Comments on: Who Do You Call?

By: 911NewYorker

911NewYorker — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:20:30 +0000

More “GENTRIFICATION” will always solve this problem!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:24:50 +0000

That is a real problem with MacDonough Street between T&T is that the Block association president I hear lives in the building with that is producing the problem. This block association is not active at all. I think people tried in the past to clean this corner and have given up. The energy is very low.

By: PamG

PamG — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:23:41 +0000

This sounds like an ongoing problem. You should have your block association contact the precinct community affairs as well as the Community Board.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:04:02 +0000

I use to live in Park Slope near the police station ON 6 ave and Bergen and they had 10 cars park outside at any given time… Somethings seems so unfair

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:03:08 +0000

“Everyday they don’t never come correct
You can ask my man right here with a broken neck!
He’s a victim of a job never being done
He woulda been in full effect
if late 911 wasn’t a joke…”

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:30:43 +0000

On a funny note-does anyone remember Flavor Flav’s song “911 is a joke”??!!

By: floydcat

floydcat — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:45:08 +0000

i was told by officers recently that the 79th precinct has only 2 or 3 patrol cars on duty at any given time to respond to 911 calls, due to budget cuts. i had called 911 when i thought that my house had been broken into (it had not) and the police showed up 2 1/2 hours later. they told me that all “non life threatening” calls were bumped down the list. the other officer then looked at me and said, “actually, we have 15-20 calls to respond to right now-we’ve gotta go. please call the mayor’s office and complain”.
the only way any neighborhood in nyc sees positive change and support is through pressure from the community-if you aren’t vocal, the mayor/police/community affairs people think that no one cares.
make the calls.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:05:23 +0000

I also live on this block on MacDonough and this corner is always too loud. Everyone I talk to on the block is very sick of this building with loud teens. These kids need a summer JOB….

By: la duchessa

la duchessa — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:01:26 +0000

I always assumed 311 was who you would call to report an ongoing problem, usually a quality of life issue like garbage or repeated noise complaints. 311 logs each call and after a certain amount of complaints it has to be investigated. As for an immediate response, well I’m curious about that as well.

By: newbie2

newbie2 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:27:55 +0000

I don’t get a police response when I call 311 about noise. I know some people who imbelish and say there are weapons or drugs involved to try to get a response, but that doesn’t seem to work either. Do others have the same issue with 311?