broken trees on Franklin

I've seen some broken limbs 'roundbout my area, but I had assumed that they were broken by careless drivers of large trucks...

I have to take a look at it, and I was so happy they'd finally put down some grass on Eeastern Pkwy.

Not nice at all

This act of vandalism brings down the quality of life for absolutely everyone, Paraderest. Sarcasm is just kind of ridiculous in this situation.

I just spoke to Ms. Porter who is president of the Crow Hill Community Association, the group responsible for getting the trees planted.
she said that around 5 am, a (clearly) somewhat unbalanced person, not unknown in the neighborhood, just went nuts, smashed planters, jumped on the trees and pulled down branches.

i saw the parks department truck around 2:30,
they had to cut down 4 trees,
clean cuts were made on the rest of those that had limbs torn off

The trees and planters were a big accomplishment of the Crow Hill Community Association, in addition to the tree guards and the banners on Franklin. The Association could probably use some help making sure that the street trees get replaced. Parks may not automatically replace them.

I spoke again with Ms Porter from Crow Hill Community Association,
she has documented the damage and sent a list of all the trees that need to be replaced to the City with a copy to Community Board 8.
I also let her know how meaningful the trees are to the community.

The next Crow Hill meeting will be Tuesday, 12/19 at 7:30
Haitian-American Daycare Center/1491 Bedford Ave/(cnr. of Bedford & St. John’s)

come on out, support your neighborhood and show your love for the trees


(CHCA officially covers the area roughly bounded by Atlantic Avenue & Eastern Parkway, from Bedford to Franklin,
but those of you between Rogers & Classon are welcome as well)

The city will do it. I think you can call 311 and they'll process your request and set everything up
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_permits_and_applications/images_and_pdfs/request_a_street_tree.pdf

more broken trees the other day.

who thinks it's a good/fun idea to rip down tree limbs in Brooklyn?

i understand that they did pick him up, but since he is nuts, he was recommended for psychiatric counseling as opposed to arresting him. i am not sure if that means he is back out on the streets at this moment, just that this guy is not in control.

I wonder if it is the local crazy man I see in front of my building all the time? He's youngish, like under 35, and obviously schizophrenic or out of touch with reality in some way. He rips up plants from yards along E.P., carries them around for a while, then arranges them in patterns in front of my building.

Maybe he's graduated from ripping up gardens to breaking tree limbs.

On the other hand, the tree limb thing also sounds like something an adolescent would do as vandalism.

armchair_warrior wrote: thanks for the links guys . I dont want the city to plant the tree hehe. i had a tree in mind to plant instead of using theirs.

http://www.dragontrees.com/

would grow in full height in no time!!! I have a stump thats in front of my current house and want to plant that in its place. I'll call them when i get some time and ask if i can do my own tree thing.

nice! there are some full grown ones overhanging the prospect park station (as well as in the bbg) -- i love their seed pods.

cythren wrote: I wonder if it is the local crazy man I see in front of my building all the time? He's youngish, like under 35, and obviously schizophrenic or out of touch with reality in some way. He rips up plants from yards along E.P., carries them around for a while, then arranges them in patterns in front of my building.

Maybe he's graduated from ripping up gardens to breaking tree limbs.

On the other hand, the tree limb thing also sounds like something an adolescent would do as vandalism.

That sounds exactly like the guy I saw on Sterling a day before this happened on Franklin. I personally believe it is the perp. I fit is, there's no way this guy should be free to destroy more plants and trees!

On Sterling between Franklin and Bedford: this morning, branches and leaves of bushes in the front yards of each of my neighbors homes were freshly ripped off and arranged on the sidewalk, specifically closer to Bedford. So this person is obviously still wandering the immediate neighborhood destroying plants. It must have happened late or overnight, as I walked the dogs around 9 or 10, and the plants were not ripped.

What can we do? :evil:

Thank you Neene, for the info. I'll tell you quite frankly, I am a renter here in CH. I have no property to protect, and it's December and I'm running my shop with only one part time person as help. I am working 14-16 hour days and getting over a cold. I cannot take time out right now to attend meetings about anything.

But seeing this ongoing destruction of the neighborhoods plants and trees is extremely upsetting to me. A few phone calls I can and will definitely make.

If the Crow Hill Association knows who this person is, I believe it is UP TO THEM to communicate that to the authorities. I do not know this person, or where he's staying, although it must be extremely close to both of us. Just because he's obviously mentally ill, is no reason for him to not be detained. He's still freely destroying personal and city property on a nightly basis.

I will continue to post if I see plants or trees newly destroyed. None of us go down every block every day. How would the neighborhood know this was still happening if no-one mentioned it, or just thought it was something on their block?