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.
Ugh…Union…drivers speed down Union. It feels very dangerous to me that street.
Sorry to be argumentative today – I almost got run over on the corner of Union and 6th this morning, been a little pissed off all day.
cobblehiller – it was just a random comment referring to frsq’s reply, something someone told me once.
And I’ve learned I have a ghetto pass, so I don’t really think that, it was rhetoric.”
I’m curious as to what you mean by that infinitejester. Can you spell that out?
That means this Asshat learned some new slang at the Xmas party from one of his Black Co-workers..
Hey Dave it’s 2009! That Hedge Fund model is busted (Thank you Madoff)! You job security is in great jeopardy! So instead attacking me all day you better process those redemption requests you Poser!
The What (But… But… Brownstoner to me the neighborhood was safe..)
Someday this war is gonna end…
Gee, I’m not sure I need to add anything to this discussion but to say that Mr. FSRG did, in fact, make some good points (well argued) and that I appreciated what Ms. MontroseMorris wrote. I would have appreciated if the original mini-blurb above had listed the time of day.
Frankly, I never have felt DeKalb was that safe but that may be my hold-over impression from years past.
Other than that, I’ve been taking taxis home from Manhattan a lot but that’s more because of age and a foot problem (and both being an excuse for laziness when I’m tired). I used to take the subway but in this cold weather after an exhausting evening dealing with my nonagenarian aunt in Manhattan, I’m sorry to say, I just can’t handle a walk to the closest subway station near her apartment and then the, yes, short, walk home from the Lafayette station to the house.
I guess…maybe…I have lowered my chances of getting mugged?…
Getting mugged can be no fun. In the early 90s when we lived on Park, a friend of ours was violently mugged right on 77th or something like that between Park and Lex. The man managed to drag her into a recessed doorway. A car parked right in front of our Park Avenue doorman building had the window smashed for a radio or something like that…then we moved to Fort Greene and I was mugged (only my cash was taken) on Lafayette after dark in the winter at about 8PM in the early 90s.
Oh, well.
Mr.B why wouldn’t you report on the great job the NYPD did in 2008? overall crime was down over 3% . why not report that?
“And I’ve learned I have a ghetto pass, so I don’t really think that, it was rhetoric.”
I’m curious as to what you mean by that infinitejester. Can you spell that out?
I don’t come on this blog to read about who was been mugged over the weekend. I could care less. However, I do come on this blog to read about Brooklyn real estate. Save the crime reporting to someone else, and stay on topic.
“…is further evidence of the danger of Brownstoner publishing such posts.”
Censorship! How dare you post that opinion, Mr. B., it’s dangerous!
I’ll judge for myself what I think is dangerous, thank you. (and everyone else who jumped down B.’s throat and acted like it was for purity).
And I’ve learned I have a ghetto pass, so I don’t really think that, it was rhetoric.
I appreciate posts on various local events, criminal and otherwise, as I don’t have time to follow local newspapers or blogs. Coverage did not seem sensational.