9.29.07

Another crazed night - a bit blurry and dark, since it's so far away, but there were about 30 or so on the corner for about an hour last night, a few of them wandering down the block to relieve themselves in public, others drinking...

9.29.07

Not so bad; not so good, either. Three on the stoop drinking and passing a bunt, thankfully not for too long, but still...



and then ten minutes later - after a swing around the block:

9.27.07

It's been relatively quiet around here this past week - either they've been patrolling, as promised, or the word's out - and just the sudden disappearance of everything and everyone has made us that much more confident what really was/is going on around here on the block - e.g., dealing.



They were out there, double-parked like that and drinking a 40, for over an hour; don't know if a patrol came, but probably not as we saw them again this morning (no 40).

9.19.07

A brief respite, but last night, 213 was abuzz for a few hours with the usual suspects drinking, it seemed, from the way they were guzzling, alcohol in water bottles, and passing reefers back and forth; not sure if the call to 311 cleared them out, or if they just left.

And later, we witnessed our first full-on drug deal--we've seen it before, knew it was around, but last night we saw the long-haired dealer on our block at 2xx reach in grab a hand-held package, saw the package clearly in the glow from the streetlights, then the dealer go to a car idling in the fire hydrant and reach in through the window, do the deal, then get in the passenger-side and smoke up. Later still, we saw the same dealer go around the block in another car, then was dropped off in a fancy never-seen-it-before-last-week-but-seen-it-four-times-since Hummer.

9.15.07

More of the same; this time, for over 3 hours:

9.12.07 (Incident 1)

We were harrassed and threatened at our residence by some people who were hanging out on our stoop for hours, after being asked to move and not move. Turned out, the cops were called, stoop cleared, but the same people who threatened us were out down the block till well past 2 a.m., when we finally retired - and the next morning, cop cars were stationed around the block at the residence of some of these offenders.

(Due to privacy issues, further details will have to be requested.)

9.12.07 (Incident 2)

Screaming coming from 236 on two separate occassions, once around 10 and then again later, after midnight. The second time, two cruisers and one bus (a van, really) respond and two cops are speaking with one of the residents of 236, while two others talk to another resident.

We are not sure whether arrests were made, or if anything came of it--but the cruisers were there for almost two hours.

9.10.07

More photos from the weekend - just hanging out, but first, some kind of deal:

9.8.07

Not as bad as it's ever been, certainly, but pretty bad--a group down at 236 with three cars presently double-parked (suggesting drug activity, since people come out to "meet" the cars) and then a group down at 222 playing poker or another card game and smoking blunts in the middle of the sidewalk (the smell is unmistakable). Calls to the 76 are answered, but there's still a group in front of 213, while the other group dispersed, got in a car and drunkenly drove away, running a red light... Drunkenly. Running. A. Red. Light.

Here, a pick of the cars double-parked:










And the poker game:

9.5.07

After a relatively quiet Labor Day weekend, the madness continued again last night - possibly a new shipment came in, as there were half a dozen non-residents milling about, everyone out smoking blunts, and cars coming by stopping then driving away, after being "greeted" by one of the non-residents.

In other news, apparently the 76 is too "busy" to add our block to the list of "hot spots" in the neighborhood, at least "until 9/11" - this despite relentless calls, on and off, all summer long, not to mention earlier assurances that something would be done, as early as May.