Forget people doing it in the Park, the real new threat in Park Slope is pipe theft. As in, people breaking into buildings to steal copper pipes. Per a post on Brooklynian:
Got home from work today and my landlady was sitting on the front stoop — she said there’d been a break-in and that somebody had stolen some copper pipes from the basement. None of the apartments were entered, and they didn’t even touch my bike or the old air conditioner or TV that I’d had out in my stoop sale, all of which were in the hallway outside my apartment and right by the basement door. Just the pipe. Landlady says they got in through the main door, either someone left it open or they drilled the lock. The lock was actually removed and taken away along with the pipes, weirdly enough. Scary …
We suppose the bright side is that the thieves were so intent on the copper pipe, they didn’t didn’t bother with apartments.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Brenda from Flatbush // Aug 14, 2008 at 11:05 am
Gee, doesn’t this make you nostalgic for those “gritty” old days of yore? …
2 Gersh // Aug 14, 2008 at 11:39 am
Hate to be a self-promoter (yeah, right), but I would be remiss in my duties if I didn’t point out that there is not a single paper that has been covering the bright red rash of copper thefts better than The Brooklyn Paper. Click below for our exhaustive coverage:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/29/31_29_gk_copper_arrest.html
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/27/31_27_metalheads_more_thefts.html
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/17/31_17_red_gold_copper_crooks.html
Almost every week, our Police Blotter (now posted every Wednesday!) has another copper theft update. Enjoy them all!
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GERSH KUNTZMAN
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The Brooklyn Paper
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3 Marie // Aug 14, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I sent this to my mom to comfort her. She lives in South Africa where copper -theft is rife.