The Gate Thief Of Carroll Gardens And How He Was Confronted By Vigilant Neighbors!

A gate thief ? Yes, yes. Right here in Carroll Gardens. Let me tell you all about it:
On Monday, I received a call from a friend who lives on President Street. She and her husband were busy working in front of their house when they noticed a homeless-looking man milling about their neighbor's house. My friend observed him for a while, but since the man was just standing there, she went back into her own house. On a hunch, she looked out of her window after a few minutes. By then, the man was nowhere in sight and neither was the neighbor's iron gate.
Pretty upset (and disgusted,) my friends decided to take a walk to look for the man. They guessed that he was going to try to get some cash for the gate at the scrap metal yard on Smith, close to the B.Q.E.. Sure enough, they caught up to him at 3rd Street and Smith. He was carrying the gate on his back. Confronted by my friend's husband and by some choice words, the man put the gate down, but not before hissing that he knew where they lived...
Triumphantly, my friends carried the gate back to their neighbor's house where it is now safely stored and locked under the stoop.

Is this a trend? Just in case, my friend and I both alerted the 76th precinct and talked to Community Affairs Officer Paul Grudzinski. Of course there is no proof that the scrap metal yard on Smith would have accepted the gate, but we are rather concerned. The value of the iron is meaningless. However, the gate is original to the house and would have been very, very expensive to replace.
Since we don't all have such vigilant super-hero neighbors, be aware that this is going on in Carroll Gardens in broad daylight and watch your gate...





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