r/Hackney

It was 9:35pm and I was on my way back from my pottery class, headphones in my ears but nothing playing (IYKYK).
I cross the street and there’s a deliveroo guy on his bike, catcalling me as he cycled past.
I was so stunned, I didn’t really react - then thought he was probably after a reaction so bit giving one was likely the best approach - and he looked back over his shoulder a couple of time until he was too far.
That’s kind of upset me because I was just minding my own business, lost in my thoughts, crossing the street and this asshole just made me feel like a vulnerable piece of meat. He’s probably done it to all the women on his path tonight, just cycling past and catcalling as if it was fun(ny)…
UGH!
There’s also a worry of ordering something online and having this pos show up to my door - it’s incredible how something so stupid feels so threatening!
Anyway, rant over - I literally just needed to vent before bed 😤

There seems to be some good energy on Well Street recently, with a number of the empty units now under offer, after a lot of closures in recent years.

Does anyone know what’s coming into the old Well Street Pizza, Grand Howl, or other empty units?

Anyone know a decent jewellers locally to repair/replace a necklace chain?

In The Neighbourhood is the free-entry midweek festival between the main weekends of Victoria Park’s All Points East.

What to expect? Live music, DJs, Cinema, street food and bars. PLUS lots of fun things for children and families too! Dance workshops, interative theatre, nature art, football, even baby sensory sessions!

The programme changes each day, so do check the website for what’s on before visiting!

EVENT DETAILS

📆 Dates: Monday 24 to Thursday 27 August 2026

🕐Time: Doors open noon 24 Aug, and 10AM on other days.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Ages: All ages

📍Where: Victoria Park

£ Price: Free

Does anyone know what’s just happened at the town hall? Police presence, someone sat on the floor seemingly arrested, multiple of the windows smashed.

Hope nobody got hurt.

I hear a tiny patter of rain on the roof!!!!

I have fine, wavy hair and just looking for a tidy/trim that I won't pay more than £50 for. Thanks!

Hello to everyone in this really bearable heat!

Myself and my partner have an issue with an upstairs neighbour, he regularly blasts screamo music for hours, last night it started at 6pm and went on until 4am. We’ve been reporting him to Hackney council for around 3 months and we’ve done this 5 times or more.

We now have a lovely huge damp patch on our bathroom wall, we called Hackney council and they said it’s likely the leak is coming from the upstairs neighbour, we gave his flat number and the guy on the phone seemed to immediately go “ohhh.. hmm yeah” which makes us assume he might already be known to them. We live in an ex council block but rent privately for context. The guy also let slip that the man is elderly, maybe he’s hard of hearing?

Last night was really got to the end of our tether, we have tried multiple times to contact him and knock on his door, we went up yesterday and his door was open but he has a metal gate protecting the actual door. We got no answer and the music was still blasting. We called 101 and they informed we could request a welfare check as we genuinely got concerned that something may be wrong as usually we can hear him walking and banging about but we hadn’t heard him for hours, it’s possible he may have fallen asleep but it was worth checking he’s actually ok. They said they’d send someone out but we fell asleep so unsure what happened.

We’re at a loss of what to do now as the council told us they’ve been unable to contact him regarding the leak and they’ve logged this as an emergency. They also haven’t acted on the noise and haven’t sent an enforcement officer round at all. We’re now wondering if we could do The Community Trigger.

If anyone’s been in this situation, would love to know what you suggest as listening to what seems to be the 50 best screamo concerts at full volume for hours every night is getting very tiring.

Thanks guys

UPDATE: Someone from the council came over this morning to check the leak, he then went up to the neighbour and tried to knock on the door, no answer. Called his phone, no answer - surprise surprise! He told us to raise it at a formal compliant with the council and they can force entry into his flat if there's still no answer from him. We also know he's home and purposefully not opening the door, because we have heard him drilling all morning.

I went to see what all the fuss was about and found some fairly nice looking Japanese cakes at Kichiya (Nearest Station: Hackney Central Station).
Address: 394 Mentmore Terrace, London E8 3PH

However, my friends and I noticed that a member of staff were wearing what appeared to be Meta glasses or glasses with video recording functionality.

We were quite taken aback when we noticed the red recording light was on so we asked them to stop recording us.

We were particularly concerned because this was taking place inside a business premises where we were customers and we had not been made aware that we were being recorded. When we noticed the red recording light, we asked them to stop but were told that they didn’t need our permission and the server was extremely defensive and rude. Before we left, we told the server we would be lodging a formal complaint with the ICO.

At that point, we decided not to purchase the cakes and left.

What I also find quite concerning is that it appears the business doesn’t want any negative reviews mentioning the use of Meta glasses on its Google review page as reviews raising this issue seem to be actively getting removed. It appears that I’m not the only person who had witnessed this as more people are complaining about this problem on Google Reviews and on Instagram.

It’s a shame because the cakes actually looked very appealing but the way the situation was handled made us feel uncomfortable and unwelcome.

The lack of transparency around recording combined with the dismissive response when we raised our concerns left a very negative impression.

As a result, we chose not to make a purchase and left the premises. I won’t be returning and I hope the business takes customer privacy / data privacy concerns more seriously going forward.

EDIT: For those of you dismissing my experience, you don’t have to simply take my word for it. What is clear is that more people are coming forward on Google Reviews and Instagram with similar concerns about being recorded without their knowledge or permission.

A homeless woman just asked me to buy her some washing detergent as she had suitcases full of washing.

I thought why not, I can afford it at the moment. A woman stopped me on the way and said she’d just done the same.

When I went to the shop, the man said it was the 3rd one she’d had bought for her.

I knew from the get go she would sell it on, to be frank I’m not bothered, I’m of the opinion that anyone who’s asking for stuff on the street, no matter what for, is worse off than myself, and if I can afford it, I’ll try to help folk out.

My question is, where are they selling it onto? And who to? And how? And for how much?

I went swimming today at West Reservoir, and really struggled to get a slot, and it was empty, not because people didn't attend but because Better (the service that runs the Reservoir) decided to keep the capacity small. It's the hottest day of the year, and this is a location that people can go to keep cool, an essential, and limited service provision in London.

I went this morning, and the place felt so empty in comparison to the weekend or busier period - and yet it was fully booked online.There were bike spots to park my bike, no queue to check in, loads of room to put my stuff and sit and get changed. If you go regularly, you know these are markers of a busy day at the reservoir, but not today.

I spoke to someone on staff, and they said were functioning at about 60/70 people (per hour? not sure the metric) in the water as timetabled, but they have the capacity to go up to over 150 (per hour) if management put the staff on at busy times.

I just wanted to share if anyone like me saw the booked out booking system and assumed they were swamped - they weren't. I believe Better GLL has a responsibility to provide these slots and function at a higher capacity when as a public we are in need of the service, and if the hottest day of the year (in the news, has reached 38.5 degs C) when else will they expand slots and increase accessibility?!

I’m nearly sure I spotted someone filming people with those glasses in London Fields Lido. He was sitting very still and moving his head slowly to gaze at girls / women as they moved around him.

Made me wonder what you could do in those instances? I would definitely feel uncomfortable knowing me or my daughter were filmed without knowing.

What would you do?

(P.s. flagged to the staff, they’re keeping an eye on it although when the Lido is rammed is really hard to spot this behavior)