NEW YORK CITY — The NYPD is looking for the owners of the fur coats, jewelry and cars left unclaimed in its property division, which collects items throughout the city, mostly as evidence for crimes.
The laundry list of items in the NYPD's possession ranges from furniture to cameras to handbags, according to a post on The City Record — and now the department is searching for the rightful owners of the items.
"OWNERS ARE WANTED BY THE PROPERTY CLERK DIVISION OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT," the post begins, adding, "The following list of properties is in the custody of the Property Clerk Division without claimants: Motor vehicles, boats, bicycles, business machines, cameras, calculating machines, electrical and optical property, furniture, furs, handbags, hardware, jewelry, photographic equipment, radios, robes, sound systems, surgical and musical instruments, tools, wearing apparel, communications equipment, computers, and other miscellaneous articles."
The majority of the items are taken from crime scenes as evidence, but also include items confiscated from "prisoners, emotionally disturbed, intoxicated and deceased persons," as well as property "obtained from persons incapable of caring for themselves," according to the city record and NYPD officials.
The listing urges people to reach out to the depots across the city to retrieve their property.
Items are held anywhere from 3 months to three years, depending on its value — after which it's auctioned off via an online site, according to the NYPD's Property Clerk Division website.
The list of sites to contact is as follows:
FOR MOTOR VEHICLES (All Boroughs):
► Springfield Gardens Auto Pound, 174-20 North Boundary Road, Queens, NY 11430, (718) 553-9555
► Erie Basin Auto Pound, 700 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231, (718) 246-2030
FOR ALL OTHER PROPERTY
► Manhattan - 1 Police Plaza, New York, NY 10038, (646) 610-5906
► Brooklyn - 84th Precinct, 301 Gold Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, (718) 875-6675
► Bronx Property Clerk - 215 East 161 Street, Bronx, NY 10451, (718) 590-2806
► Queens Property Clerk - 47-07 Pearson Place, Long Island City, NY 11101, (718) 433-2678
► Staten Island Property Clerk - 1 Edgewater Plaza, Staten Island, NY 10301, (718) 876-8484
