Drug Dealing Hotspot in Crown Heights?
This was recently posted Brooklynian.com: Is it me, or is the drug dealing on St. John’s and Franklin out of hand? Perhaps it is me, because I am around during the day and I see it. But as clear as day I see hand offs, and guys going to their stash in nearby garbages. I…
This was recently posted Brooklynian.com:
Is it me, or is the drug dealing on St. John’s and Franklin out of hand? Perhaps it is me, because I am around during the day and I see it. But as clear as day I see hand offs, and guys going to their stash in nearby garbages. I guess I am just surprised by how obvious it all is. Are the cops on the take or just don’t care?
A number of follow-up comments suggest this is indeed a hot-spot. Anyone have anything to add about the history and current status of this location? This is the 77th Precinct’s turf: What have people’s experiences been with them? Maybe these new streetlights will ameliorate the problem.
FSRQ – read above. Jerk.
11217 – this corner looks like 5th Avenue or Smith street nine years ago. Have you been to Baltimore?
Putnamdenizen – your an ADA???? I hope not – using Government property (computers and Network time) to post your personal opinions on a public website is a no-no and Joe Hynes aint going to like it – especially since your pronouncements differ from your bosses position.
Now get back to work.
haha 11217 – your myopic view of brooklyn never ceases to amaze me
i lived in crown heights a few years ago and i can attest that things are “moving in the right direction”
If money was no option and i had the choice btw equal houses in crown heights and park slope – one for 400k and the other for 2.5 or whatever you think is fair – i’d take crown heights and use the 2 million i saved to take a car 10 minutes over to your wonder enclave.
yes park slope is nice – but not 2 million dollars nicer. and if you think crown heights is THAT bad i encourage you to take a walk to the other side of the park once the weather warms up.
Even $400k is a *shitload* of money for normal human beings. If you pick any neighborhood in the country that’s in a similar state to much (most?) of Crown Heights, houses of equivalent square footage aren’t going to be priced anywhere near $400k. a 3-story, 2k sf townhouse in a fringe area of Philly, for example, is going to run you like $150k-$200k. And it’s not like Philly is some backwater town.
You’ve trash-talked a lot in the past What, but now you’ve gone too far. I am not an assistant district attorney. Don’t. ever. call. me. that. again.
More seriously – there is no excuse or defending any reign of terror or threats of personal violence by drug dealers to their neighbors. If it happens it must be resisted with all community force. And yes, that is where I revel in my entitledness. Much as I won’t put up with putting my son in a school which I believe is subpar, so too I will not put up with adolescents disrespecting me and my neighbors. Be discrete, be respectful, or take it elsewhere. And yes, I know those can be fighting words.
“Neighborhoods can and do gentrify (and contrary to What’s belief, they don’t all return to “the ghetto” as soon as there’s an economic downturn), but the work isn’t done by the wealthy. It’s done by people who are willing to put up with the annoyances and outright dangers of a down neighborhood in order to keep their costs low, as they work to improve their surroundings.”
Name one in the last seven years that will stay “Gentrified” after the collapse of the Mutant Asset Bubble?? Please name just one. Clinton Hill maybe and after that PPPPFFFFFFF! Gone in smoke! Keep dreaming Retards and you will wind up like saintv….
Thanks for playing, NEXT!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
“many folks may consider this corner an amenity.”
Yes, they’re called crack addicts.
Those of you who want to glamorize this really ugly part of our society, be my guest. The picture of this corner looks like an area of Baltimore where houses cost 14K.
Ok, fine 400K.
My point isn’t to trash Crown Heights, it’s to point out that lower housing prices would actually IMPROVE the neighborhood faster in my opinion.
And it’s not just drug dealing. Is there one acceptable school in Crown Heights where someone spending 800K on a house would send their child? Is there a reason that there is sometimes a foot of trash piled on the sidewalk along Franklin Avenue? There are a host of things that need to be tackled. It’s come a long way, but more needs to be done. It seems just be reading this blog that it continues to be the long time residents (Montrose etc) that seem most involved with their neighborhood and wanting to improve it. The newbies want their boutiques and cafes or I’m guessing they’ll move on.