Three unidentified men walked into an optometry practice at 1402 Sheepshead Bay Road around 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 2, grabbed roughly $1,153 worth of merchandise off a display shelf and took off, according to police. No injuries were reported in the incident.
The NYPD is now looking for all three men, as reported by News12 Brooklyn. Investigators released detailed clothing descriptions for each man in hopes that someone recognizes them. The first suspect was last seen wearing a blue jacket, a black hooded sweatshirt, gray pants and black sneakers.
Clothing Descriptions Released For All Three Suspects
The second suspect was reportedly dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and black sneakers, per the same report. The third was last seen in a black-and-white hooded sweatshirt paired with black pants and black sneakers. Beyond those descriptions, police have not released further identifying details about the men.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, the outlet noted. No arrests have been announced in connection with the theft.
Sheepshead Bay Road Has Seen Retail Crime Before
This isn't the first time a business on or near Sheepshead Bay Road has been targeted by a group of men working together. Back in March, three suspects armed with a knife robbed two south Brooklyn spas within about 15 minutes of each other, according to Hoodline. Police said the first hit happened around 4:25 p.m. at a spa above a deli on Kings Highway in Gravesend, where the crew took roughly $500 in cash; a 47-year-old employee suffered a minor ankle injury while fleeing that scene, though the injury was described as minor. Officers believed the same group struck again about 15 minutes later at a spa on East 15th Street in Sheepshead Bay.
A far larger heist hit the same stretch of Sheepshead Bay Road in January 2024, when three suspects broke into Ressam House of Beauty at 1787 Sheepshead Bay Road at around 3:40 a.m., according to PIX11. Police said those thieves made off with $4,000 from a register and about $41,000 from a safe, totaling roughly $45,000. That trio was last seen heading east on Shore Parkway toward East 19th Street, the station reported.
It remains unclear whether any suspects from the spa robberies or the 2024 salon burglary were ever identified or arrested. For now, the Sheepshead Bay optometry theft stands as the latest unsolved case for a corridor that has repeatedly drawn small groups of men targeting local businesses.
