Enough With the Marauding Teenagers!
A couple of months ago as we were walking East on Greene Avenue between Waverly and Washington we noticed in our peripheral vision someone approaching fast from behind. When we spun around, it was a teenage boy, probably about 15 years old, who had crept up and was hovering inches from the back of our…
A couple of months ago as we were walking East on Greene Avenue between Waverly and Washington we noticed in our peripheral vision someone approaching fast from behind. When we spun around, it was a teenage boy, probably about 15 years old, who had crept up and was hovering inches from the back of our head mocking us provocatively to the clear delight of his jeering friends. Ever risk-averse, we quickly walked out into the middle of the street and starting dialing on our cell phone. With a few shouts, the pack continued down the block. We jogged back to a police car we had noticed parked back on Vanderbilt, told the cops what had happened and went home. The next day we heard that a woman had been mugged half an hour later a few blocks from there by a bunch of teenagers. We’ve heard of several similar instances in the area in recent weeks. And it’s not just Clinton Hill. A post on Brooklynian describes how a trio of teenage girls (19, 17 and 12) mugged five different people in Prospect Heights on Saturday night (and how only one of them decided to press charges) and an email we received yesterday told of a violent mugging of a twenty-something male by a group of boys at around 8:15 Monday night at Dekalb and South Oxford Street in Fort Greene (above). What can the community do to combat this activity? Obviously greater police presence would help, but given the paltry resources the NYPD devotes to this part of town, it’s going to take a lot of vigilance on the part of residents in terms of reporting even small incidents of harassment and pressing charges. And everyone should be aware that a lot of these muggings are happening during daylight hours, often between the end of school and dinner time, so it’s a good idea to minimize iPod and cell phone usage during those times. Please use this comment thread to document other similar incidents that you know about in recent months as well as to suggest ways to address the problem.
“Actually it is full of white and arab business owners, tradespeople, professionals and police officers. It is not safe for black teen thugs and that is a positive. We take care of the crime problem here.”
Dude, you’re agreeing with what the other guy said. That Bay Ridge is full of conservative racists who intimidate black people.
So appealing to affluent Liberals!
Not really.
You need to promote Bay Ridge to your own kind, not to wealthy liberals working in the arts and media. You know, the very people making all the other neighborhoods much more cool and rising in value faster than your neighborhood. If you want to make that happen in Bay Ridge too you need to drop the whole Italian thug routine. And vote for Obama.
This will keep going on for years.What do u expect from a city that has so much public housing and such high real state prices.U cant even buy a hand gun in a store in NY.Here in PHILLY (my beautiful city),u walk into a gun store,walk out with a gun in 15 minutes.Then apply for a permit to carry,and in about a week,u can walk the streets of philly with a gun in ur waist and it legal.I was born and raised in Coney Island,but philly is my home now.We keep little punks in check out here.
Or they’ll vote for McCain and continue the downward spiral begun by the republicans.
“Why not move somewhere (with equal access to Manhattan) where it doesn’t cost $1.5-2 million to buy a house that needs a full renovation; where you can walk around while actually listening to an Ipod; etc. What is so great about B’lyn again?”
I know two different women who were sexually assaulted by men who broke into their suburban homes in “good” neighborhoods.
If you think you’re immune to crime because you live in the suburbs, you’re an idiot.
Oh and any house in a decent school district in the suburbs we’d personally find acceptable DOES cost at least $1.5 million, sorry. A top school district being essential because that’s the only f-ing way I’d spend $20-30K a year on property taxes every year we own the house even after the kids are in college and we’re paying that tuition.
The what is in high-nincompoop gear today.
It is because of the fierce pitbulls in the projects that the kids grow up with total panic of dogs. I think they are taught that dogs will eat you alive by the time they are one year old.
I bet all the folks scared of “marauding black teens” will be at the premiere of the Nororious BIG movie.
And will vote for Obama.
“The What isn’t afraid because, in his experience, even maurauding kids think a guy wearing a diaper and a suit of armor eating handfuls of Tang out of a bucket is pretty terrifying, and they tend to cross the street themselves.”
Only someone as deeply disturbed as “The What” himself could possibly conjure such a moronic image.
“Safe and happy in Bay Ridge.”
Bay Ridge is full of racist, white high-school drop-outs and wannabe mobsters. Not safe for non-whites.
Posted by: guest at June 18, 2008 1:01 PM
Actually it is full of white and arab business owners, tradespeople, professionals and police officers. It is not safe for black teen thugs and that is a positive. We take care of the crime problem here.
Brownstoner- You started the post with a specific goal of getting peope to report factually on real incidents- this was a good thing to do, and well needed. Please follow through and get rid of all the points that are just bluster and swagger or race-baits. Then this will be a worthwhile thread. You’ll still get the page hits.