Open Thread Wednesday 3/9/11

Wow, I won best comment, Thanks, Homer, Claude and Heather…
BTW, how did you get my voice so perfect?

@ bklyn20,

My bet is on identity theft. I busted a couple of “them” (Matt Damon types) doing the same thing, when I lived in a brownstone and the trash cans were out front. That prompted me to buy a shredder. Now I shred everything; bills, statements, medical records, credit cards, junk-mail, passport, drivers license…. I find it quite cathartic.

@MARTINLBROOKLYN, I too have had problems with the Fresh Direct trucks parked outside my window parked in front of fire hydrant for years esp at 6:40am on a Sunday. I have emailed Fresh Direct numerous time and told them if they don’t stop idling their trucks I will be call the proper authorities and filing a complaint about the idling and illegal parking. I got a call from some manager telling me that this will stop and I should notice it right away. Well, it has gotten better. Email FD and keep doing it until you get a response.

Too bad its not the Heights Cafe, but the Heights coffe instead:

http://heresparkslope.blogspot.com/2011/03/closed-for-business-heights-coffee-335.html

After looking over some neighborhood bikes, I now believe it was just someone in the neighborhood trying to dispose of trash before biking to work. I guess he just couldn’t hear me through the helmet. I am happy to have unintentionally provoked some interesting theories on this thread, though — excluding one of the comments, that is.

Just went to the recently opened EyeBrowThreading spot @ 110 Montague. I am beyond happy that there is finally one of these in the neighborhood. Now I don’t have to goto the city or down to Willoughby to get my eyebrows done. Note: The owner Laila is super nice.

Andrew, I have to ask. What did he do with your schmear?

I have no idea who or where to complain too.. BUT… my bedroom window faces out to the back yards on hicks street and someone keeps letting there dog out at all hours of the night and the dog WILL NOT stop barking. My entire family was woken up at 2:30 AM because of the non stop barking that went on for 10 mins straight. I am not someone that has never had a dog, I had a dog for many many many years… but never once would I let me dog go on like that, especially OUTSIDE in the middle of the night. Who can I contact about this?

Notice what happening in the latest, ugly, chapter of 100 Clark St
(at Monroe Pl) saga?;

The lights under the protective structure are out, again. So of course the street “games” have begun. Mostly with the targets
of women walking in the darkened area. Every street creep now
feels its just the thing to make the women well, uncomfort
able”. The moment the lights went out, the obscene remarks and approaches started…..

Now why cant the BHA or one of the officers of the 84th Pct
community council make the supreme effort of a proactive
call to 311 when they see the lights off? They should know,
with all the dozens and dozens of incidents in front of 100 Clark
over the last 30 years.

I have called, severa;l of my neighbors have called.

But the way the land of King michael works is that you need one
or more persons who really understand the system and know how to navagate through the world of the building dept or 311. But
given all that, there is NO substitute for a firestorm of calls.
And no one should kid themselves…the various city departments
agencies and eoffices of elected officials know very well which
communities are highly reactive and which thye can sail the queen mary past…this is just a social/political reality.

So this is theway it works. A small group of highly skilled activists can repeatedly call for serious community problems. But in time
they become known and they are “factored” in the general
equasion of how govenment responds. The ONLY time when
various elements of government cannot adjust is when the
reactivity of a community is so high or they are placesd in such a position of legal liability that they cant “do game” they cant do a foot dragging game to drain the energy of a community’s response.

They HAVE to deal with communities’ legit needs on a really fair and prompt basis.

Its Jeff law #2 a power establishment or control mechanism never moves unless it feels its losing control….

Over the weekien there was a series of incidenbts at the Pierrepont playground, at the foot of Pierrepont st at the Promenade.

The maintence man for at least two nights left the lock off the gate, and…for some reason the partk dept has begun to leave
the bathroom door lock open. The combo resulted in two serious
incidents in which police were called. First, an apparent group of youths trashed the facility on Friday night Then, on saturday night
two “gentlemen” decided that they should dispute in the men’s room. Police closed the doors on each occasion and secured the facility as best as possible

After the first incident, 311 was called

This resulted in complaint # C 1-1-639659080

Heights residents are encouraged to call 311 to ask what is being done to secure the playground after dark which is what parks dept regulations, and basic sanity, call for.

On Sunday morning, however, further information became available. First, the closing of the Pierrepont Playground
according to sources, is the responsibility of the maintence
man at 1 Columbia Heights. At least one source in the parks deps states he is compensated for this work.

To report problems in any park facility in the Brooklyn hHeights
area the Number to call is 718 625 8076

This connects to the local parks dept supervisor who’s office is located in the War memorial building….Beyond that…the Brooklyn office with level one supivisors and above is located at what is generally called the “castle” or more properly, the “villa” which is reportedly located at Prospect Park West and 5th street.

Having this park open and the “facilities” open 24/7 is a SERIOUS
security condition. Anyone who lived around here in the 70’s or early 80″s knows why anything which brings down the promenade
area security is very serious.

Does anyone have any further information on the Major incident which took place at St Francis College Sunday aprox 3 PM. It
caused numerious police vehicles 3 LICH ambulances and about a dozen EMS personnel to converge at the scene. The block was closed off to traffic and at least a dozen peole were taken to ambulances for examination.

Dear Susan:

I have a lot of information and sources on the WTC cloud that
drifted directly through the heights. I secured a four element
highest industrial grade MSA mask with filters optimized to the threat. I had to evacuate my apartment and stay with my girlfriend on the upper east side three plus weeks (which was worse than the 911 disaster itself), (well almost.)

But there IS a very large WTC chemicle victim advocates community AND a large 911 chemical effects research community

Just google WTC Dust or 911 dust and you’ll see the AMOUNT of
activists and researchers involved.

Also, the LOADSTONE of 911 dust information is on the

NYenviormental law web site.

ALSO: look at http://www.911 dust.org and order thier SUPER DVD
of the cloud, its effects and GREAT interviews with ACTUIAL
witnesses and victims. You’ll be horified at what REALLY happened with people exposed.

also try: http://www.thepowerhour.com they have very good contin-
uiing to this day coverage of the latest research and the effects of the cloud. Including on people who didnt know they were exposed.

Just because you were not overwhelmed with odor doesnt mean that your area was not significantly or dangeriously exposed.

Check first the National Reconisense Office NRO look at the photos of the cloud. Which these darlings chose to keep
classified for a year and a half. Imagine the public outcry if the photos were released in real time. Gee..but then people could have made the decision to move location and not to be exposed….imagine that.

The NRO run the spy satellites and they took hundreds of high resolution photos of the WTC cloud in its predomant path over Brooklyn. It went through the Heights, then to park slope then to Boro Park…then to Sheepshead bay. I interviewed people in Sheepshead bay who ended up on multiple medications due to the cloud’s effects.

My pharmacist on the upper east side at the time was one, he
lived in Sheepshead bay and ended up on 14 medications.

ANYONE who was in the path of the cloud, even if you did not detect anything, should have a series of basic tests. Most of
the researchers and doctors I spoke to advocate ANA and C-
reactive tests beside a general A & B screen. Anyone in the
path should also have a viewing of their airways by a competant
specialist knowlegable in WTC effects this is BEST done somewhere west of Chicago. NYC docs are VERY leery of rattling
NY state or NY medical society cages on anything related ti WTC. …ALSO when you get any kind of viewing you want a DVD made which YOU keep. This is why it is best to SELF REFER yourself to the viewing specialist. And Have the viewer lens first drawn across you teeth for positive ID that the DVD is of you.

You cant imagine the mixups I’ve seen in medical files.

And ANYONE in the path of the cloud who does not get a full
spectrum cancer marker series every six months is not
guarding thier life properly. No matter what your PCP thinks-
I suggest you talk to real non-govermental related WTC experts on how to safeguardyour health.

E mail me or phone me and I will honestly do everything I can to
provide access to theresearch comunity on WTC toxic exposure.

JeffreyJSmith.NewYork@usa.com
202 544 5977
usually have a scope of thier airway to look for reactive airway conditions.

@ Susan,

Yes, quit a bit of dust and the smell was here for weeks.

P.S. you may want to repost this question on the current open thread, this is an old one.