Pratt Community Alerted to Rise in Violent Muggings
Last Friday Pratt Institute brass sent out an email to students and faculty warning them of a reported increase in violent activity near the Clinton Hill campus. The email said, in part, the following: The NYPD 88 Precinct has reported an increase in robberies within its confines. The robberies are reported to be committed by…

Last Friday Pratt Institute brass sent out an email to students and faculty warning them of a reported increase in violent activity near the Clinton Hill campus. The email said, in part, the following:
The NYPD 88 Precinct has reported an increase in robberies within its confines. The robberies are reported to be committed by a group of black males and females approximately 15-16 years of age. It has been reported that the group runs up to the victim, assaults them by kicking, punching, and scratching; then taking anything of value. These occurrences have happened during various times of the day. All students and Pratt community members are recommended to travel in pairs or groups. If you must travel alone consider using a car service. Avoid traveling late at night.
Repeated queries to the 88th Precinct for more information on the rash of robberies yielded no answers, but the precinct’s published report on crime for the 28 days that ended last Sunday shows there were 26 robberies committed during the period, a 37 percent increase from the 19 committed during the same weeks last year. Pratt isn’t the only neighborhood entity that’s been showing concern about safety in the area lately. Clinton Hill Blog has been chronicling appearances of a car in the neighborhood called the “Clinton-Washington Neighborhood Patrol,” a security measure undertaken by the Clinton Hill Co-ops. A couple months ago the Daily News reported that there’s been a big jump in the number of robberies and car thefts in Clinton Hill so far this year.
Clinton-Washington Neighborhood Patrol [Clinton Hill Blog]
Double-Digit Increase in Clinton Hill Crime Rate [Brownstoner]
Photo by PhillyBlunt.
of course YOU’VE noticed, you’re a prime contibutor to the third posting category.
Seriously, you should tell your therapist which teacher or parent it was that put down your smarts. Its time to let it go.
Manitoba, you really should put on your reading glasses and look at where the shlong reference originated. But I suppose you also hate letting facts get in the way of your argument. Can you unhijack the thread and say something meaningful please?
bxgrl: Can you come up with better comments? You repeat the same stupid crap. What a moron. Go back to Hostos CC.
And thank you to all the guest for carrying on my assault on the @$$hats, Biff and BTG.
– Bizarro What, a.k.a. What, the stupid bxgrl.
(You @$$hats only make me more popular!)
I’m going for a cosmo. Hope I can meet some of you in person someday. Adieu.
5:56- ya think? Odd- we haven’t noticed.
I had originally come to this post because I was actually interested in this bit of news as someone who grew up in Clinton Hill, but somehow yet another post has become hijacked by resident loser Biff and his apparently tiny penis.
Does anyone have any actual information or statistics on crime in Clinton Hill? gwbrubaker seems to be one of the only people with anything valuable to add to the discussion…
200! But mostly false accusations of racism, organ jokes, and intelligence slandering.
5:36, 5:37- that the best you can come up with? Truly sad- for you anyway.
I’m afraid you’ll have to be a lot smarter if you expect me to take you seriously. You just aren’t capable of ruining my day or this site for me. Dealing with you is like swatting flies (or shooting fish in a barrel).
Brooke, consider yourself accepted! You got your first troll reference. Try not to let them get to you- that’s basically all they want.
Ah, good to see that bxgrl, Biff and BTG are being put in their place again today. Losers.