Broken Truck Window

Dear Neighbor,
I saw that your driver’s side windows of your RAM1500 truck was smashed tonight (at approx 6:50pm), parked on the corner of Water and Jay Street (on Water St) while walking by. I told the nearby police patrol about it, who said “there’s nothing we can do about it.” Hope you or your friends will go and cover the window to prevent further damage.

Sincerely,
A Concerned Citizen

26 Comment

  • More evidence of King Mike and how crime is going down. WHAT A JOKE! Honestly, people, Nov 3rd, you have to vote Bloomberg out! A Bloomberg win = More water rate increases, higher rents, more crime, EVERYTHING more expensive. Time to send Mike back to Boston. Thank you sir, your job is done here.

    No2Bloomber3Terms

    • I'm no Bloomberg cheerleader, but Bloomberg isn't the one making these people smash windows. With this shitty economy I was expecting more shoot outs and overt violence in the streets and masses of white people fleeing dumbo, but so far it aint happening

      • Who do you expect to perpetrate these shootings and violence? Out of work currency traders? For the most part, the urban poor (presumably the people who will commit these crimes) are untouched by the current economic downturn. I don't think Shaniqua's mortgage is in default or Jamal Mohammad's Visa has been hiked to 29.99% APR. (It's already there!)
        White people fleeing Dumbo is already in their DNA. Troll the archives of DumboNYC and you'll find “white man's burden” threads about “reaching out” and the need “to do something” about our urban poor neighbors. That form of racism has been replaced with the traditional suburban fear/loathing strain. Blatantly racist but at least more honest.”Going to bush” in Brooklyn is exciting until you realize that your toeheads need a more insular education and the sticker shock at St. Ann's or Packard makes you soil your pants.
        That is the straw that will break the trust fund's back!
        Best wishes for your future,
        loose stool

        • The out of work currency traders are the biggest criminals of them all, but that is not the debate here. The Mayor is consistently campaigning on a low crime line. I was born and raised here and experienced New York during the crime hay day. I have no plans o leaving. But I am also not stupid enough to see the writing on the wall. When you start cutting services, firehouses, section 8 housing and other social programs, crime increases. People who think this mayor has done a good job are living in a fantasy land. The only neighborhood that has benefited from the King's 2 terms is times square, and the 'benefit' were lawn chairs and massive police presence. The rest of the city has been suffering under this wanna-be napoleon. Yes, no one is forcing people to smash widows, but this is the result of a bad economy. People are getting desperate.

          Schools are better? That is also a work of fiction. Schools are worse. Teachers have gotten beaten by students, students are violently attacking each other and people on the street. It doesn't get reported. The King has decreed all principals to shut up about these inconvenient facts. More students passing? Sure, if you lower the passing grade, more students will pass. Means that we are pumping out idiots and calling them 'educated'.

          Sure, we don't know Thompson too well, but lets look at that argument for a moment. We didn't know Bloomberg either. Now we do. We are paying higher rents, more for water and basic services than we did when he first came into office. Strangely, the Mayor who boasts he gets $1 a year to be mayor has had his net worth, during his 2 terms, had quadrupled from $5 billion to $20 Billion! Where is this money coming from? Does anybody bother to ask that question? He is the boss of the special interests. He just conveniently cut out the middle man. He is 'THE MAN', and yet, people are blind and act like sheep ready for the slaughter. This man WILL raise your bills. Thompson, 'MAY', but we already know what the King has done. He has bought off all the major media outlets in the city. He has bought out quinnipac, you know the people who do the polls. He believes he is above us all when it comes to the laws, this is why he over-turned term limits. He is spending $1 million dollars a day to get re-elected. Why? Why does he need to spend so much money if he is doing a good job? Because he is a businessman, he knows that a total $95 Million dollar investment will reap billions in returns. And people are buying it, hook line and sinker. Hamodia, a hassidic paper in Brooklyn REFUSES to endorse Bloomberg and are reporting on the strong arm tactics and puff pro-Bloomberg articles the campaign is trying to shove down their editors' throats.

          So in closing, you think the smashed windows are bad?, wait till you see what happens when this man gets an illegal third term.

          No2Bloomberg3Terms

        • I think there is plenty evidence that the urban poor has suffered in this downturn. The one rule of thumb you can count on when it comes to economics is the people at the bottom always get the worst of everything. That's how “trickle down” works.

          The funny thing about your argument, LS, is you berate the invisible hand for attrition while you complaining about it being here…

          • “The funny thing about your argument, LS, is you berate the invisible hand for attrition while you complaining about it being here…”
            Like Duh! DS, it only allows the gentrifiers to sleep at night. The only requirement for Caring is to wear your compassion on your sleeve and demand somebody “do something”. Nobody wants poor people around. That's why shit holes like Farragut get built, the Shamwow of poor people.
            loose stool

          • Loose Stool,

            Farragut was originally built for U.S. servicemen stationed at the Navy Yard.

            No2Bloomberg3Terms

          • No2Bloomberg, I agree with you on Queen Mike but Farragut was not built for the Navy. Why would the City build housing for a complex that by the 1950's was beginning to close up shop? Here's a link to headlines related to the history of our neighbors. Nothing indicates that the Farragut Houses were anything but more warehouses for the poor.
            http://www.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&q=his
            cordially
            loose stool

          • Loose Stool, unfortunately, the NYT has decided to charge for that article,

            But in the interests of historical accuracy, here we go…

            First, the Brooklyn Naval Yard was decommissioned in 1966.
            http://tinyurl.com/yk4oxzy

            Second, I was incorrect, the Farragut houses were built for the Veterans of World War Two and their families.

            I present to you the document for Vinegar Hill's Historic status, as the area that Farragut occupies was part of Greater Vinegar Hill at one time.(very interesting read)
            http://tinyurl.com/yg3kq2x

            On Page 12 (18 of PDF file)

            “Following World War II, the City leveled a large part of the neighborhood adjacent to the historic district for the construction of the sprawling Farragut Houses and the winding Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). The New York City Housing Authority built the Farragut Houses in 1952 to provide low-cost housing for war veterans and their families. The high-rise project obliterated several blocks of houses, as well as Vinegar Hill's major thoroughfare and shopping strip, Sands Street.”

            No2Bloomber3Terms

  • More evidence of King Mike and how crime is going down. WHAT A JOKE! Honestly, people, Nov 3rd, you have to vote Bloomberg out! A Bloomberg win = More water rate increases, higher rents, more crime, EVERYTHING more expensive. Time to send Mike back to Boston. Thank you sir, your job is done here.

    No2Bloomber3Terms

    • I'm no Bloomberg cheerleader, but Bloomberg isn't the one making these people smash windows. With this shitty economy I was expecting more shoot outs and overt violence in the streets and masses of white people fleeing dumbo, but so far it aint happening

      • Who do you expect to perpetrate these shootings and violence? Out of work currency traders? For the most part, the urban poor (presumably the people who will commit these crimes) are untouched by the current economic downturn. I don't think Shaniqua's mortgage is in default or Jamal Mohammad's Visa has been hiked to 29.99% APR. (It's already there!)
        White people fleeing Dumbo is already in their DNA. Troll the archives of DumboNYC and you'll find “white man's burden” threads about “reaching out” and the need “to do something” about our urban poor neighbors. That form of racism has been replaced with the traditional suburban fear/loathing strain. Blatantly racist but at least more honest.”Going to bush” in Brooklyn is exciting until you realize that your toeheads need a more insular education and the sticker shock at St. Ann's or Packard makes you soil your pants.
        That is the straw that will break the trust fund's back!
        Best wishes for your future,
        loose stool

        • The out of work currency traders are the biggest criminals of them all, but that is not the debate here. The Mayor is consistently campaigning on a low crime line. I was born and raised here and experienced New York during the crime hay day. I have no plans o leaving. But I am also not stupid enough to see the writing on the wall. When you start cutting services, firehouses, section 8 housing and other social programs, crime increases. People who think this mayor has done a good job are living in a fantasy land. The only neighborhood that has benefited from the King's 2 terms is times square, and the 'benefit' were lawn chairs and massive police presence. The rest of the city has been suffering under this wanna-be napoleon. Yes, no one is forcing people to smash widows, but this is the result of a bad economy. People are getting desperate.

          Schools are better? That is also a work of fiction. Schools are worse. Teachers have gotten beaten by students, students are violently attacking each other and people on the street. It doesn't get reported. The King has decreed all principals to shut up about these inconvenient facts. More students passing? Sure, if you lower the passing grade, more students will pass. Means that we are pumping out idiots and calling them 'educated'.

          Sure, we don't know Thompson too well, but lets look at that argument for a moment. We didn't know Bloomberg either. Now we do. We are paying higher rents, more for water and basic services than we did when he first came into office. Strangely, the Mayor who boasts he gets $1 a year to be mayor has had his net worth, during his 2 terms, had quadrupled from $5 billion to $20 Billion! Where is this money coming from? Does anybody bother to ask that question? He is the boss of the special interests. He just conveniently cut out the middle man. He is 'THE MAN', and yet, people are blind and act like sheep ready for the slaughter. This man WILL raise your bills. Thompson, 'MAY', but we already know what the King has done. He has bought off all the major media outlets in the city. He has bought out quinnipac, you know the people who do the polls. He believes he is above us all when it comes to the laws, this is why he over-turned term limits. He is spending $1 million dollars a day to get re-elected. Why? Why does he need to spend so much money if he is doing a good job? Because he is a businessman, he knows that a total $95 Million dollar investment will reap billions in returns. And people are buying it, hook line and sinker. Hamodia, a hassidic paper in Brooklyn REFUSES to endorse Bloomberg and are reporting on the strong arm tactics and puff pro-Bloomberg articles the campaign is trying to shove down their editors' throats.

          So in closing, you think the smashed windows are bad?, wait till you see what happens when this man gets an illegal third term.

          No2Bloomberg3Terms

        • I think there is plenty evidence that the urban poor has suffered in this downturn. The one rule of thumb you can count on when it comes to economics is the people at the bottom always get the worst of everything. That's how “trickle down” works.

          The funny thing about your argument, LS, is you berate the invisible hand for attrition while you complaining about it being here…

          • “The funny thing about your argument, LS, is you berate the invisible hand for attrition while you complaining about it being here…”
            Like Duh! DS, it only allows the gentrifiers to sleep at night. The only requirement for Caring is to wear your compassion on your sleeve and demand somebody “do something”. Nobody wants poor people around. That's why shit holes like Farragut get built, the Shamwow of poor people.
            loose stool

          • Loose Stool,

            Farragut was originally built for U.S. servicemen stationed at the Navy Yard.

            No2Bloomberg3Terms

          • No2Bloomberg, I agree with you on Queen Mike but Farragut was not built for the Navy. Why would the City build housing for a complex that by the 1950's was beginning to close up shop? Here's a link to headlines related to the history of our neighbors. Nothing indicates that the Farragut Houses were anything but more warehouses for the poor.
            http://www.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&q=his
            cordially
            loose stool

          • Loose Stool, unfortunately, the NYT has decided to charge for that article,

            But in the interests of historical accuracy, here we go…

            First, the Brooklyn Naval Yard was decommissioned in 1966.
            http://tinyurl.com/yk4oxzy

            Second, I was incorrect, the Farragut houses were built for the Veterans of World War Two and their families.

            I present to you the document for Vinegar Hill's Historic status, as the area that Farragut occupies was part of Greater Vinegar Hill at one time.(very interesting read)
            http://tinyurl.com/yg3kq2x

            On Page 12 (18 of PDF file)

            “Following World War II, the City leveled a large part of the neighborhood adjacent to the historic district for the construction of the sprawling Farragut Houses and the winding Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). The New York City Housing Authority built the Farragut Houses in 1952 to provide low-cost housing for war veterans and their families. The high-rise project obliterated several blocks of houses, as well as Vinegar Hill's major thoroughfare and shopping strip, Sands Street.”

            No2Bloomber3Terms

  • Thanks for putting up No2, you're still closer to the truth than I was. Thanks for sharing the PDF. Very interesting
    ls

  • Thanks for putting up No2, you're still closer to the truth than I was. Thanks for sharing the PDF. Very interesting
    ls

  • No2Bloomberg, I agree with you on Queen Mike but Farragut was not built for the Navy. Why would the City build housing for a complex that by the 1950's was beginning to close up shop? Here's a link to headlines related to the history of our neighbors. Nothing indicates that the Farragut Houses were anything but more warehouses for the poor.
    http://www.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&q=history+of+farragut+housing+brooklyn&um=1&ie=UTF-8&scoring=t&ei=vdboSo-BMcuZlAfzweymDQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CC4Q5wIwCg
    cordially
    loose stool

  • No2Bloomberg, I agree with you on Queen Mike but Farragut was not built for the Navy. Why would the City build housing for a complex that by the 1950's was beginning to close up shop? Here's a link to headlines related to the history of our neighbors. Nothing indicates that the Farragut Houses were anything but more warehouses for the poor.
    http://www.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&q=history+of+farragut+housing+brooklyn&um=1&ie=UTF-8&scoring=t&ei=vdboSo-BMcuZlAfzweymDQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CC4Q5wIwCg
    cordially
    loose stool

  • Loose Stool, unfortunately, the NYT has decided to charge for that article,

    But in the interests of historical accuracy, here we go…

    First, the Brooklyn Naval Yard was decommissioned in 1966.
    http://tinyurl.com/yk4oxzy

    Second, I was incorrect, the Farragut houses were built for the Veterans of World War Two and their families.

    I present to you the document for Vinegar Hill's Historic status, as the area that Farragut occupies was part of Greater Vinegar Hill at one time.(very interesting read)
    http://tinyurl.com/yg3kq2x

    On Page 12 (18 of PDF file)

    “Following World War II, the City leveled a large part of the neighborhood adjacent to the historic district for the construction of the sprawling Farragut Houses and the winding Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). The New York City Housing Authority built the Farragut Houses in 1952 to provide low-cost housing for war veterans and their families. The high-rise project obliterated several blocks of houses, as well as Vinegar Hill's major thoroughfare and shopping strip, Sands Street.”

    No2Bloomber3Terms

  • Loose Stool, unfortunately, the NYT has decided to charge for that article,

    But in the interests of historical accuracy, here we go…

    First, the Brooklyn Naval Yard was decommissioned in 1966.
    http://tinyurl.com/yk4oxzy

    Second, I was incorrect, the Farragut houses were built for the Veterans of World War Two and their families.

    I present to you the document for Vinegar Hill's Historic status, as the area that Farragut occupies was part of Greater Vinegar Hill at one time.(very interesting read)
    http://tinyurl.com/yg3kq2x

    On Page 12 (18 of PDF file)

    “Following World War II, the City leveled a large part of the neighborhood adjacent to the historic district for the construction of the sprawling Farragut Houses and the winding Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). The New York City Housing Authority built the Farragut Houses in 1952 to provide low-cost housing for war veterans and their families. The high-rise project obliterated several blocks of houses, as well as Vinegar Hill's major thoroughfare and shopping strip, Sands Street.”

    No2Bloomber3Terms

  • Thanks for putting up No2, you're still closer to the truth than I was. Thanks for sharing the PDF. Very interesting
    ls

  • Thanks for putting up No2, you're still closer to the truth than I was. Thanks for sharing the PDF. Very interesting
    ls