Shootout in Saratoga Park in Broad Daylight?
There was a shootout in Saratoga Park around 5:50 pm Wednesday, according to a message on the Stuyvesant Heights Parents Group message board. Here is what it said: “I was just informed by my daughter’s teacher that there was shooting in Saratoga Park yesterday at approx. 5:50 pm — just before the after school program…
There was a shootout in Saratoga Park around 5:50 pm Wednesday, according to a message on the Stuyvesant Heights Parents Group message board. Here is what it said:
“I was just informed by my daughter’s teacher that there was shooting in Saratoga Park yesterday at approx. 5:50 pm — just before the after school program let out. Per the teacher, people were shooting after each other in a number of different directions. There were children in the park and adults were forced to pull them to the ground to protect them. She has suggested we don’t go to the park. Please protect your little people and yourself. Be vigilant, be at the ready and please report anything you see or hear any time it happens. I will be calling the precinct today to request police presence at the parks during peak times where we seem to have the most children (2 pm to 6 pm at Saratoga and the Blue Park at Stuyvesant and Fulton). I urge you to do the same.”
A followup message said a community affairs officer named Manderson said the shooting was a dispute between neighbors, and that the shooters were apprehended and the guns confiscated. (There were only two shooters, apparently.) The “park is safe and the shooting had nothing to do with the park,” the officer reportedly said. When we called community affairs for more information, we were referred to the department that handles media relations for the entire police department. A spokesman in that department said he had no information about the incident. Did anyone witness or hear about this?
Anyone else notice that ‘The Daily Show”s recent ‘Citi Bike’ segment–at least the BedStuy portion–was taped directly across the street from the park? Flex that muscle, citizens. I lived 2 blocks from there (since have changed coasts), for 3 years. Police Commissioner Kelly made a brief appearance at the 81st Precinct up the street last weekend for a potluck. Ironic, both. Someone alert the media, please. I will, but shuffle 2 jobs (and absolutely love this particular area of BedStuy, looking to move back soon) so am lacking time. Cheers.
well, this thread was a sh*tshow.
carry on
I agree it’s bizarre and dismissive to say “the shooting had nothing to do with the park”. What does that even mean??
I also never understand the “this kind of thing happens in Brooklyn” comments. Yes, the question is how often and what are the odds.
save yourself the headache and back away slowwwwwly.
My sense is anyone who’s stopped and frisked will have a story about how it was 100% unjustified. I’m sure some are, but also that police dont just randomly search people for no reason. I live by and hang out on Franklin Ave. Tons of black youth, and a constant police presence, and I’ve not seen a single person being frisked yet, so its not like this outofcontrol problem people make it out to be. As long as the kids are doing their thing and not causing problems or looking suspicious, there are no issues, and everyone gets along for the most part.
Yup
You are not going to prevent these types shootings with an appeal with stop & frisk. They were neighbors. Unless you are willing to say neighbors are less willing to go to their homes and get a gun to confront another neighbor, then bringing up stop & frisk in this instance is a red herring to make a political point.
Too complex for you to understand? People on the street with knives/guns who shouldn’t have them.
I say eff them, as long as the thugs are killing eachother, good riddance.
“Don’t hate on me, bullets will fly in Brooklyn, that’s no reason not to pay $1.3 million dollars for a limestone overlooking a beautiful park! You are all just jealous of our lifestyle. Plus, it’s obvious you are from Ohio, because why are you hating on our lifestyle?”
–Post 1175
Actually, going by the link on inside schools http://insideschools.org/component/schools/school/699
PS 5 looks like it could be okay–probably one of the better schools in the area. But I’m not sure the people coming into the neighborhood now are going to think so–or do anything to improve it.
Post1175, for whatever reason, you’re overcome by civic pride. That’s totally fine. You know, I actually like your neighborhood. I’d live there. We may still end up living there. But to ignore the fact that there’s crime and that a bunch of your neighbors are really, really poor would be to ignore reality. Would I pay over a million dollars to live here? No.