Playground Jail in Bed Stuy Sparking Outrage
The emergence of a jail-themed jungle gym at the Tompkins Houses in Bedford Stuyvesant has the community in an uproar. Black and Brown News, which ran this image earlier this week, did some homework and found that NYCHA was responsible for ordering it earlier this week. I don’t think they should put that there in…
The emergence of a jail-themed jungle gym at the Tompkins Houses in Bedford Stuyvesant has the community in an uproar. Black and Brown News, which ran this image earlier this week, did some homework and found that NYCHA was responsible for ordering it earlier this week. I don’t think they should put that there in a neighborhood where many Blacks and Latinos go to jail,” one resident of the public housing complex told BBN. “My son will ask me, Mommy, if I go in there, will I go to jail. As of yesterday, NYCHA had told BBN it was “looking into” the matter and there had been no response yet from the mayor’s office. Pretty mind-boggling and offensive, no?
Jail Playground’ at NYC Public Housing Property [BBN]GMAP
Photo by Monifa Bandele
Biff, ENY gets upset when we mention anything to do with sex lives.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 24, 2010 5:44 PM
Yeah. Like me getting upset would ever stop you from posting about your sex life. BTW Dave, you’re right – one of my posts made assumptions about your views on the economy, and did not accurately reflect what you actually posted. For that I apologize.
298…
Gotta…make..it…to…300! (Catchy name, they should make a movie with that title)
THIS IS BROWNSTONER!
while this is a fairly big fail, it only serves to distract.
It’s a toy, get over it. The real issue is that a hugely disproportionate number of humans from certain areas are being placed in captivity. I don’t think this toy has much to do with that.
Biff, ENY gets upset when we mention anything to do with sex lives.
“The school of hard knocks is always in session.”
When is the school of big knockers in session?
Joe,
The school of hard knocks is always in session.
especially in Brooklyn.
BTW,
Chris Rock is an alumnus of the outstanding Marine Park I.S. 278, which is Joe from Brooklyn’s alma mater as well.
Newsflash:
Drudge report states that the Brownstoner playground
photo was photoshopped over a housing project backdrop.
In actuality
there is a small hut at this location
housing 15 illegal aliens
whose names weren’t available for comment
at this time.
…more to follow.