This is a blog to log the problems that have been persisting, for at least the past decade, on the 200 block of Sackett Street, in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Every year, especially in warm months, certain youths - hereafter referred to as "stoopers" - invade the 200 block of Sackett Street, hanging out on the stoops of buildings they do not, any of them, live in, rolling blunts, drinking from open containers, blocking passage and creating massive Quality of Life issues for the tax-paying lawful residents of the 200 block of Sackett Street. Sometimes, the stoopers harass or intimidate or in some cases assault the residents of this block. Drugs are dealt openly, cars pull and up and deals are made, and, as the summer slides on, it only gets worse.
Now, these stoopers - most of them - are repeat offenders who live on the block and whose parents, though aware of the problem, don't give a shit or maybe they have no say. Since the problem is persistent, and the offenders the same, the purpose of this blog is to chart complaints made to the police, to 311, and any and all incidents involving the stoopers in the hopes that, perhaps with a bit of publicity or noteriety, something will be done by somebody.
Sure, calls are made to the police and sometimes they respond, but more than once we have been hung up on or ignored or maybe they come and tell the stoopers to disperse but then they either don't or they come right back. (One officer even said that since smoking pot or drinking from open containers is merely a misdemeanor, hey, no cop in his/her right mind is going to waste valuable time writing a ticket and following up going to court - which is NOT why the tax-payers of the borough of Brooklyn pay cops' salaries, it need not be pointed out.) Since much of the activity is illegal, and hazardous not only to the residents of the block but the entire neighborhood, something, finally, needs to be done about this.
So, fellow residents, please, feel free to leave your frustrations, annoyances, and most importantly any and all incidents you know about.
