In March, 853 Incidents required our Floral Park Police Department’s attention (in comparison with 695 in February). This number encompassed 255 traffic stops, 36 traffic accidents with damage and/or injuries, 3 residential fires/smoke conditions, 81 aided cases also involving our NYU Langone or Fire Department ambulance, 36 citizens needing assistance, 30 alarms of all types, 7 domestic incidents, 9 youth-related issues, 30 suspicious persons, and 6 important welfare checks.

One hundred sixty-nine violations, not including parking, were issued in March. Forty-four summonses were issued due to failure to stop at stop signs. Additional summonses were issued for disobeying traffic control devices (11), improper u-turns (10), speed not reasonable and prudent, inadequate lights, unlicensed operation of a vehicle, unregistered and uninspected vehicles, and other infractions that violate our Vehicle and Traffic Laws.

The Motor Carrier Unit is conducting ongoing truck inspections, especially during the month of April. These will be reported in our upcoming May Police Report.

Our FPPD Detectives perform an essential role as they conduct investigations seeking additional information and evidence when alleged crimes are committed. In March, our Detectives investigated ten incidents involving an unidentified teen, grand larceny (one involving an auto and another, a jewelry scam), petit larceny (shoplifting), criminal mischief (vandalism), and assault (cases of fighting and road rage). Please keep in mind that the above represents ten incidents. Our Detectives and Patrol Officers have also made nine arrests, year to date.

In the area of parking violations, 1,103 summonses were issued in March (as compared with 827 in February): 240 were for illegal 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. parking on the street, 337 for expired meters, 69 for parking over the four hour Village limit, 22 for parking under the railroad tracks without a permit, 14 for double parking (both disruptive to traffic and dangerous), 8 for parking in designated fire/emergency lanes, 7 for parking in spaces designated for the handicapped, 7 for parking within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, and other infractions. The Department will increase its focus on illegal parking in the fire/emergency lanes, in handicapped spaces and within fifteen feet of fire hydrants.

Save the date, Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The Floral Park Police will be once again participating in the important, semi-annual DEA Drug Take Back Day. You may bring your expired and unused medications to the Police Headquarters lobby, next to Village Hall, and deposit them in the marked boxes inside. But first, check out our FPPD Facebook page for important information and instructions including: Keep Them Safe. Clean Them Out. Take Them Back.

Do you know that this is National Library Week, from April 20 to April 25? Please be sure to visit the Library, check out any library item, and get your free chance to win a “mystery book” containing a gift card to The Harrison Restaurant. Apply for a new library card or renew an expiring card, and get your two chances to win. The drawing for our National Library Week “mystery book” and gift card winner will happen on April 27th.

Earth Day was Wednesday, April 22, and signaled the soft launch for the brand new “Seed Library,” opening for business. Patrons may come in and check out seeds that will be inside small packets with magnificent prints of the original John Lewis Childs Seed Catalog covers on the fronts of the packets. Many of these treasured prints, from the Floral Park Historical Society, were created in the late 19th century. There will also be interesting flyers for our patrons to view.

This unique “Seed Library,” with its historical seed packets, will be featured throughout the month of May. More glorious details to follow.

And now, for some Fun Facts about our Floral Park Public Library! Do you know that in 2025 there were 9,526 registered cardholders, and that’s 1,100 more than in 2024? In 2025, there were 115,703 visits to the Library; 45,235 items in the Library’s entire collection; 153,531 check-outs of many of these items; and 506 very popular Library programs and events, with 9,171 enthusiastic participants in all.

Source: LI Press