NYC Right Now, 6:00 PM: Officer needs assistance in the Bronx + 1 More

NYPD radio reported an officer calling for help at 100 block of and Lenox Avenue at 5:32 PM. Plus 1 more report. Details may change.

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What happened in New York City in the 30 minutes before 6:00 PM on Friday, November 13, 2026, from the agencies to your pocket: no middlemen, no gatekeepers.

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5:32 PM · Officer needs assistance · 100 block of and Lenox Avenue, Bronx

NYPD radio reported an officer calling for help at 100 block of and Lenox Avenue at 5:32 PM. Radio traffic about it continued for about 5 minutes over 7 transmissions. More units were called as it went on.

  • Status: Escalating: more units called (5:34 PM)
  • Where: 100 block of and Lenox Avenue, Bronx (exact location not confirmed)
  • Responding: NYPD
  • Timeline: 5:32 PM first report · 5:34 PM officer needs assistance
  • Heard on: NYPD Patrol-Boro Bronx radio · 7 transmissions, 5:32 PM–5:36 PM

5:34 PM · Officer needs assistance · West 113 Street and Lenox Avenue, Harlem (South), Manhattan

NYPD radio reported an officer calling for help at West 113 Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, Manhattan, at 5:34 PM. More units were called as it went on.

  • Status: Escalating: more units called (5:34 PM)
  • Where: West 113 Street and Lenox Avenue, Harlem (South), Manhattan
  • Responding: NYPD
  • Heard on: NYPD Citywide radio · 4 transmissions, 5:34 PM–5:35 PM

These are early reports from public police, fire and transit radio, and details may change as the story develops. Status updates come from what dispatchers and units say on the air. Places are given to the corner, station or block; home addresses, names and descriptions of people are never published, and medical calls are never listed.

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