After our post last week about kids tossing things at people and about “detritus” being flung in Boerum Hill, we got a compelling email from a resident about a different problem. This one is on Sackett Street between Clinton and Henry. They’ve even got a blog about it, which offers a fascinating chronicle of watching […]

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There are few topics that provoke more reaction than the quality, or lack thereof, of internet service (except the Postal Service). So, we were amused to come across some emails getting at the topic of crappy internet service in Carroll Gardens & Boerum Hill and whether Road Runner is better or worse than Verizon DSL […]

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This email from the Boerum Hill group was passed on to us. It is slightly reminiscent of the hooliganism incident in Carroll Park a couple of months back that got some traction and also addresses issues of what the writer sees as a non-caring attitude by police about “anti-social incidents.” Here is it: On Saturday […]

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If it’s not one thing, it’s another. In recent weeks, we’ve had a spate of stories about car window smashings and tire slashings on Boerum Hill, not to mention hookers under windows and (0ur favorite) the Boerum Hill Crapper. This morning, we find some emails about everyone’s favorite urban sonic scourge–the screaming car alarm. We […]

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There is nothing particularly brand new about this juxtaposition. It’s just that we happened to pay more attention to it the other day and noticed the 1876 atop 333 Warren Street, which is next door to 335 Warren Street. We also noted that the flowers in the windows of the empty building are a nice […]

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Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

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The drama of Boerum Hill continues. (For those of you joining the story in progress, you can check in window smashings & tire slashings, chalk marks on trees and, our favorite, the Mad Crapper.) In any case, here’s a bit of the latest, from emails: On Monday night I was getting a drink of water […]

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There appears to be a rash of car window smashing, car break-ins and, even, tire slashings going on Boerum Hill. This email indicates why we say this: This past Sunday morning (had to be after 4 am because I was up) my tire was slashed 5 times. I’m on Pacific and Bond. When I went […]

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What is going on in Boerum Hill? We’ll deal with the subject of attacks on cars in moment, and direct you to the continuation of our Mad Crapper story if you wish to be enlightened about that. No, this is about something else: Here’s a weird thing. My wife and I noticed unintelligible chalk marks […]

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Is it that there’s more of this stuff in Boerum Hill or just that we see more emails from there? In any case, last week we dealt with the issue of people taking dumps outdoors in Boerum Hill. Today, we’ve got dogshit (attention Miss Heather) and dead rats. We bring you e-mail number one: On […]

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[Photo courtesy of paulpablopawel/flickr] “Stories in the Garden” start tonight at the Hoyt Street Garden at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street. They’ll be taking place every Tuesday at 7:00PM from June 26-July 31 and are described as “delightful story readings by parents and neighbors.” The readings for kids include free lemonade and […]

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We’re not sure what to make of all this, except that sidewalks with dog byproduct are bad enough, but coming outside to find, um, human waste, is even worse. Hey, it’s New York City and it’s Brooklyn and all that, but we still noticed this series of emails from residents in Boerum Hill. We’d seen […]

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We’ve been remiss in not mentioning Brooklyn writer Gabriel Cohen‘s new novel Boombox, which is a story about class, race, gentrification and clashing cultures set in Boerum Hill. Gabriel, who is both a superb writer and a very nice person, called us a while back to tell us about the book. We read it during […]

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The city’s Economic Development Corp. has issued a “Request for Expressions of Interest” for the Brooklyn House of Detention (AKA the Jail with Retail) on Atlantic Avenue. The RFEI, as it’s known, talks about a 165,000 square foot jail expansion for 720 inmate beds and two towers with 238,500 square feet of residential or commercial […]

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Last time we checked on the quality of postal service in Boreum Hill, there were problems. Apparently, nothing has improved in the interim, according to this email we saw, especially if you like reading your New Yorker: I know there have been lots of discussions on these lists about bad post office service. I am […]

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