NYPD Intelligence Extends to B’klyn Bakery Popular With Courthouse
BROOKLYN (AP) — The New York Police Department collected not only information on businesses owned by recent immigrants from the Arab world but by those owned by second- and third-generation Muslim- and Arab-Americans, according to documents recently obtained by the Associated Press.
Their reach extended even to the well-known Damascus Bread and Pastry Shop at 195 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn, where judges and lawyers from the nearby federal courthouse frequently dine on fresh baklava and other pastries. Police noted that the building is owned by a Syrian family, adding: “This location mostly sells Middle Eastern pastries, nuts, foreign newspapers and magazines.”
“If they want to check on Damascus Bakery, why not, let them check,” said Ghassan Matli, 52, when shown the police documents.