NEW YORK (PIX11) – Two children were found safe after separate carjackings in New York City this week, according to the NYPD.
The first carjacking happened in Canarsie, Brooklyn on Saturday. A woman got into a car crash near Glenwood Road and Rockaway Parkway around 3 p.m. when the suspect got into her vehicle, police said.
The suspect drove away with the woman's 8-year-old daughter in the back seat. The child was later found safe inside the car on Howard Avenue, according to authorities.
Then, on Thanksgiving, a car on Macdonough Place in the Bronx was stolen with a 7-year-old boy inside around noon. The driver, a 34-year-old woman, told officers she was with her husband when a man stole her car, police said.
The car, with the woman's son inside, was later found near Tillotson and Wright avenues.
No arrests have been made in either carjacking.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
