Open Thread Wednesday

Er, so this creep made off color remarks to..while you were pushing your child?(!) And what did the men? in your family do about it?

Did you even stop and have him arrested or summonded?

My husband is an attorney before the start and federal bench, but I’ll tell you what..if any creep did that to me, it’ll be the VERY last woman he would bother for a very long time if not forever.

If you “men” here can’t or won’t keep women safe right in your own neighborhood, never mind the creep, what does that say about you

Actually, I overstated one thing: Despite my sadness at Brooklyn’s slide, I probably would not leave, and not just because of the conservatism and intolerance in other places; even throughout the 1970s and 1980s, when things looked direst, my family dug in its heels because Brooklyn has been our home. What we do is keep the sidewalks clean, plant trees, say hello to everyone, and hope for the best.

Calling out bad behavior isn’t racism, you know. In other places, I could call out similar behavior by jittery white guys.

But enough.

Guilty as charged if not wanting to see the kind of behavior occurring on Joralemon St spread to the rest of the Heights is what you describe as nimby complaining. We need to hold our elected representatives and the BHA accountable for not getting out ahead of these problems. We residents must also shoulder some of the blame for not being more involved. As to other solutions, maybe some more aggressive action similar to the Verizon protest we saw on Montague St might have an impact.

That’s glib, but let this creep bother any member of my family and you’d see how long it would go on. He’s 400 lbs? So that takes two real men or simply call police and have him summoned. That’s too much of a struggle?

We need some real men here.

I don’t want an increase in street crime either. Extra police presence is good and probably the most effective short-term way to reduce incidences. However, the park traffic is here to stay and must be managed realistically. Let’s debunk some of the proposed ideas:
1. Route park goers over to and down a Atlantic Ave. First, by what ethical reason do you determine that AA is more deserving of increased traffic and potential crime? It’s moot anyway as there is no legal way to force people to walk that route. Putting up signs may defer a few to walk the extra blocks but it would be in conflict with the first point.
Block off the Joralemon st entrance, Even if you could convince BBP to do this, which they most surely won’t because of 1BBP. The park goers would still travel down Joralemon then on Furman to the closest entrance.
…. Gotta go now will do more tomorrow…