Pot Smoking Next Door
Next door to our coop building is a privately owned townhouse. One of the family members (the 20-something son) sits on the stoop multiple times per day smoking pot. I wouldn’t care except that somehow the air circulates in such a way that a lot of the smoke comes into our building’s foyer and stairway…
Next door to our coop building is a privately owned townhouse. One of the family members (the 20-something son) sits on the stoop multiple times per day smoking pot. I wouldn’t care except that somehow the air circulates in such a way that a lot of the smoke comes into our building’s foyer and stairway (somehow being sucked through the mail slot or cracks around the door). The smell is really intense. Jokes aside, it’s getting old trying to dodge my kids’ questions about the funny “cigarrette” smell all the time.
The problem is that the family in question is not one that you would feel comfortable asking for them to go inside. Hostility and/or vandalism would likely result. They probably don’t want to admit their kid is doing this. The question is, if we were to call the local precinct, is there anything they would actually do? Can they arrest someone for possesion of a small amount of pot on their private property?
BTW, this is not about white gentrifiers complaining about the local poor people — these neighbors are white, pre-gentrification Park Slopers.
“good luck getting a cop to show up for a white kid burning on his stoop in park slope.”
True that!
Kenny G
very loud opera.
Create a mildly unattractive environment for him in a way that seems unintentional. Lots of friendly chit-chat might be enough to drive him to another location. I’ve heard they use easy-listening music outside convenience stores in the suburbs to keep high school kids from hanging out in front.
Jesuz. Step up. Don’t be a wuss. Tell him to take a walk.
Gosh, poor kid, must have cancer or something. Probably being considerate to his mom, not smoking in the house.
If you’re worried about them vandalizing your home if you mention it to them, they’ll really be unhappy when you call the cops.
I would approach them and just say the kid is smoking, without mentioning the pot, and that it’s getting into your house.
“BTW, this is not about white gentrifiers complaining about the local poor people — these neighbors are white, pre-gentrification Park Slopers.”
So this is about a gentrifier complaining about local pre-gentrification people. Doesn’t matter what color or class they are, so what’s your point?
Do what my awesome pre-gentrification Park Slope neighbor did to our semi-gentrification neighbor who was smoking pot in the backyard….turn the hose on him.
Much like many of the neighbors I had in the Slope in the early ’70s; I thought they were extinct.