Another Shooting on Grand and Putnam
[nggallery id=”21402″ template=galleryview] This is getting really old. In what seems to be an annual occurrence, there was another shooting on the corner of Grand and Putnam last night. The 88th Precinct won’t confirm a thing, but according to several people standing around on the corner this morning, a car drove by last night at…
[nggallery id=”21402″ template=galleryview]
This is getting really old. In what seems to be an annual occurrence, there was another shooting on the corner of Grand and Putnam last night. The 88th Precinct won’t confirm a thing, but according to several people standing around on the corner this morning, a car drove by last night at around 10:30 and sprayed an empty parked car with bullets, and in the process hit a female “innocent bystander” in the leg. She was reportedly not killed but, as the photos show, she lost some blood; as you can also see, a number of bullet holes are visible in the side of the building. As most people in the neighborhood are aware, this corner has been a hotbed of illegal activity for years. Two summers ago, after a young man was murdered for saying something insulting about another man’s girlfriend, the block was put on lock-down for the summer, which did temporarily push the drug activity a block or two away—not exactly an ideal solution for the people who lived on those blocks. In the community meetings that always follow, the police act sympathetic and talk about how difficult it is to put drug dealers away, but at a certain point it all rings hollow. If this were happening on the Upper East Side, you can be sure it would have been shut down long ago.
Turning Up The Pressure on Grand and Putnam [Brownstoner]
Murder on Putnam: Will The Cops Show Up Now? [Brownstoner]
Despite what the folks at Corcoron and other brokers have told you this is the ghetto. Drug dealing and shootings are a way of life in the ghetto, perhaps for cultural reasons that you white yuppies just can’t understand.
If you really want to change things…you’re missing one of the strongest forces of change in all of Brooklyn. Churches. Lots of churches of all faiths. If you already belong, bring it to your pastor/preacher/minister/rabbi. If you don’t belong…think about joining. Get the neighborhood churches involved.
8:53: you are REALLY sad.
I raise my Family in Brooklyn BOCOCA and It is the Best place in the United States hands down. I would not ask for anything more or better.
There was some kind of incident, I think a shooting, at S 2nd and Havemeyer a few months ago. Ever since there’s been non-stop foot patrols between Marcy and Havemeyer. Not saying the 90th is better than the 88th, but it’s interesting that they do seem to be trying to clean up That area.
Nokilissa, I would love to join you in one!
Gun violence against anyone, innocent or not, is a terrible thing. But let’s try to keep all of this in perspective. According to Compstat, there has been one murder in the 88th Precinct so far this year. That’s 90% less than during the same period of 1993.
putmandenizen, all by himself, could convince anyone not to move anywhere near Brooklyn.
I really did not understand your post but I know I don’t want to live near you.
Hello – Brooklyn seems like a racially charged place? Somedays yes, somedays no. And Mommy and Daddy think Brooklyn is too dangerous for you? Oh, wait, this is a fake post… Never mind.
I’m still a little unclear on how BKnest is so sure this is not “drug-related.” Assuming his buddy was not the intended target, whether he is or is not involved in the drug trade is immaterial. Was the car the target? And if so, whose car was it? And who had that person pissed off? And why? Perhaps those who know should be sharing.