Murders, Binge Drinking Up in Park Slope Last Year
While overall crime was down in Brooklyn South last year, murders were up more than 35 percent to 92 from 68 a year earlier. Such was the case in Park Slope where the number of homicides rose from one in 2007 to three in 2008. Meanwhile, says The Post, binge drinking was higher than other…
While overall crime was down in Brooklyn South last year, murders were up more than 35 percent to 92 from 68 a year earlier. Such was the case in Park Slope where the number of homicides rose from one in 2007 to three in 2008. Meanwhile, says The Post, binge drinking was higher than other neighborhoods around the city: 20 percent of Slopers ranked binge drinking as their favorite activity. “It’s the real people, and you feel like you are on ‘Cheers,'” said Samantha Stewart. “I can just go to the bar and see 10 people that I know.” The preference ties in with another borough-wide stat for 2008: Drunk driving violations were up 1.6 percent in Brooklyn last year, reports The Daily News, while they were down 3.4 percent around the city as a whole.
Murder Rate Skyrockets in 2008 [NY Post]
Home Is Where the Health Is [NY Post]
Increase in Brooklyn Drunk Driving [NYDN]
There is currently no international consensus on how many drinks constitute a “binge,” but the term is often taken to mean consuming 5 or more standard American drinks (male), or 4 or more drinks (female), in about for a typical adult. This is called the “5/4 definition.” However, these numbers vary significantly based on weight and numerous other variables.[1][unreliable source?] Other, less common definitions are based on blood alcohol concentration. For example, the NIAAA recently redefined the term “binge drinking” as anytime one reaches a peak BAC of 0.08% or higher [2] as opposed to some (arguably) arbitrary number of drinks in an evening. Whatever the numerical definition used, rapid consumption (shots, chugging, or drinking games) is often implied when the term is used colloquially, since one can remain relatively sober if the 4 or 5 drinks are spread out widely over the course of a long evening.
Benson,
I’ll stick to my original points, which you and FSRQ confirmed, respectively.
Now, I’m done.
NOP
Binge drinking is anything over 5 in a sitting. As a self described lush, after a cocktail, couple of glasses of wine with dinner and an after dinner digestif, you’re techinically binge drinking and a statistic.
What’s a good place in Bay Ridge to buy “mawble cawlumns”?
What’s a good place in Bay Ridge to buy “mawble calwlumns”?
Buy a townhouse in Park Slope and broker will give you a complimentary drinking funnel and a map of all the local bars.
NOP;
You are being disingenuous in this discussion. You brush away the historical arguments against Dinkins by noting that he, as well as Giuliani are mere blips in the arc of the city’s history. At the same time,you want to make sure that one “blip” – Dinkins – is credited with a positive achievement, while trying to cast a negative spin on another “blip” – Giuliani – by implying that was elected by a secessionist movement.
I would say, judging by the reaction of the posters in this thread, that such spin will did little to refurbish Dinkin’s record. Moreover, history does note that some mayors -such as LaGuardia and Giuliani -are not just blips. They made a significant difference in the life of this city.
Thanks, Benson and FSRQ, for confirming my points: crime did start to go down under Dinkin’s administration and Giuliani was first elected because of Staten Island’s secessionist movement.
My family’s lived in Brooklyn and New York for five generations and has seen mayors of all stripes. In the arc of history, Dinkins and — yes — Giuliani, are mere blips.
NOP
ha ENY.
im pretty sure thats the case for most places in the city.