Overview
- Police say a dispute over a French bulldog urinating on a lawn erupted into a brawl Thursday around 11 a.m. on 229th Street in Laurelton.
- Surveillance video shows neighbors urinating on the dog owners’ grass before a fight in which a knife was pulled.
- A 39-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman, and a 62-year-old man were stabbed and taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.
- Hakeem Alexander, 34, was arrested and charged with three counts of assault after officers recovered a knife at the scene.
- Neighbors voiced shock at violence on the middle-class block, citing past friction over loose or unruly dogs.