A 40-year-old Brooklynite who soars above the city like a superhero using a parachute and motorized propeller strapped to his back has been grounded by the NYPD.
Johnathan Warren said in an exclusive interview with Gothamist that he’s taken his $12,000 homemade rig on more than 30 flights above New York City and New Jersey over the last two years to bask in the beauty of America’s greatest metropolis.
But police officers and an NYPD helicopter swarmed Warren as he landed at Calvert Vaux Park on Gravesend Bay on Sunday. They cuffed him, took him to the local precinct, gave him a summons and seized his gear…