Gunshots?

emily · October 2005

Well, she did put it in quotes...

devincf · October 2005

Actually, this board has ended up changing the way I look at the block I have lived on for four years! Just a little, but that makes me feel bad. As a native New Yorker, I should be immune to minor panics!

As for gunshots, there was a second series of bangs on St Johns well after I started this thread. They were certainly not backfires, but they may have been firecrackers.

anonymous · October 2005

The "backfires" or "fireworks" around 11:30 were too quick & irregular to be backfires and too slow to be fireworks. It sounded exactly like someone unloading a clip.

mc · October 2005

Anonymous wrote: . It sounded exactly like someone unloading a clip.

Having lived in this location for 13 years (and having grown up in the boonies of PA), I've heard my fare share of car backfires, guns & firecrackers. I agree, last night they sounded like gunshots. That said, when I first moved here, I'd hear gunshots all the time. And the 4th of July started in mid-June and ended just before August. It is so much quieter now - especially since the "girl's home" accross the street moved out. My block used to be way worse, noisier & nastier than any block around here a few years back.

candicissima · October 2005

Anonymous wrote: The "backfires" or "fireworks" around 11:30 were too quick & irregular to be backfires and too slow to be fireworks. It sounded exactly like someone unloading a clip.

Yeah, but it wasn't. Die, topic, die!

All the anonymous guests are right! St. Johns is a warzone! Bring your kevlar vests on your runs to Associated!

t-fal · October 2005

aren't we coming up on guy fawkes day?

anonymous · October 2005

Subject: Gunshots

A gunshot has a distinctively sharp cracking sound, whereas a car backfiring is a more hollow sound.

daveb · October 2005

Candicissima wrote: Bring your kevlar vests on your runs to Associated!

Like I don't? :shock:

kate · October 2005

None of this phases me, I like to walk down the street humming Zippiddy Doo Da, and honestly I find it much harder to fall asleep at night without the noises and I much prefer the gun shots than the three legged dog that barks somewhere outside my window.

anonymous · October 2005

It's funny how some of you simply will not deign to believe that it just may have been gunshots...."oh no not in my upcoming neighborhood!"

Give me a break.

They were gunshots. I heard them. I have heard them around here for years. They aren't going away any time soon. Just because there are fancy cafes and shops nearby does not mean there is no longer a criminal element.

axel foley · October 2005

Yes, now that it's getting cooler and I don't have the soothing hum of the air conditioner to lull me to sleep, I count on a raging gun battle to do the trick. As long as it's consistently raging, I'm out in no time.

emily · October 2005

I don't think anyone was saying that at all, Guest. I think people are saying the opposite: "It must have been gunshots because that block is so ghetto OMG!!!11!!!"

isa · October 2005

I was conceived here and birthed right on the sidewalk of St Johns and Underhill on a pile of flyers from Hot Bird. Sammy from the grocery store even delivered me and I say they weren't gunshots!

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