
In the summer of 2020, many of us saw “mostly peaceful” protests which involved burning down building and cars, theft, etc. We saw anti-police rhetoric and legislation that certainly didn’t embolden cops.
I’m sorry if this doesn’t match your actual experience or interpretation, but here we are. There are bad guys.
We have to restore law and order.
You’re not very familiar with the summer of 2020 protests in NYC.
In the summer of 2020, we witnessed many NYPD officers assault peaceful protesters.
Also the NYPD ignored looting done under the cover of the protests. A faction of the NYPD may even have abetted the looting of the Leica Store (Kurland Photo in reality) on West Broadway in SoHo.
You’ve confused Trump rhetoric, and a few burnt police cars (NYPD) with mass riots.
The last time I was in that McDonald’s I seriously thought I might get robbed in the store, there were people begging customers on line. And there are a lot of Mount Sinai hospitals now. Mount Sinai West is on 10th Avenue and 59th Street.
Mark Moore,
Right, it was likely not the real Mount Sinai at about 105th and 5th Ave, but either the Mount Sinai at 59th Street and Amsterdam/10th or more likely the Mount Sinai at 115 Street and Amsterdam.
Allowing customers standing in line within the “restaurant” to be panhandled is a sign of management not caring.
They got exactly what they deserved – they like to rob people and lie constantly about prices – karma always prevails, and it’s exactly what I told them – I hope it keeps happening until they are gone – you can’t just go through life unchecked and then act like a victim – it’s pathetic – I don’t condone the fun use however, that’s not needed anywhere – but a lot of businesses in this city taje the same stance and if I got really deep into it, it’s actually breaking the law what they’re doing, so it’s funny the police just decide to do something now……just pathetic all around.. but I know personally people are very angry with that place and want to see it gone…
Stealing CBD at 4:20??? LOL, sounds like a college fraternity prank if you ask me.! I’d suggest the police check Columbia University.
Same. The first thing I thought when viewing that video is those are clearly Columbia students out on a fraternity prank. SMH
Tell me please, Cyrus. Just what, exactly does a Columbia student “look like” (or NOT look like)?
Bottom line – They sell illegal products to underage kids – they should not be a business at ALL – the fact the police don’t do anything about it is a clear sign that you are pretty much on your own and that they don’t give a shit unless it’s a chance to abuse their power, and even then they are scared sallies now…. I’ll say it again Karma came for this store and I hope continues to until they get the f**k out of there – that’s what the whole community wants minus the people who can score their shit whiiit having to show ID, I have video/picture footage of it, so everyone acting like they’re some kind of victim have their heads so far up their own asses – don’t listen to these people and remember there’s always a two sides – they like to just represent theirs – they need to be checked even harder if you ask me…. I don’t condone gun violence, but I do condone people checking this store because of how they personally conduct business – they’d never make it if it wasn’t for the underage sales…. So think about it people…. Who are the real victims and people suffering…. Definitely not them with those bs prices
As reported, this store is an Unlicensed illegal cannabis retailer (Delta 8 is a regulated cannabis product).
A licensed cannabis retailer (and there are only 10 licensees in NY) has armed security, vaults, and other safety precautions.
This store is attracting criminals looking to rob illegal, unsafe cannabis retailers.
How many people have to be shot on this 1 UWS block before the 20th PCT protects and serves our neighborhood?
The fact is that McDonald’s pays workers minimum wage so it is understandable that the employees are not going to push back against people loitering, drinking, sleeping in their restaurants. Min wage is not worth risking one’s life.
The issue started with NY’s previous mayor, “what’s-his-name” who was so busy burnishing his creds, that he ignore the reality of the crimes occurring in the city. BTW, I’m a liberal UWS Democrat but I’m a big fan of “broken windows” policing. Trump used to ask, “Where is my Roy Cohn”. I think many of us are feeling, “Where is our Mike Bloomberg”. Maybe Eric Adams needs to find his feet in his new role but thus far he has been a disappointment in terms of law & order.
The block that the Convenience store/head shop is on, is truly an eye sore.
It is always filthy and littered with trash. It looks as if the sidewalk in front
of the shops have never been swept or washed. There is always the smell of
pot and urine somewhere on this street.
The block has truly become a gathering ground for many low-life’s, homeless
and beggars.
There is a pizza place next door. It ties up a large portion of the street .
If it were only tables for eating, and they were kept clean ?
That would be great!!
But it’s not!!
In addition, the pizza delivery men keep there
bikes on the sidewalk and take up more space than the tables.
Can you believe that I have counted over 35 bikes left on the street blocking pedestrians sometimes!?
It is truly an awful block with no police presence.
CAN ANYTHING BE DONE??
Blacks at their best.
That type of comment has no place in a civilized society. There are many ill-behaved people of all nationalities and colors. I would call on the editorial staff of ILUWS to prevent discriminatory comments of this type from being shared. Haven’t we had enough in the US?
As for Sam’s comment, he is correct. This block has been an eyesore for many years. I don’t know what this area’s Community Board is but there has to be a concerted effort by citizens in the area to approach the Community Board and also an effort to get the attention of the NYPD – starting with the precinct and cc’d to Eric Adams.
Christine Houston:
The community board is 7.
You’re correct about the block being an eyesore, the pizza place is especially sloppy, worse now with the outdoor tables.
However the violence (gun) associated with that McDonald’s is much worse than any eyesore. At least in Manhattan, McDonald’s locations sure seem to attract violence. And as others have commented above, the onsite management tolerates behavior within the “restaurants” that would prompt management of any other restaurant, chain included, to throw the offending parties out and ban him/her/them.
I too am surprised that the editor of this website has not removed the overtly racist (ant- black racism) comment to which you responded.
Mike T:
Surprised your comment hasn’t been removed; it’s been up for at least a day now.