Your Guide to Engaging with the NYPD
The NoHo BID takes community safety seriously. As you may have heard, the NYPD is reworking how it engages with the community, responds to concerns, and works to effectively solve problems. As of September 2025, the NYPD’s NCO program has officially been replaced with a new initiative designed to directly work on quality of life problems – the Q Team Program. The new Q Teams will work two shifts per day, every day with both a day tour and a night tour. These new teams will be directly responding to 311 complaints for quality of life. That includes everything from noise to drug use, chronic safety non-emergency problems, and other issues.
If there is an emergency, you should still call 911. However, for non-emergency problems, please utilize 311 to get a response from the Q Teams. For more information about how to use 311 effectively, please check our guide here.
Not sure how to report a problem, 311 isn’t getting a response, or you’d like to directly speak to an officer? You should attend a monthly Community Council meeting for your respective Precinct. These meetings are held on the same day, time, and location every month, and are intended for the general public to be able to speak to NYPD officers directly about the problems they’re experiencing. The 9th Precinct’s is the third Tuesday of every month, at 7:00 PM, at the precinct house located at 321 East 5th Street. The 6th Precinct’s is the last Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM at 50 West 4th Street.
If you have any questions at all about this program, need help with an issue, or would like us to direct you to the appropriate channel, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. NoHo is situated in both the 6th and 9th NYPD Precincts. The 6th covers the west side of Broadway and further west, and the 9th covers the east side of Broadway and further east.
Contact information for the 6th and 9th Precincts:
The NYPD 6th Precinct is located at 233 West 10th Street. Their main phone number 212-741-4806. For Community Affairs, please call 212-741-4826. For Crime Prevention, please call 212-741-4827.
The NYPD 9th Precinct is located at 321 East 5th Street and their phone number is 212-477-7811. For Community Affairs, please call 212-477-7805. For Crime Prevention, please call 212-477-7835.
NYPD Crime Prevention Resources:
The NYPD Crime Prevention Department is here to help businesses prevent crime from ever happening in their stores. They have a wealth of resources and knowledge. Click here to view resources. Most importantly, however, is the business walkthroughs available. A Crime Prevention Specialist will go to your business and help your adjust the layout of your store, position cameras, and provide other advice to help your store be as crime-free as possible.
Click here to watch a previous NoHo Monthly Business Zoom with Officer Michael Ranieri regarding crime prevention. The password for the recording is LE^tr5yT.