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Just want to caution people to be on the lookout around the southeast corner of Lafayette and Bedford, near the G steps. There is a man who frequently loiters there, and while he has generally seemed harmless, over the past three days I’ve seen him standing at the base of the steps near the turnstiles, lunging toward several young women and asking them for money. This morning, I saw him grab one woman by the arm. Just wanted to flag it so people are aware and can stay alert when entering the station.

Walking to Turtles on Malcolm X, someone brushed against my arm and they dropped their bag with a clink of broken glass. They made a great show of inspecting the bags as I handed the dropped one back and kept going. "Hey, buddy! This one's broken!" came the call. Cool, enjoy that!

I'm baffled that this scam ever works, but I feel flattered that I look so smooth and innocent that they'd try it on me.

Posting now in case it helps someone—a pretty strange and traumatizing event happened to me on July 20 around 4:00 PM.

Please don’t criticize me for what I did/didn’t do; I’ve gotten flack from a surprising number of people because I am of the opinion that the cops don’t/won’t do anything in these situations (based on dealings with them prior to 7/20).

7/20 was a beautiful, sunny day, the first reasonably cool one in over a week. I was walking home from work, when, at 234 Macon Street (between Tompkins and Throop—the address is memorable bc there’s a tree with white paint on its trunk), two teenage boys came up to me and demanded I give them my things. They called me several expletives and told me to hand over “everything I had,” to which I replied with various iterations of “no” and “stop”.

I kept stalling (“Why are you doing this? Leave me alone”) hoping they’d just give up, but the tension rose and I noticed the taller boy was holding a knife at his side and getting closer to me. I tried to get into the street by skirting between two parked cars but the boys cornered me, one on the street side and one on the sidewalk. The taller one kept shushing me, saying “Be quiet or I’ll fucking stab you.”

At that point, I obviously became afraid and started telling them to stop a bit more loudly; fortunately, some men who were working on a home renovation on the other side of the street street about ~15 feet away noticed something was wrong and started yelling at the boys. I managed to start crossing the street toward the men and the boys fled toward Tompkins.

I was really shaken up and some neighbors began to come out of their houses to see what was going on. A kind woman gave me a chair in the shade and offered me some water, as did the workers. I declined to call the police or otherwise file a report at the time, as all I wanted to do was get home.

I tend to approach situations like this one from an anticarceral perspective—but this was an odd one since I, in theory, could have easily been harmed. The boys were both Black and I am white. They looked to be under eighteen years old and may have been as young as fourteen or fifteen. The shorter one claimed to have a gun but I doubted he did. The taller one definitely had a knife but I wasn’t certain he’d use it; ultimately, I just wanted them to realize they were making a very bad choice and leave before anyone got hurt.

They were wearing nondescript clothes (knee-length, mesh shorts, tank tops, probably sneakers but I wasn’t looking at their feet) and the taller one was wearing a blue surgical mask, so I couldn’t see the bottom half of his face. His hair was in short braids. The smaller boy had a short haircut IIRC. Both were thin and not particular muscular.

In sum, I can only hope they never try this BS again and that y’all stay safe out there! The workers are heroes and I’ll be forever grateful they stepped in when they did. I’ve lived in NYC for 11 years and this is the first time something like this has ever happened to me so I guess I’m doing alright. Watch out for your neighbors—I know I’ll be paying closer attention when walking alone going forward.

Hi! I used to be part of a weekly film club where we'd watch a film out at a theatre, or someone's apartment if there was space and they felt comfortable hosting. I really miss the routine, and also have wanted to do it frequently Sunday nights to fight the Sunday scaries.

Does anyone know of any existing Sunday film clubs, or is interested in starting one together?

If starting, am thinking we would start with a few at a theatre in Brooklyn (we can choose once we have a critical mass and know everyone's commute), and maybe get a few drinks after if we are vibing.

Hi neighbors would appreciate hearing folks’ experience living off the Franklin C (especially as a woman).

I’m a POC woman who has lived in NYC for over a decade but something about that Fulton/Franklin corner gives me a sense of unease every time. I have had a few physical subway scares this year so I may also be a bit shook up from that. I need to commute almost daily.

I know about the Armory shelter nearby and the plasma donation center being a rough mix that draws the wrong crowd, junkies, dealers, etc. Any perspectives appreciated, thanks!

Can Chi Osse please defeat this corporate shill?

Hi Guys!

This Reddit community has been the backbone of how my Indian Tiffin Meal Delivery Business got started so I wanted to provide updates and a thank you!

We started with Lunch Delivery in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick and have now expanded to serving Dinner and including Clinton Hill, Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn!

30% of our customers are reoccuring and last week was the highest number of orders weve gotten to date (with most of our customers coming from Bed-Stuy from the initial reddit post), so Thank you for supporting us and our journey

Since I've last shared, we've done 2 pop-ups in Bed-stuy

1. Indian bagels at Familiars Vegan Coffee Shop

2. Indian Onigiri at Myrtle Wombat

After our first pop up we got a lot of Vegan customers so we make sure to have at least 1 vegan day a week in addition to our veg and chicken options.

If you're interested in trying order at
https://tiffin.nyc/

our instagram is tiffin.nyc

I have alot of womens athletic shoes in new or like new condition that I'd prefer to donate somewhere that they will be redistributed to people in need. Im located near the kingston throop C train and would like to find someplace local or that does pickups. Any leads are appreciated

anyone have any local buisness reccs for this? i know home depot sells some big ones but I need ones I can actually lift, would love to avoid amazon but also don't want to use boxes from the street......thanks in advance!

Just moved here from Bushwick, although before that I lived off the Chauncey J. Love the 24 hour bodega closest to my apartment, but they’re halal.

Where can a gal get a real deal BEC around here? Willing to walk ~10 min in any direction for when the craving hits.

Herbert von king is closed, where you getting your dogs energy out?

[ETA - Blue 2015 Honda Accord Sport ]

Hi - having read through this subreddit all day I know this has been posted everywhere but I figured it cant hurt

I parked my car on MacDonough between Patchen and Malcolm X and foolishly forgot to move it this morning for street cleaning while walking one of my clients dogs. I figured there would be a ticket but the car is totally gone - I traveled up and down the area and when I ran into some cops and asked for the rotational logs they couldn’t find it

Told me to call 911 and report it which the lady on the phone told me was a waste of resources ☹️

It’s a MD state license plate (boo boo tomato tomato I know - it’s been transferred to me bc my dad no longer can drive AND I had an appt) and it’s honestly kind of a beater, so I’d be surprised if someone stole it but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

The license plate is 2EJ6896 and there’s a HUGE scratch on the left side (perhaps why I took someone’s keys).

If you happen to see it I would buy you the STRONGEST drink or item of your choice. This is such a nice community and I’m happy to give back however I can!!