Brooklyn Heights Blog

Comment from another jen
Time: October 26, 2009, 3:12 pm

yeah and FOUR of the same tag on a mailbox on Hicks. We get it - you are not an artist.

Comment from my2cents
Time: October 26, 2009, 8:10 pm

These photos are showing the “fruits” of this loser’s SECOND run on the hood. The first round he used blue ink, and got Jack the Horse’s front window and other spots up and down the block. What an a$$hat. I want to give him a one way bus ride back to Williamsburg where he can commiserate with other spoiled losers like himself.

Comment from AEB
Time: October 26, 2009, 9:58 pm

Called 311 and had a report filed re the defaced mailbox. Told that it would be repainted within a week. I’ll keep on it….

Comment from high brook
Time: October 26, 2009, 10:52 pm

On another note, if you draw a line through the tag, or “cap” it, it is considered a strong insult to the vandal. If I wasn’t afraid of the cops nabbing me for graffiti I would draw lines through all of this clown’s tags, letting him know he’s not welcome here.

His tags are all over Pineapple walk as well. After my block got hit I have been on Guber Watch.

Comment from jiker
Time: October 26, 2009, 11:58 pm

oooooo that’s pretty hardcore!

Comment from my2cents
Time: October 27, 2009, 12:45 am

We just painted his shizzz over. Hey man, I saw Style Wars.

Comment from Bart
Time: October 27, 2009, 8:53 am

Perhaps he’s a disgruntled linguist who believes the comparative for “good” should be “guder” rather than the standard “better.” The genius of his art is so elusive that only he can really appreciate it…

Comment from AEB
Time: October 27, 2009, 10:18 am

Is it possible that “he”’s a she? And if so….disquisition time on why we’ve all assumed Guder is male…..

Comment from Peter
Time: October 27, 2009, 10:37 am

I also noticed some profane — and witless — graffiti within the A-C High Street subway stop. I will spare you the details of the weak rhyme, but it is written in at least 4 places on the platform. I normally wouldn’t bat an eye, but this recent graffiti splurge just seems out of place for this neighborhood, that is the only reason I even noticed it.

I guess being one stop from Fulton Street, quite possibly the most grotesque public transportation hub in this country, doesn’t help our cause. Has that stop ever NOT smelled like urine?

Comment from bklyn20
Time: October 27, 2009, 10:48 am

FYI, on metal surfaces, a good-quality, ie name brand, oven cleaner will get out a lot of graffiti paints. It may work on other surfaces as well, but I haven’t tried that (yet.)

Comment from Nick
Time: October 27, 2009, 11:25 am

The front door of my building was recently tagged (46 Henry Street), but it was with purple paint and was a different name (I can’t remember the name - the landlord had the front door cleaned rather quickly).

I’m wondering if it’s kids staying in the dorm at the St. George Hotel. I often see them loitering and riding their skateboards up and down Henry Street when I come home late at night.

Comment from Hicks St guy
Time: October 27, 2009, 1:02 pm

I believe that this jackass’ tags should not be
photographed and shown in this website.
the perp. may get off on it. (notice no gender!)

Comment from Mickey
Time: October 27, 2009, 1:38 pm

Nick, let’s not try to put blame where there is no evidence. On the other hand, those same kids could be one of the cops’ best resources in finding out who Guder is.

Comment from mike
Time: October 27, 2009, 1:39 pm

Nick - your comment about the purple paint lends credibility to the theory that it is kids from the dorm. The first time Hicks St got hit, it was with the purple marker as well, they got doors and windows (same as Henry St that night). I followed the natural progression of the tags and, guess what, it led to the dorm. On a door at the dorm, I saw the same purple marker and upwards of 6 different tags made using said marker.

Thus, my theory: Students were hanging out smoking cigarettes outside of the dorm with a marker, decided it would be fun to each make up a tag (which they all practiced on that door), then a couple of them went around the neighborhood taking turns hitting different buildings. Then Guber went around with a yellow (and white on Cranberry Walk) marker to tag on his (or her) own.

Comment from Mickey
Time: October 27, 2009, 1:49 pm

I think you should leave detective work to the professionals, mike. It sounds more like you just have an axe to grind against the dorm kids. Followed the natural progression? Give us a break!

Comment from nabeguy
Time: October 27, 2009, 2:18 pm

Nobody’s ruder than guder. Which is probably this tagger’s point. I kind of agree with the notion that any publicity surrounding the offense may be a driving motivation behind it. Perhaps one photo would be enough of an example, but showing all of them is providing this moron with free internet gallery space.

Comment from GHB
Time: October 27, 2009, 4:11 pm

Guder also tagged at least one elevator at the Clark Street station. I didn’t notice…are there cams?

Comment from Mickey
Time: October 27, 2009, 4:54 pm

There is a single camera on the lower level doors. I’m not sure about street level; there may not be because of the 24-hour booth attendants. Whether the camera(s) work is another story!

Comment from Nick
Time: October 27, 2009, 4:55 pm

Of course we can’t place definitive blame on anybody without evidence. I’m just saying my educated guess is that it’s kids in the dorm. Buildings and other structures are usually tagged at night and by young people. We have a lot more students in the neigborhood than before and I see them roaming the streets of our neighborhood at night. It’s nothing against kids or students in general - I used to be both myself.

Comment from my2cents
Time: October 27, 2009, 6:39 pm

I bet it is a disgruntled accountant who lives on willow, not one of those dorm kids…

Comment from Suerte
Time: October 27, 2009, 7:15 pm

My vote’s on a kid from the neighborhood, St Anns student, BK Friends student, or even Packer. Parents look at your kids notebook, you might be surprised.

Comment from my2cents
Time: October 27, 2009, 7:49 pm

My first thought was St. Anns student wearing a crested blazer. remember that story back in the day?

Comment from nabeguy
Time: October 27, 2009, 9:59 pm

I think I may have actually seen the culprits, although not in the actual act. Sunday evening, there were a couple of teen-aged hoodie-boys riding their boards up and down the hill on Middagh Street between Hicks and Willow, coincidentally where most of the tags happen to be. Mind you, not college-aged and no crested blazers. I didn’t pay it any mind at the time, but I’ll be prepared to put sticks in their wheels the next time. And Suerte’s right…the last bunch of graffiti banditos were caught by going up on their own schoolbooks. Most likely bored neighborhood miscreants who will be punished by having to pay for their own lift tickets on the family ski trip to Vail.

Comment from Takena
Time: October 28, 2009, 8:13 am

Good Morning BHB and Andrew Porter,

News 12 Brooklyn is interested in covering a story on this graffiti rampage in your area. Would you, Andrew, be available to interview with us on camera today about the vandalism? Or is there anyone else who has been affected by the graffiti willing to interview with us? Please give us a call back at 718-861-6818 or email us at news12bkln@news12.com.

Thank you,

Takena Russell
Assignment Editor
News 12 Brooklyn
930 Soundview Avenue
Bronx, New York 10473
(718) 861-6818
Fax: (718) 328-7420
E-mail: news12bkln@news12.com

Comment from mike
Time: October 28, 2009, 11:40 am

Nabeguy, I saw the same thing the Tuesday night that Hicks between Middagh and Cranberry got hit. Two kids on skateboards hanging out. Didn’t think anything of it at the time either, but could be a pattern. Now that I think about it, I can’t think of a good reason to want to skateboard on Hicks St (a lot of traffic, dimly lit, not a lot of things to jump on/off of).

Comment from No One of Consequence
Time: October 28, 2009, 12:57 pm

Skateboarding is not a crime.
(yes, yes,,, defacing property is…)

Comment from nabeguy
Time: October 28, 2009, 1:26 pm

You’re right nooc, but it could be a mode of transportation to and from a crime, no?

Comment from MadeInBrooklyn
Time: October 28, 2009, 1:52 pm

“graffiti rampage”???

Comment from my2cents
Time: October 28, 2009, 2:00 pm

NEWS FLASH!
“Skateboarding Hooligans on Graffiti Rampage in Posh Brooklyn Neighborhood!”

Comment from nabeguy
Time: October 28, 2009, 3:27 pm

And that’s coming from someone who’s based in the Bronx!!

Comment from martinlbrooklyn
Time: October 28, 2009, 5:30 pm

I’d strongly advise against cooperating with any tv coverage. It’ll only fan the flames. Let’s all keep a wary eye out and not hesitate to ring up 311.

Comment from The Where
Time: October 28, 2009, 7:04 pm

There they go again, the liberal media trying to sensationalize some young punk’s mania. Don’t worry, no one watches News 12 and they charge you to just look at their website.

Comment from Sticky
Time: October 29, 2009, 12:04 pm

The skateboarders are usually out at @12:30 - 2 am when I arrive home. Just figured they were some rich kids with nothing better to do. They stupidly make the left on poplar without even looking. Good luck with that one.

On a side note. What is with the dude pulling down leaflets on all the stop lights at night. Maybe he owns a moving company and is trying to eradicate the competition?

Comment from MadeInBrooklyn
Time: October 29, 2009, 1:04 pm

If it’s the guy I am thinking of, he’s a kook who has been pulling down anything posted on lamp-posts, etc. for many years… Why, I have no clue.

Comment from Curmudgeon
Time: October 29, 2009, 3:30 pm

Stickley,

I applaud the person taking down the leaflets. Except for lost puppies and local yard sales, I detest leaflets taped to the streetlights. It is illegal and it looks trashy. If I wanted my neighborhood to be and look like Manhattan, I’d move there.

Comment from another jen
Time: October 29, 2009, 5:10 pm

hm, maybe a community bulletin board would be a good solution. Cobble Hill has one!

Comment from Homer Fink
Time: October 29, 2009, 6:41 pm

The Brooklyn Bugle will have online forums. Coming very very soon.

Comment from Andrew Porter
Time: October 30, 2009, 1:09 am

I found another “Guder”, this time in white on the side of the brick building right next to the garage entrance of the former Brooklyn Union Gas Co building, on the south side of Pierrepont, between Clinton and Cadman Plaza West. The BHA told me that one is likely “older”, because of the color.

Hey, Sticky and MadeInBklyn, I’ve been pulling down — actually, carefully taking down flyers, tape and all — commercial flyers in the Heights for years. I sometimes use a folding knife if I have one, or just my fingers or the edge of a key. I leave the lost puppy, stoop sale and other non-commercial flyers up until after the event, or until the rain has ruined them. But streetlights and signs are not the place for people to advertise commercial services. Most obnoxious are the “Moving” notices, which I understand are up all over the city, and are keyed to cellphone numbers which the NYPD can’t trace.

The worst signs I’ve ever seen were the large, printed, commercial notices attached to trees on Hicks Street using wires. These I had to use a wire cutter to remove. You can see a lot of these commercial signs on major through streets and on Conduit Avenue, en route to JFK.

Comment from Anon
Time: November 2, 2009, 5:06 pm

Why leave nice pictures of this guy’s tag up for posterity? Why not photoshop the pictures with a nice black bar over each graffito and show him the respect he deserves?

Comment from north heights res
Time: November 9, 2009, 4:04 pm

Struck again last night, building on corner of Clark & Hicks. Was wet at dawn this morning.