The number of police traffic stops in Brooklyn surged by 30% from 2023 to 2024, leading to a dramatic rise in arrests, vehicle searches and use-of-force incidents, according to new data released by the New York Civil Liberties Union.
The data, which the NYCLU obtained following a lawsuit against the NYPD, reveals racial disparities and geographic concentrations in how traffic stops are conducted across the city. Brooklyn drivers bore a significant brunt of this increase, with 666,959 stops recorded over the three-year period between 2022 and 2024 more than any other borough.
Arrests in Brooklyn as a result of traffic stops nearly doubled, rising from 5,446 in 2023 to 10,395 in 2024 the highest jump across all boroughs…