Gate Thief Strikes Twice in Broad Daylight
A reader in northern Crown Heights sent the photo above on Friday, noting: Ours and our neighbor’s front gates were stolen about an hour ago…Yes, in broad daylight and when contractors were working in our house and the house next door (gate was strangely not stolen from that house but from the next one over)….
A reader in northern Crown Heights sent the photo above on Friday, noting:
Ours and our neighbor’s front gates were stolen about an hour ago…Yes, in broad daylight and when contractors were working in our house and the house next door (gate was strangely not stolen from that house but from the next one over). I guess another example of the apparent increase in Brooklyn street crime you’ve been reporting on. I hate to knock our hood since it gets knocked enough by other posters on your blog, but people should be aware that yet another item is vulnerable (I never thought someone would take the trouble to steal something as heavy as this and I can’t imagine it’s worth much). Scrap metal? Or could one of these salvage places actually be willing to buy stuff “off of the back of a truck”?
Maybe attractive to someone looking for the Key Master? First we’ve heard of a thief absconding with gates.
This is such a buzzkill. We had a fence guy warn us about this when he came out to do an estimate, and I immediately pulled the gate and stuck it in the backyard.
You can have a guy make the gate secure really easily. Or, in a pinch, you could loop a bike lock through it.
Demographic boom could revive US housing market
Harvard demographic studies are showing signs of how the housing market’s crash could end. The growing population will fuel demand for housing, the study by the Join Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University found. Single-person households are the fastest growing market, as more people get married later and divorce more. Meanwhile, new developments have been sharply reduced, restricting supply. The Northeast could see signs of the turnaround as early as spring 2009. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of U.S. households will grow by more than 1.4 million a year, the study showed.
Steel and aluminum = scrap metal, a good revenue source.
Growing up in Greenwich, Ct, I had my bike stolen twice.
God that place is such a ghetto.
One better, I had some crackhead steal my HD satellite dish off my roof. I lost reception and had to call a tech, he tells me, your dish is gone.
The thing is made of steel and aluminum, it is worthless, especially without service or a box…WTF?
Yes, and Japanese youth have recently revived platform heels!
Nevertheless, a customer who ordered a “Brooklyn†at a Court Street Starbucks after the branding panel soon received a vanilla and caramel Frappuccino, cold and sweet. But the Brooklyn buzz ended there.
11:35…Did you see this?…it’s from the Brooklyn branding article…
“The name has, so far, been a powerhouse. Carolyn Greer, who works in the borough president’s office, said she had been swarmed by teenagers at a trade show in Japan. “They said, ‘Bedford … Avenue,’ †Ms. Greer said. “ ‘Williams … burg.’ â€
It is quite obvious from many of these posts like 11:31 that they’ve never been anywhere outside the U.S.
I’m not criticizing that, but it’s painfully obvious how ignorant some people here are about other cities and countries.
I know I’m blessed to be able to travel, but I would not talk about places I did not know about as if I’m an expert.