Here’s a specific situation facing a tenant in a building but his question could also apply more broadly to illicit activity going on in the vicinity of your home:

I’ve got quite the interesting situation going on in my building. I live on the first floor, and I know for a fact that there’s a drug dealer in my building. Here’s how it works: a “client” will ring the buzzer, get buzzed into the first floor vestibule, the dealer comes down the steps from the fourth floor, and sells drugs to the client. I can hear the transactions happening since they’re actually dumb enough to think their voices don’t travel through my door when they’re standing right next to it. “Let me get two”… “Make sure you tuck that in your pocket before you leave”… “No credit”… “Pay me now”…

This makes me extremely uncomfortable to know that this type of activity is so close to home. Because this goes on at all hours of the night and keeps me awake, I want to call the police and report this, but I also am wary of the “don’t snitch” edict in this neighborhood. I should also mention that even when not dealing, this guy and some friends are usually smoking blunts in the hallway (right outside my door) from 12am to 2am on weeknights.

I just don’t know what to do: (A) suck it up and wait til August and hope to get some sleep before then OR (B) call the police, hope that the dealer doesn’t figure out it’s me, and maybe have an increased chance of sleep. I’ve posted about this before, and the situation is now even worse. Anyone out there have advice?

Any thoughts?
Drug Dealer in Building [Brooklynian]