Comments on: Increased Crime in Dumbo at Night

By: lacoste polo shirts

lacoste polo shirts — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:04:00 +0000

I know it’s empowering to rant on a blog, but save the bravado please.
If any of you had any balls you wouldn’t be bitching behind an anonymous
thread.

By: hey "great"

hey "great" — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:16:36 +0000

it must be nice for an coward like yourself to have discovered a medium where you can spew your ignorance anonymously. what a big man you are. your tax dollars- please

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:44:52 +0000

It happened again, Sunday? Where are the police????

By: Absolutely Pathetic

Absolutely Pathetic — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:06:25 +0000

Oh and Tessie, after reading that, I’m willing to bet that if anything, MY tax dollars are going to be “redistributed” to people like yourself, so being that I’m not complaining about it, I’d rather you just said thank you.

By: Absolutely Pathetic

Absolutely Pathetic — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:00:02 +0000

This thread is full of f*c&#n sissies.

1) In regards to the bowling ball idea….bravo! Please let us all know when you do that so I can put a face on such a brilliant thought.
2) I know it’s empowering to rant on a blog, but save the bravado please. If any of you had any balls you wouldn’t be bitching behind an anonymous thread.
3) A couple robberies and you are supporting the citizen militia? Please…..get a life. That’s why there is so much gun violence. If you are scared then just say it…don’t think you’re fooloing anyone when you read about a couple robberies and start talking about carrying a firearm to foragers. LOSER
4) No-one deserves to get robbed. No-one. But some of you deserve to be bitch slapped for all your whining. If you can’t handle the reality of life in NYC, leave. Simple as that. There’s open spots in gated communities all over long island and from what it seems- many of you would be far more comfortable there. The people you keep referencing are from Brooklyn. This is their neighborhood too- like it or not. If some juvenile delinquent kids are committing crimes, then that is the problem, not the “projects”. The majority of people at Farragut are good people who are poor and are struggling to get by just like most people in this country right now.
5) If you can’t realize that Mikenyc is deliberately trying to provoke you, you are simply not very bright. Recognize that, accept it and try to make the best out of your life with what you have to work with- but avoid intellectual debate in front of thos you want to impress.

By: tessie

tessie — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:00:57 +0000

deja vu to new york city of the 1970′s..welcome back to hell…and obamaland where your safety and security comes second to political correctness and the redistribution of everything one worked hard for…where is Rudy!!!Rudy for major, Rudy for governor, Rudy for senator, Rudy for president!! Keep voting in your liberal politicians brooklyn and all will keep deteriorating. I know, your just making a better world for your kids!

By: Dumbo NYC, Brooklyn » Archive » NYPD Sky Watch Deployed to Dumbo (DumboNYC.com)

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:16:05 +0000

[...] had a chance to check with NYPD how long they’ll be there, but could this be a result of the recent crime in Dumbo and Vinegar Hill? The menacing looking Sky Watch has high powered sensors, cameras, [...]

By: steamboat robot

steamboat robot — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:01:41 +0000

Every spring for the last 6 years that I have worked in Dumbo, the packs of kids run wild for a few weeks until the cops get wise and bust a few of them until it calms down. Yes in other years there have always been similar assaults. The answer is all of the above people. You already know the answers.
-Engage your local precinct (not just when you need them).
-Write letters to Yassky, Markowitz, Kelly, Bloombot
-Write letters to press. Eagle actually gets things moving among Yassky and Markowitz.
-Do what the police suggest.
-Report suspicious behaviour.
-Start a neighborhood patrol, groups of 3 or more to make a presence.
-Require doormen to regularly post outside as well as inside.
-Install cameras on buildings. Install fake cameras if you can’t install real cameras.
-Be careful. Partner up at night. Seriously.
-Carry mace, a cane, an umbrella, a gun, whatever is your legal flavor and use it.
-If provoked yell loud as hell, try to go inside an open business and if out of options put up a fight while yelling loud as hell. Teenagers run fast as hell, don’t bother running.
-Don’t expect blogging to solve anything.

By: suko tahari

suko tahari — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:52:52 +0000

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/permits/handgun_licensing_application.shtml

This is a link to the NYPD application for a handgun. Mind you, it doesn’t cover carrying a concealed weapon but at the very least it shows that you are not just flouting the law entirely.

So much for my arguments that the 2nd Amendment was only intended for states to raise a militia. The last thing I want to do is to promote a gun-toting citizenry and I am not a card-carrying member of the NRA but unfortunately its becoming apparent that, in certain circumstances, even reasonable and normal individuals sometimes have to act outside their comfort zone. In my case, its taking a proactive step to protect myself. I have no choice but to walk alone late at night with a small dog and I don’t plan on becoming a statistic. I’d prefer to do what is necessary to protect my life, if need be. Meetings and discussions are important but if the result of those meetings is a bunch of empty promises and a ‘don’t worry, we’ll take care of it’ response, I prefer to take matters into my own hands, literally.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:09:14 +0000

There are good reasons why you see doormen in Manhattan stand outside their buildings periodically throughout the day and night even when they’re not actively helping tenants in and out of the building or taking a break.

No one is asking them to be cops.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:00:36 +0000

AREN’T IN THE BUILDING. I wasn’t referring to the street. Clearly, I’m wasting my time.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:52:54 +0000

“…and make sure undesirables who have no business being there aren’t there.”

That’s all that’s being asked of them — to be an extra set of eyes on the street.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:13:43 +0000

Yes, that would be to OPEN THE DOOR for them, carry packages, and make sure undesirables who have no business being there aren’t there. They aren’t COPS.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:51:39 +0000

Doormen stand in front of their buildings to keep an eye out for their residents in Manhattan all the time. That’s why they’re called Doormen and not Lobbymen.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:53:27 +0000

I don’t believe acting as a crime preventing watchman on the street is a doormans job.