Open Thread Wednesday

Composting bins are here! Very exciting.

What a gorgeous Main Coon!

By the way, it looks like maybe, just *maybe* the Bossert is getting relatively close to opening. I noticed they’ve taken the protection up from the lobby floor and that the Montague Street BID’s annual meeting is including a preview of the Bossert Ballroom.

(And as long as we’re on the subject, back in late August or early September they claimed they were opening by October 1st. Some on this board claimed it was quite possible to make that deadline. I claimed that they had far too much to do and all the evidence surrounding their activity suggested they had many months to go. Well, October 1st was 7.5 months ago. And they’re still not open.)

Has anyone else had experience with a unruly and unpleasant man on Montague St specifically outside the laundromat between Friend of a Farmer and Teresa’s? The other night my wife and I were enjoying dinner within the sidewalk seating of FOAF when we were approached by an older man, who appeared to be intoxicated but might have been just very socially awkward. He droned on and on about a disgruntled super who placed a pipe bomb in the basement of one of the rental buildings nearby.

After attempting to politely tell him off, he persisted. Eventually our waiter convinced him to harass the people dining at Teresa’s and he obliged. My wife and I kept our eyes on him as he continued to bother the patrons at Teresa’s while apparently waiting for his laundry to complete its cycle.

Compared to many on this blog, we are newbies, heights residents for just under 5 years. Our experiences have mostly been remarkably pleasant and delightful living in the neighborhood so this instance certainly stuck out. Just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience or knows what the deal is with that guy? (i think he had a police scanner that was constantly clacking while he was attempting to explain the definitions of obscure vocabulary words)

I expect nothing less!

Actually, not everyone knows exactly who you are talking about. I’ve been in the neighborhood for a while and have no idea who you are talking about. Care to elaborate?

A few possibilities of who you’re talking about spring to mind:

One is a stockier guy, maybe in his late 50s, who walks around talking to himself and sometimes stops to scream offensive slogans at people. I think that guy is who “Frown of Passion” is referring to. He appears to be a paranoid schizophrenic; I’m not sure if he lives around here but I posted about him once after I saw him and was concerned that he wasn’t receiving the care he needed. People seemed to agree he was harmless. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him use Teresa’s laundromat.

More likely it’s the person I think “Terry L” might be referring to (“ColumbiaHeightster”, take note!). Taller guy, white hair, maybe in his 50s, recently seen using a walker; friends with “WSW”. He used to sometimes haunt the Pineapple Walk entrance of Peas & Pickles muttering and occasionally spitting insane epithets at people coming and going. I have seen him using Teresa’s laundromat. I suspect he’s another in a long line of people not regularly getting the help they need.

Hey Everyone, thanks for your replies. However frustrating it may sound, the guy was very normal looking. Nothing stuck out about his appearance that may help us identify exactly who it is. I was hoping his behavior and area of disturbance might help us narrow down but it seems there are at least 2 familiar characters that might fit the description.

The only additional descriptor i can offer is that he wore glasses and his hair was salt-and-pepper. Mid to late 50s sounds about right. At some point during this episode the owner of either the laundromat or Teresa’s threatened to call the cops to which he said something along the lines of ‘go ahead call the cops, these people are my friends’ (they were clearly not his friends)

Did anyone go to the Stand Up Brooklyn event at St. Francis College on May 8th?

FYI, Teresa owns the eponymous restaurant, the laundromat, and the adjacent wine shop.

Louis Miller from the mid seventies to the early 1980’s was a part of two civic orgs which rendered major service to this community. He personally placed himself in harm’s way on several occasions with results which benefited all of us. Then several neuro conditions overtook him. Two years ago he was struck and greviouly injured in a taxi accident. Even if you don’t know of Mr Miller’s record in that unfortunate era, people could have some understanding.

Are you talking about lou the electrician? Tall guy hangs around peas and picks ? He is harmless. But could sometimes come across as scary.

We all do.

Sorry, I don’t consider the prospect of more rats feeding on concentrated food garbage exciting…and the stench. Walks around Park Slope last summer proved that olfactory delight to me.

Yes, I have since learned that that was Charlie. Thanks! Just wanted to make sure he wasn’t missing.