Individuals sitting on our stoop
I just purchase a 2 family brownstone in Bedfordstuyvesant. I am having problems keeping a certain set a individuals who hang out daily off my stoop. I have ask them nicely to not sit on my stoop. Two days ago a child throw rocks at our windows. Any suggestions?
I just purchase a 2 family brownstone in Bedfordstuyvesant. I am having problems keeping a certain set a individuals who hang out daily off my stoop. I have ask them nicely to not sit on my stoop. Two days ago a child throw rocks at our windows. Any suggestions?
This is an old problem most of us have had. It’s a new experience to you because you’re a new home owner. Some of the above posters have some over the top ideas, like pee in and cup or opera. You’re taking a big chance if you go that route. You could be inviting a game ( or war ) of sorts. I think those ideas are fun fantasy but you’re better off calling 311 or the Police. Be upfront with the people hanging out on your stoop. Be nice and tell them that your stoop is not public space. We had the same trouble when we first moved in. Often in the morning I would find beer bottles left in front of our house. I guess they considered my stoop a public party space. Originally most row houses didn’t have fences or gates. Over time people added gates and fences, so now the houses that are open to the sidewalks have become invitations for a stop. Older people stop to catch their breath and kids just like to hang out and meet up with their friends..( Some of these kids can be 19 and up! ) The small kids just love to hang out on other peoples stoop too, I can understand it, It’s like playing ball in the street is different than in the park. This is what city life is about. We all live around & on top of each other, it’s natural that there will be some spill over into your space. Once we put a gate in, people would move to the closest stoop that didn’t have one.
The opera idea is a great one. If that doesn’t work, before having a permanent iron gate installed, try a simple chain barrier approach. You should be able to pick something up at the local hardware store.
A more drastic option is to purchase a Smellslikecraptor 1000 online, aim it at the offenders discreetly from the nearest front windows, and flip the switch. I suggest using setting four “rotten milk” or setting seven “decaying rat innards.”
Good luck!
You dont need to play opera. Put on family radio or a christian music station and you will then see people flee.Also throw some ammonia or bleach by the garbage cans then wash down the stairs.If all else fails, go outside with a bible in your hand,sit on the step and start reading aloud a few passages, preferably the ten commandments or a few chapters from Revelations all the while shouting halleleujah periodically.You will have the block to yourself.
I like the pee in a cup idea. If that don’t work you could always take a dump in a plate and leave it there.
Used to have this happen all the time with high school students at a house I had in Jersey City. They would just sit and sit and then leave all their snack wrappers all over the steps. When we said that this was our house and to get off the stairs to two young ladies they just ignored us. They didn’t even move aside to let us easily walk down our own stairs. So we followed up with interval afterschool dog walks with our Pit/Lab mix. Word go around and we never saw anyone else sit there.
I think the best advice is to go stoopsit when you see them on your stoop…and bring out your pitbull with you.
new2hood – wow, you really are new 2 hood.
pee in a cup, toss cup of pee onto stoop. see if anyone wants to sit there. hose off. repeat until not longer needed.
2:47, that is the dumbest line of reasoning I think I’ve ever heard on this board. Trespassing is not a brooklyn institution.