Saturday night, a group of tweens in the Old Section threw a ball-like solid chuck of ice at a pregnant woman who was taking her one year old out of her car. The woman’s husband chased after the group and caught up with a “kid that seemed no older than 10″. He let him go after a few choice words. The rest ran up to the skate park and scattered.

The police were called and responded – no report was filed.

Via NYTimes comments and confirmed independently.

I live in Gerritsen and just this Saturday a group of teenagers through a large piece of ice at my pregnant wife who was carrying my 1 year old son in from the car. Overall, many of the parents in Gerritsen take no responsibility for the acts of their children and to be honest, neither do the police.

It’s going to be up to the citizens who care to protect themselves so when social justice prevails, I’m sure these “parents” are going to wish “blog posts” about their miscreant children was all the happened to them. What will they say then? My son is only one and was almost seriously injured by one of these little hoodlums so I will do what it takes to protect my family.

Next Halloween I plan on patrolling the neighborhood and will not only be taking pictures, but will also be shooting video. Should a group of teenagers threaten physical violence, they will be dealt with accordingly since the police nor the neighborhood council of Gerritsen attempt to be pro-active in ending this violence.

Honestly, the Gerritsen Beach Property Owner’s Association should be ashamed of itself for claiming Cavanaugh is “unscrewing the community.” If anything, they’ve allowed violence to thrive and should be embarrassed to call themselves an association of anything. In my mind they are nothing more than a rabble of poor excuses for human beings portraying themselves as leaders when they are nothing more than cowards. Look at the comments here coming from outside of the Gerritsen community. It’s clear Gerritsen has made a turn for the worst.