We had our block club meeting on 4/26/22 with Officer William (Bill) McCarthy, Neighborhood Officer of Ward 3. Councilman John Litten was also able to join us for our conversation.

Officer McCarthy Updates:

• Check out this link if you’d like the contact information for all neighborhood police officers: https://www.lakewoodoh.gov/police/.
• Scroll to the right of the site and click on “Neighborhood Policing” for contact information for Officer McCarthy and his colleagues.
• Please note that his office location was just changed to the new Cove Community Center.
  • Officer William McCarthy
  • (216) 334-5657 (call or text)
  • william.mccarthy@lakewoodoh.net
• Issues you can reach out to neighborhood officers for include:
  • Parking issues on our street
  • Vacant houses
  • Animal issues (dogs barking etc.)
  • Neighbor issues
  • House/property complaints
  • Well checks on neighbors (or call the non-emergency line at: 216.521.6773)
• He noted that Lakewood currently only has one officer in Lakewood schools. Therefore, the neighborhood officers are also trying to make their presence known in the schools as well.
  • They are working on bringing back coffee with cops, bike rides with cops, and barbecues at the parks with our neighborhood officers.

Councilman Litten Updates:

• Conversations continue regarding the re-development of the Lakewood Hospital space.
  • He expects negotiations to continue through the Summer with final plans for execution to be determined by the end of Summer 2022.
  • He expects the space to include: 4 story office building, parking lot, 200 apartment units, retail space, and a public square, although nothing has been finalized.
• Solove Development will be handling the Spitzer and Buick lots property and is developing plans for permit submission now.
  • These are due by 7/31/22.
  • While John hopes construction will start later this year he thinks it’s more likely for it to begin in 2023
• Regarding property issues of our neighbors, he encourages us to contact him directly if we need support and to continue to report issues so that there is a trail of citations if additional action needs to occur.

Block party 2022 information and date is coming soon!