Another Mugging in Fort Greene
While it pales in comparison to some of the other crime that took place over the holidays, this one may be of local interest: On the day after Christmas a thirty-something couple was mugged on Adelphi Street off Dekalb Avenue. One of the two teens grabbed the man and told him to Give me what…
While it pales in comparison to some of the other crime that took place over the holidays, this one may be of local interest: On the day after Christmas a thirty-something couple was mugged on Adelphi Street off Dekalb Avenue. One of the two teens grabbed the man and told him to Give me what you have, reports The Brooklyn Paper. The couple coughed up $50 in cash and several credit and banking cards.
cwbuecheler.my point was that the rich have bin,and are a minority in BK.so are the out of towners.i was just trying to point out that u need not be wary of us natives,and try to get to know some of us.u really took what i said to heart,so u must be one of those people who crosses the street when u see us.
he “we blue-collar folks own this place and are just letting you professionals stay here” BS that sometimes gets spouted off on this blog is both historically inaccurate and completely foolish.
what is accurate is that the new residents barely acknowledge the hard work put in for many years by the long term residents. so punks come here and they they are saving the neighborhood, making it viable or some other foolishness.
for example, that BID on fulton? hell no should there be one. BID’s are like Authorities, political quagmires with no authority and generally led by people who have no interest in the integrity of a neighborhood. Fulton is JUST FINE. if you do not like the crime. LEAVE>
seriously, you come here to live in the big city this is what happens. Stop moaning about it and get serious. keep your head on a swivel and say hello to your neighbors so that they know who you are. i guarantee that if you have a more cordial relationship with the good and the bad people on your blocks then you are safer in the long run
Yeh, nothing’s more “working class” than block after block of four-story brownstones all containing what used to be servants’ quarters below them. Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Park Slope, Victorian Flatbush … all filled with mansions.
Brooklyn has always been a mixed-class borough (and city before that), containing everything from stately mansions to tenements. The “we blue-collar folks own this place and are just letting you professionals stay here” BS that sometimes gets spouted off on this blog is both historically inaccurate and completely foolish.
now i would never wish harm on another person,so im glad they were not hurt.but in all honesty every time i hear one of these stories,myself and im sure alot of other native brooklynites silently rejoyce.brooklyn is a working class borough.always has, always will be.the majority of us are roofers,plumbers,masons,cops,firemen,nurses and so on.not u so called “urban professionals”.so since u chose to make ur home in our borough,how about u try to get to know some of us,and say hello once in a while.instead of crossing the street when u see us.
Actually had some money come in last week What. +5% for the month of December!!!! Poser???!!! Ok Loser.
a “ghetto pass”, from what i understand it to be, is something a black gentrifier carries.
*rob*
Every day is crazy, aggressive driver day on Union. I’m not sure why exactly but I guess it’s a flyway off Grand Army Plaza. It’s a hill with good deal of slope so drivers speed up. It’s only one lane in either direction and when a car pulls up in front of the Coop or the firemen are pulling the truck back in the firehouse, there’s a jam up and huffy drivers yank out over the double line and then gun down the rest of Union.
Frankly, when a cab driver is going to fast for my taste, I will often ask him to slow down. I also get carsick with the kind of pointless gunning of the engine, lane swooping and rushing just to get to red lights some taxi drivers insist on…and then they tap the brakes on and off while at the red light in anticipation of the light changing to green so they can really, really increase my carsickness! 🙂
Yeah, wasn’t yesterday the day you had to watch out for crazy drivers?