DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence presented by the People at the suppression hearing established that the police had probable cause to arrest the defendant. A police officer responding to a telephone call received over the 911 emergency number was advised by the superintendent of an apartment building that a burglar just fled the building. The superintendent, who was also an off-duty corrections officer, provided a description of the burglar and, after canvassing the neighborhood for approximately 20 minutes with the police, identified the defendant at a location about two blocks from the crime scene. Under the circumstances, the police officer properly concluded that a crime had been committed and that the defendant was the perpetrator (see, CPL 140.10; People v. Bigelow, 66 N.Y.2d 417, 423; People v. McRay, 51 N.Y.2d 594, 602; People v. Brown, 256 A.D.2d 414).
Generally, information provided by an identified citizen accusing another individual of the commission of a specific crime is sufficient to provide the police with probable cause to arrest (see, People v. Douglas, 138 A.D.2d 731). Although the information provided by the superintendent to the police officer was based in part on hearsay, the People sufficiently established the superintendent's reliability and the basis for his information (see, People v. Ketcham, 93 N.Y.2d 416; People v. Bigelow, supra).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.