Return of the Stoop Pooper
A reader sent in this woeful tale of the downside of having a coveted stoop: “The Boerum Hill stoop pooper has struck. After getting stoop pooped twice last year, I have been struck again by the ‘Mad stoop pooper that poops at midnight!!! (or sometimes in the wee hours of the night).’ Last year I…
A reader sent in this woeful tale of the downside of having a coveted stoop: “The Boerum Hill stoop pooper has struck. After getting stoop pooped twice last year, I have been struck again by the ‘Mad stoop pooper that poops at midnight!!! (or sometimes in the wee hours of the night).’ Last year I caught her in process twice, once on my stoop and once between some parked cars in the middle of the day. The latter time I called the police who arrested her. She is a mentally disabled black woman, a little heavy set, with dirty hair. I have a feeling that she was probably receiving the help she needed but was discharged and is back in the hood!!!! Granted I am just assuming it is her again but given that she uses her own toilet paper and some was left on my stoop. I would have to eliminate a random person that just HAD to go. Keep an eye out for her.” The reader is on Dean between Hoyt and Bond. Any other sightings?
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z, your #1 post reeks of NIMBYism. your #2, however, was a smooth move.
Well…Brooklynites brace yourselves because if Mayor Mike’s proposal is approved and the Bedford Atlantic Armory becomes the intake center for all five boroughs — this my friends will be happening more often. Many of these men will not be making it to the Armory, but instead exploring the parts of Brooklyn that are much closer to Manhattan. So please let’s get our heads out of the sand and stop thinking that this is just Crown Heights problem.
Most of us realize this woman needs ‘help’. But – most often the only help they will accept are spare change or food. And can’t legally force or convince them otherwise.
Last night about 8 pm I saw a young man get out of a sports car and urinate on my neighbor’s bicycle which was chained to a tree while his friends cheered him on and cars behind theirs honked. I feel bad for the stoop pooper (I’ve seen her myself) but I have no sympathy for the young asshat pissing on a bike. Wish I got the license plate.
montrose, yes, it is surely a sad situation in many respects. but it’s possible to treat the topic of stoop poops with some levity on a website (which the woman will surely never read) while at the same time supporting charitable and other efforts to combat homelessness and related issues (which many of us do when we aren’t snarking online).
I know where this discussion is going to lead now…..and it has to do with some large building in CH!!
When this topic first appeared last year, or whenever, it received the same levity as now. Not to be the only serious one in the room, but do you realize the state of mental and physical degredation someone has to have to defecate out on the street, on someone’s stoop? This woman doesn’t need to be arrested, she needs to be helped. I hope some local Good Samaritan is able to bring her to the attention of those who could help her.
Is it terrible that I think this is brilliant? Maybe this is a political statement or maybe she knows that you flagrantly misplace both apostrophes and capital letters alike and wants you to know that she knows.
I haven’t had the pleasure of stepping over a poop on my own stoop just yet, but there’s one that’s been festering on the Brooklyn Bridge for a week and there are a few train station exits that see regular use. Honestly, I’d rather she pooped out on a stoop than in a subway staircase.
My parents think I make people take shoes off in my apt because I’m worried about scuffing the floors. Or because I have a fetish for Asian culture. These are not why. Why is because I know what they’ve been stepping in with those shoes all day and it is nasty.
The bigger issue that no one is addressing is the profound lack of supportive housing and mental health services citywide.
Not to be a total Compost Pedant, but the waste of meat-eating animals is a no-no, whereas vegetarian horse (and cow, unless they are factory-farmed and being force fed scrapie) poop is all good.