They may be New York’s Bravest, but they sure aren’t New York’s brightest.In a Brooklyn neighborhood overrun with , one resident found out that some of the amateur pyrotechnic aficionados are none other than local FDNY firefighters.The 33-year-old Crown Heights resident said he and his wife were passing by Ladder 123 on St. John’s Place near Schenectady Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when he saw a group of firefighters ignite what appears to be a fountain firework display.“I thought it was young kids lighting it. And there are. But then I see the firefighters doing it — they should know...…They may be New York’s Bravest, but they sure aren’t New York’s brightest.In a Brooklyn neighborhood overrun with , one resident found out that some of the amateur pyrotechnic aficionados are none other than local FDNY firefighters.The 33-year-old Crown Heights resident said he and his wife were passing by Ladder 123 on St. John’s Place near Schenectady Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when he saw a group of firefighters ignite what appears to be a fountain firework display.“I thought it was young kids lighting it. And there are. But then I see the firefighters doing it — they should know...WW…

Bullets are whizzing around New York this month at a according to the NYPD — and police sources warned that the recent rate of gunplay may be the new normal.Through the first three weeks of June, which came to a close Sunday, city streets echoed with 125 shooting incidents, Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri told The Post on Monday.“We have to go back to June of 1996 to get a worse start for June,” said LiPetri. “That is a telling stat.”Twenty-four years ago, Rudy Giuliani was mayor and, while the city had made strides in tamping down crime, Gotham still saw 2,938 people shot...…Bullets are whizzing around New York this month at a according to the NYPD — and police sources warned that the recent rate of gunplay may be the new normal.Through the first three weeks of June, which came to a close Sunday, city streets echoed with 125 shooting incidents, Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri told The Post on Monday.“We have to go back to June of 1996 to get a worse start for June,” said LiPetri. “That is a telling stat.”Twenty-four years ago, Rudy Giuliani was mayor and, while the city had made strides in tamping down crime, Gotham still saw 2,938 people shot...WW…

A labor strike is brewing in the NYPD.A pair of flyers making the rounds among NYPD officers are encouraging them to call out sick July 4 — as retribution for and a perceived anti-cop climate following the outrage over high-profile police killings of unarmed black men across the country, multiple cops told The Post.One message calls for the strike to kick off at 3 p.m. July 4.“NYPD cops will strike on July 4th to let the city have their independence without cops,” the message, which is being passed among cops via text, according to sources.“Cops that say we can’t strike because of the...…A labor strike is brewing in the NYPD.A pair of flyers making the rounds among NYPD officers are encouraging them to call out sick July 4 — as retribution for and a perceived anti-cop climate following the outrage over high-profile police killings of unarmed black men across the country, multiple cops told The Post.One message calls for the strike to kick off at 3 p.m. July 4.“NYPD cops will strike on July 4th to let the city have their independence without cops,” the message, which is being passed among cops via text, according to sources.“Cops that say we can’t strike because of the...WW…

A half-dressed female NYPD lieutenant was caught in a drunken, on-the-job sex romp with a male sergeant at a Manhattan police building Saturday night, sources said.Lt. Brandi Sanchez, 39, and Sgt. Lambros Gavalas, 46, were stripped of their guns and badges for the alleged rendezvous in a department bathroom inside a building used by NYPD personnel at 90 Church St., the sources said.The 39-year-old lieutenant lives with and has a child with the commanding officer of Brooklyn’s 79th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Timothy Skretch — though that’s not the man she was allegedly caught with, sources...…A half-dressed female NYPD lieutenant was caught in a drunken, on-the-job sex romp with a male sergeant at a Manhattan police building Saturday night, sources said.Lt. Brandi Sanchez, 39, and Sgt. Lambros Gavalas, 46, were stripped of their guns and badges for the alleged rendezvous in a department bathroom inside a building used by NYPD personnel at 90 Church St., the sources said.The 39-year-old lieutenant lives with and has a child with the commanding officer of Brooklyn’s 79th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Timothy Skretch — though that’s not the man she was allegedly caught with, sources...WW…

A Brooklyn woman was gunned down when she confronted a man setting off illegal fireworks, police sources said Saturday.Shatavia Walls, 33, who was peppered with gunfire July 7 after asking the man to stop setting off the explosives, died from her injuries Friday night at Brookdale Hospital, the sources said.Walls was shot eight times at around 8:30 p.m. Her companion, Kelvin Hernandez, was also struck, the sources said.Setting off illegal fireworks is a Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said last month, urging residents to “go talk to the young people or the people on your block who are...…A Brooklyn woman was gunned down when she confronted a man setting off illegal fireworks, police sources said Saturday.Shatavia Walls, 33, who was peppered with gunfire July 7 after asking the man to stop setting off the explosives, died from her injuries Friday night at Brookdale Hospital, the sources said.Walls was shot eight times at around 8:30 p.m. Her companion, Kelvin Hernandez, was also struck, the sources said.Setting off illegal fireworks is a Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said last month, urging residents to “go talk to the young people or the people on your block who are...WW…

New York City’s latest bloody week of gunfire saw 76 people injured, including 14 murdered — with almost two-and-a-half times more shootings than the same week last year, according to police sources.As of 7 a.m., the previous week saw 62 separate shootings — a dramatic rise over the 26 during the same week last year, sources said.Among the 76 hurt in the latest surge of gunplay, there were 14 murders — again more than the 10 for the same period in 2019, the sources said.The latest fatalities included a man who was shot dead just after 2 a.m. at the entrance of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, NYPD...…New York City’s latest bloody week of gunfire saw 76 people injured, including 14 murdered — with almost two-and-a-half times more shootings than the same week last year, according to police sources.As of 7 a.m., the previous week saw 62 separate shootings — a dramatic rise over the 26 during the same week last year, sources said.Among the 76 hurt in the latest surge of gunplay, there were 14 murders — again more than the 10 for the same period in 2019, the sources said.The latest fatalities included a man who was shot dead just after 2 a.m. at the entrance of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, NYPD...WW…

Police union boss Patrick Lynch’s rookie-cop son has been stripped of his badge and gun for fleeing the scene of an accidental, off-duty gun-firing in Queens, The Post has learned.Kevin Lynch, 23, was in the back seat of a pickup truck while another, unidentified cop — whose dad is an NYPD captain — was showing off his handgun to a third man in the front, sources said Tuesday.The cop holding the gun accidentally pulled its trigger, firing a bullet through the roof of the Chevy Silverado, sources said.All three men panicked and ran away, leaving the truck parked in Whitestone on Sunday...…Police union boss Patrick Lynch’s rookie-cop son has been stripped of his badge and gun for fleeing the scene of an accidental, off-duty gun-firing in Queens, The Post has learned.Kevin Lynch, 23, was in the back seat of a pickup truck while another, unidentified cop — whose dad is an NYPD captain — was showing off his handgun to a third man in the front, sources said Tuesday.The cop holding the gun accidentally pulled its trigger, firing a bullet through the roof of the Chevy Silverado, sources said.All three men panicked and ran away, leaving the truck parked in Whitestone on Sunday...WW…

The Big Apple’s rash of gun violence continued into early Sunday, with four more shootings reported after midnight — including the death of a Brooklyn man who was gunned down at a memorial to gun-violence victims near Prospect Park, according to police.Paul Pinkney, 46, was lighting candles for 28-year-old DeShawn Reid, who was shot and killed nearby on Ocean Avenue on Friday afternoon when Pinkney himself was gunned down, his family told The Post.Pinkney was shot twice in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.“He was loved by everybody,” Tyquasia Davis, 30,...…The Big Apple’s rash of gun violence continued into early Sunday, with four more shootings reported after midnight — including the death of a Brooklyn man who was gunned down at a memorial to gun-violence victims near Prospect Park, according to police.Paul Pinkney, 46, was lighting candles for 28-year-old DeShawn Reid, who was shot and killed nearby on Ocean Avenue on Friday afternoon when Pinkney himself was gunned down, his family told The Post.Pinkney was shot twice in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.“He was loved by everybody,” Tyquasia Davis, 30,...WW…

NYPD cops had a front-row seat to a five-on-one brawl — but let the violence play out rather than doing their jobs to break it up, The Post has learned.A 14-year-old girl was slapped, punched, kicked and even shocked with a stun gun by a group of five other girls after a basketball game around 7 p.m. Sunday on East 125th Street near Madison Avenue in Harlem.Police reports initially listed the girl as 11.During the roughly 4-minute beatdown, cops sat idly in nearby cruisers — but they didn’t get out until the girl was bloody and bruised, a Post photographer observed.At least 20 police cars...…NYPD cops had a front-row seat to a five-on-one brawl — but let the violence play out rather than doing their jobs to break it up, The Post has learned.A 14-year-old girl was slapped, punched, kicked and even shocked with a stun gun by a group of five other girls after a basketball game around 7 p.m. Sunday on East 125th Street near Madison Avenue in Harlem.Police reports initially listed the girl as 11.During the roughly 4-minute beatdown, cops sat idly in nearby cruisers — but they didn’t get out until the girl was bloody and bruised, a Post photographer observed.At least 20 police cars...WW…

Disturbing surveillance video shows a woman getting walloped without warning by a passerby in Brooklyn on Monday morning — the city’s latest case of .The unsuspecting, 40-year-old victim was sitting on the stoop outside 418 Sterling St. in Crown Heights when a man she doesn’t know struck her on the left side of her face around 7:45 a.m., the NYPD said.A video clip posted online shows the brute walking up and using his left hand to .The assailant — who was wearing baggy jeans and an oversize, white T-shirt — never broke his stride, but turned and looked over his shoulder as he continued...…Disturbing surveillance video shows a woman getting walloped without warning by a passerby in Brooklyn on Monday morning — the city’s latest case of .The unsuspecting, 40-year-old victim was sitting on the stoop outside 418 Sterling St. in Crown Heights when a man she doesn’t know struck her on the left side of her face around 7:45 a.m., the NYPD said.A video clip posted online shows the brute walking up and using his left hand to .The assailant — who was wearing baggy jeans and an oversize, white T-shirt — never broke his stride, but turned and looked over his shoulder as he continued...WW…