Comments on: Crime Wave!

By: bornhere

bornhere — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:20:21 +0000

I think the police are doing the best they can; and, don’t forget — the 84 is WAY more than just Atlantic to Old Fulton, Court to the Promenade.

By: PJL

PJL — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:50:49 +0000

Not that Bush has done much to help matters, but the mortgage/securitization boom which propped up our house of cards economy was well underway in ’98-’99….

What happened to the police presence in Brooklyn Heights?

Is there any way we can start a petition on BHB for more/any patrols?

By: Pilar

Pilar — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:30:05 +0000

This is a serious matter; to write about William Hurt that is just beyond silly.

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:24:43 +0000

Not sure if the area where the homeless are camped is the same area I saw a large pile of trash just north of the end of the Promenade. I notified 311 of this and here’s the complaint number they gave me: C-1-1-428439514.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:02:02 +0000

Two words: Martial Arts.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:42:47 +0000

Apparently there was a Hooverville in Brooklyn at one time between Columbia and Court st. The full extent of Bush’s ineptness hasn’t even been fully realized. I feel bad for whoever comes into office to clean up this big mess.

By: Billy Reno

Billy Reno — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:46:33 +0000

This is no time for Batman to be sitting on his duff, wrestling with his personal demons!

By: Claude Scales

Claude Scales — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:52:59 +0000

HDEB: Given the direction in which the economy is going, I wouldn’t be surprised to see more of this. Perhaps some day soon the term “Hooverville” will have been supplanted by “Bushville”.

By: HDEB

HDEB — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:35:07 +0000

There is a homeless camp in the wooded area on Cadman Plaza West bordered by the Brooklyn bridge off ramp.
I estimate there are two dozen people living in there. This has always been an area where homeless people lived, but never (in my recollection) to the current extent.
There are tents back there, they build fires at night. When I walked in there a few weeks ago I was quickly intercepted by a big, scary strung out looking fellow.
Is anybody aware of this?

By: Claude Scales

Claude Scales — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:12:44 +0000

guest: Didn’t you watch the RNC? That should have given you Rudy enough to last a good long while.

By: Claude Scales

Claude Scales — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:58:16 +0000

Charles Bronson is proof that even the most hardened of criminals can be rehabilitated. Throughout the 1950s, he was a bad guy. Then came The Magnificent Seven, Once Upon a Time in the West, and the Death Wish series.

By: Monty

Monty — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:08:44 +0000

I’m sure that most of these can be attributed to William Hurt.

By: yo

yo — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:17:22 +0000

i’ve noticed an increasing number of shady individuals hanging around my block over the last couple of months…..at least 4 times I’ve seen guys just hanging out on the street smoking weed…bizarre

By: mopostal

mopostal — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:59:58 +0000

haha phew!

By: dumbo

dumbo — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:44:11 +0000

no, no, i was walking by at 7 and believe the Office of Emergency Management was having a training session.

By: mopostal

mopostal — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:22:07 +0000

Did anyone else see the commotion yesterday on Cadman Plaza E at around 7:30? It looked like someone was shot/stabbed/run-over.

By: yoyo

yoyo — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:27:55 +0000

Hey, I know how to improve the neighborhood. Let’s reopen the BHOD!

By: Beavis

Beavis — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:01:40 +0000

Perhaps the spike could be attributed to newly out of work Wall Streeters struggling to make the mortgage?