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A Mugging On Green Street?
Filed under: 11222, Criminal Activity, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
Although I have reached out to the person who was the victim of this crime (so as to get more details from him) I will share what facts I have now. On February 7, at ~4:00 a.m. someone was mugged on the stoop of 159 Green Street. As it was told to me he was locked out of his building and sought out a friend who resides in the building in question. When he approached the stoop, there was a rather large, heavy set African American gentleman sitting there. He asked the victim for money so he could buy drugs. He refused to give the man money, so it was physically taken from him. I have been told a police report has been filed and will hopefully get more information about what happened later today. I will pass it along here. In the meantime, dear readers, please exercise caution when you are out and about in our neighborhood. Especially late at night.
UPDATE, February 9, 2011 12:05 a.m.: Here’s what happened:
…He was waiting at the doorstep when he was approached by said wide-set African American man. The man told X that he just got out of jail after 10 years, and asked him to feel his shoulder muscle. Weird, yes. He then got in his face asking for money, and X, knowing that he had less than $20 in his wallet & wanting to get out of the situation ASAP, obliged to give him his cash. The man then informed him that he was going to use the money to buy crack.
So there have you.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: Home Sweet Home
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
Taken February 6, 2011.
Miss Heather
Reader Contribution du Jour: Brain on Ice
This hails from Huron Street and comes courtesy of Magnolia Thunderpussy.*
Miss Heather
*Really. This is the best online moniker I have beheld. Ever.
Found at the Intersection of Green Street & Manhattan Avenue: Nose Candy
Filed under: 11222, Criminal Activity, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
You know the neighborhood is getting downright tony when you find this much white stuff left in the baggie. Back in 2001 this bad boy would have been picked clean. Do these noobs think this shit simply grows on trees?!?
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Feral Mattress Watch: Inhabited
Filed under: 11222, Feral Furniture, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
Sherry Wasserman (who sent me the above specimen) writes:
Miss Heather:
Since Monday I’ve noticed many orphan mattresses. You’ve covered a few in your blog, but I think this one takes the cake. Ever since the big blizzard, garbage pick up in the Garden Spot of the Universe has been sporadic at best, and I’m wondering if anyone in nearby neighborhoods has experienced anything similar. This mattress — tagged with a bed-bug warning — has been waiting for the department of sanitation for most of this week. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the streets are clear and we haven’t had any blizzard-level precipitation that would warrant the cancellation of garbage pick up. Has New York’s Strongest given up?
Actually, this reminds me of an email I received from a Williamsburger but have been woefully remiss in sharing. Here it is. E writes:
Your post on the Mattress Mountain of Manhattan Avenue reminded me about something I saw on the Dept of Sanitation website.
I was there looking for information on Christmas tree pick up, but something else caught my eye: whenever you throw out a mattress in this fine city of ours nowadays, you’re supposed to encase it in plastic to prevent spread of bedbugs.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/collection/bulk.shtml
Apparently, it’s a fairly new rule. Obviously, it’s not being enforced (I know, shocker! Cuz our Sanitation Dept is soooo great! #sarcasm). I see un-encased mattresses wherever I go in our fine borough.
Anyway, just thought you may want to know. Maybe if the rule is actually publicized, people will do it regardless of lackluster enforcement?
So there have you.
Miss Heather
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