5.30.07

213 was off the hook: eight, maybe a dozen people, more than half of them unfamiliar looking, a/k/a from Red Hook here for a deal or a dame, standing around drinking from open containers and passing reefer.

The NYPD responded quick, and effectively--one of the offenders was summonsed, while the others dispersed. Unfortunately, the ones who live around here weren't ticketed ... so therefore the problem will probably continue ... and they just went down the block to 236 for the rest of the night into the morning.

5.29.07

The three hoodrats - D, D's sister and the other, lives around the block - were on the steps of 227 (none of them live there), passing a blunt back and forth from about 5 pm till about 8 pm. Not moving when the people who did live, and pay rent, there came home.

5.26.07

Memorial Day Weekend started as expected, with two guys, unfamiliar-looking, strolling down Sackett while openly rolling a joint. Even saw the green buds of the marijuana. To top it off, they were followed by a woman pushing a baby. Then, K and D smoked joint after joint at 2xx, before disperssing.

5.22.07

It was like old times out on Sackett Street last night, at least for a while.

The night started quiet and calm, then next thing you know there were 12, maybe more, loiterers on at least three residences with people drinking open containers in brown bags and others who haven't been around, suggesting possibly a shipment of some kind had come in, as marijuana cigarettes were passed back and forth.

5.21.07

Monday evening, the usual crew hanging out at the usual location passing around a blunt. Later, residents return home, even toting a toddler, but the offenders do not move.

5.20.07

Once again, rampant open-container violations. Three hours later, the party breaks up.

5.19.07

As in the good ol' days, the usual crew in the usual location smoking joint, while families come in. Cars come up and pull aside, double-parked, and transactions are transacted. The party lasts till 4 a.m., possibly longer.