Teen-on-Teen Shooting on Downing Street
We received a tip—which we’ve since been able to confirm—that there was a double shooting on Saturday night in the schoolyard at PS 56 in Clinton Hill. Evidently there was some kind of gathering (described by one neighbor as “insanely loud”) that had a number of teenagers at it and that at about 8:45 p.m….
We received a tip—which we’ve since been able to confirm—that there was a double shooting on Saturday night in the schoolyard at PS 56 in Clinton Hill. Evidently there was some kind of gathering (described by one neighbor as “insanely loud”) that had a number of teenagers at it and that at about 8:45 p.m. a boy and girl (ages 14 and 15) were shot by another teen who is still at large; neither victim was killed. Unfortunately, there seems to be a incident like this every year around this time. Any other neighbors hear the goings-on or witness the aftermath?
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This is NYC, not Pleasantville.
ugh. dont you SEE the irony in your statement? cuz it’s people like YOU who want to turn nyc into pleasantville.. GRRRRR
*Rob*
That’s interesting, Rob. I don’t know what your interpretation of degentrification is, but according to city, and despite this article, crime is down in NYC over last year, which was a record low.
Goes against everything the What has proclaimed, which is why he’s pissed probably.
Not only is crime even lower, but the population of NYC has increased to 8.4 million people.
The mass exodus and rampant crime sprees simply haven’t materialized.
Sorry to hear about this incident, but these things do still happen unfortunately. This is NYC, not Pleasantville. You don’t want to hear about a shooting…the largest city in the country might not be the best place for you. We’ve got it pretty darn good these days to live practically on top of over 8 million other people and see 500 murders a year or so.
Everything in Clinton Hill is about me and I am a racist so all articles about Clinton Hill are racist.
I refuse to see that black people make contributions to this site, including a weekly article by montrose which highlights the beauty of my neighborhood and the accomplishments of the black residents to make and keep my neighborhood clean and safe.
I capitalize the b in black, but I call white people asshats.
why does a teenager even own a gun? where does he keep it at home? mom, don’t go in my room I don’t want you touching my gun. I want to know who sold that kid his gun. where did it come from?
as a neighbor of this school yard I often wonder who is in control of things there. It seems to be the only school yard I know of that is never locked and never seems to have any supervision at all. Other playgrounds and school yards around the city have posted hours, locked gates, the ones run by the parks department often have personnel on site. This school yard is a constant source of problems on the block. It is wonderful to have a place that people can go and play basketball, ride a bike or play hopscotch 24 hours a day. Don’t get me wrong, I love that it exists for real recreational activities. However, it is also a location which draws large rowdy crowds at all hours of the night, drinking on the street, blaring music from cars and using it more as an outside living room than a park or playground. What would it take to get some real supervision over there?
the gather in Saturday was HUGE and very loud. They had no permits, there was no one supervising anything.
I am going to start writing letters to our elected officials to try to get something done. I hope others will join me.
it’s worse than last year tho 11217, and will continue to get worse. and im on for another year in park slope. let the degentrication being! woo woo
*rob*
I heard the same thing on my block about the graze-wound thing. Small consolation really as that is just luck. It was a chaotic frightening situation for sure. Seems like the police handled it as well as could be expected. They were certainly there very fast and the situation quickly was brought under control without more insanity.
“I can’t wait until this fall…”
Is there an echo in here…?
We heard the same line last year.
“Recent buyers: You paid how much to live in Clinton Hill?”
It’s about Delusion BHO. In their minds Asshat Hill is the new Park Slope. I can’t wait until this fall…
Can someone point out how many positive stories about Black people on Brownstoner??
Can someone point out how many positive stories about our neighborhood people on Brownstoner??
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…