On patrol with the NYPDs new Q-Team that tackles everyday Big Apple gripes one abandoned car at a time

The NYPD is tackling the little things.The department’s quality of life pilot program homed in on one Brooklyn neighborhood on Tuesday, taking on 311 gripes from everyday New Yorkers one headache at a time.The unit has already responded to 2,000 quality of life complaints from everyday New Yorkers in just over two weeks, taking 400 abandoned and illegal cars and scooters off the streets — and recovering several illegal guns in the process, officials said.“This agency can walk and chew gum at the same time,” NYPD Deputy Chief William Glynn said.

“We have been fighting crime so effectively year over year with double-digit reductions.“These types of issues we’re focusing on now need renewed attention.We can do both and we will.”The Post on Tuesday tagged along with a “Q-Team” from Brooklyn’s 75th Precinct, one of six commands tasked with launching the effort announced earlier this year by police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.Tisch said the pilot will grow into a 2,000-strong NYPD division taking on frequent 311 complaints, from panhandling and open-air drug use, to abandoned vehicles and excessive noise.“If you look at the statistics going back even five years, almost 90% of these calls are either parking related or noise related,” Glynn said.

“So we’re focusing on that.”So far in the 75 Precinct alone, 150 cars have been towed — among them a GMC Terrain with Ohio plates and an expired Massachusetts inspection that was towed from Warwick Street on Tuesday.Up the block, a Volvo XC90 with Georgia plates was also towed away.So far, the effort is getting the thumbs up from New Yorkers.“Cars on the street are a major issue in East New York,” local chef Daron Linson said.

“We have cars that have been abandoned on the street for years.Abandoned cars prevent garbage being picked up and takes up parking spots.“This is about serving, protecting and making sure the community is safe,” Linson said of the new NYPD effort.

“In order to ...