Elsinore Alley Clean Up - Thank You! - Gate Removal Next!

The Coronado Elsinore Neighborhood Watch would like to thank everyone who made the clean up of the Elsinore alley possible. The alley was cleaned on the morning of January 31, 2013  by City Sanitation who did an amazing job as you can see from the photos below.

Very special thanks to our Senior Lead Officer Al Polehonki and City Council Rep Ryan Carpio in Eric Garcetti's Office for their tireless diligence in seeing this through. Also a well deserved thank you to everyone in The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council and the Silver Neighborhood Improvement Association who contributed their time and effort to this issue. We'd also like to thank The Eastsider LA for giving the issue a larger public forum on our behalf.

It takes a lot of people to get things done and we truly appreciate the efforts of everyone who contributed!

As fantastic as this is, it is only a temporary solution to a much larger problem. We still need the gates removed for the long term health and safety of the neighborhood.

The gates have created a "dead zone" at the end of the alley and the criminal element will return and we will continue to have these issues with the drug dealing, prostitution, smash and grab car break ins, assaults, burglary and other crime until the gates can be removed for good.

Again, THANK YOU to everyone for their efforts in this great first step of cleaning up the alley!

Elsinore Alley Gates Problem Illustrated

Here's an ariel photo of the alley and neighborhood that illustrates the specific problem with the gates.

Alley Fire in Drug Addict Encampment

Today, January 17, 2013, at 12:15 p.m., a fire broke out in the drug-addict encampment located in the Elsinore alley. CENW has been watching the problems in this alley. We are making efforts to have ongoing public health and safety issues in the alley encampment addressed and resolved by L.A. City Council and LAPD. 

The following photos of the incident have been provided to CENW by several residents and witnesses:

Fire in drug-addict's alley encampment spread and engulfed tree at local residence.

Drug-addict's alley encampment morning before fire.

Alley encampment while fire is being put out. 

Alley encampment while fire is being put out. 

Alley encampment after fire was put out.

Today's Crime Alert - Burglaries Last Night & Sex Offender

Recently, there have been a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood.  Last night (January 16th, 2013), several of the the garages in the alleyway between Elsinore and Reservoir were robbed.  The locks were cut and many items were stolen. CENW was alerted this morning that several items were stolen from garages.

Stolen items belonging to victims were found in a drug-addict encampment in the alleyway behind the recycling center.  Police officers showed up and questioned people there, (including one man with several tattoos on his face who other neighbors have recently seen with a gun), but Officers did not make arrests, because they did not have concrete evidence.  

EXERCISE CAUTION! ABSOLUTELY DO NOT INTERACT WITH, CONFRONT, HARASS OR ENGAGE WITH DANGEROUS PERSONS! GET TO SAFETY AND ***CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY!***  

Police officers informed CENW that one of the residents of the drug addict encampment is a "registered sex offender." He has been testified against and the police are keeping a sharp eye on him. 

As soon as we determine if the registered sex offender qualifies under Megan's Law to have his picture shown, we will add a photo to this site. In the meantime, verified members of CENW can request an email of photos of alleged/known dangerous persons in the neighborhood.

*Please note: This information is as up to date as possible, based solely on local community and LAPD information.

You can find more info and photographs of registered sex offenders in the neighborhood here: http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov

As of December 2012

Heads up - a bunch of cars on Coronado East of Sunset and on Elsinore had their tires slashed on Friday, Dec. 14, between the hours of 9pm and 11pm (estimated). There are reports from multiple neighbors on both streets who were victims. 

#1 - PLEASE everyone ALWAYS call this into the North East Police Station at (323) 344-5701

http://www.lapdonline.org/northeast_community_police_station

 

There are reports that tires have been slashed: 

- On Coronado in front of the building across from 1143 N Coronado 

- On the corner of Elsinore at Coronado

- On Elsinore in front of 2527 Elsinore 

All of your aid and information will help LAPD look into this. 

THANK YOU! 

Neighborhood Update

In December, we had another CENW meeting. With an increase in local crime we are seeing an increase in the CENW membership. Thank you to those who joined. With a team effort, we will continue to persevere until our community is safe and vibrant!

A member of the City Council office and two Senior Lead Officers were in attendance. We discussed ongoing concerns related to street lighting, car break ins, drug use and prostitution in the neighborhood. With an emphasis on the Elsinore alley.

If you'd like to be an active member of the CENW, please call the telephone number listed on this site.