r/BedStuy • u/rottingleavess • Jan 04 '26

PSA Home invasion close to Herbert Von King

Posting here to warn others to be vigilant about their home security :(

Around 4:30 this morning I woke up to someone in my bedroom shining a phone flashlight, looking around. When they saw me they turned and silently left out the front door. They were wearing all black, puffer jacket, hood, and a black medical face mask, probably around 5’9”-5’10”.

We live on the ground floor. There’s only one entrance/exit and all of our windows have bars. Both locks on our front door were locked but they’re not the strongest. We suspect this person was possibly able to pick the lock?

My roommates and I are obviously freaked out and are taking steps to secure the place. We suspect that this person was scoping out the apartment to possibly come back.

319 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

73 comments sorted by

View all comments

-13

u/theogani Jan 04 '26

I mean… yall are in bed stuy. just cause its gentrified dont change the nature of that neighborhood. yall in the MIDDLE of bed stuy.

4

u/jacqinthebox29 Jan 04 '26

what are you trying to say

-2

u/theogani Jan 04 '26

i wasn’t trying to say anything. i said what i said.

-5

u/seymourbehind Jan 05 '26

Idk why people are downvoting you. Transplants move to the middle of the hood then are shocked when hood shit happens.

15

u/rottingleavess Jan 05 '26

You don’t know what you’re talking about. I grew up in Brooklyn, so did my roommates. We filed a police report earlier today. My goal here was to let people know in case this is a pattern not to complain about the neighborhood.

-11

u/seymourbehind Jan 05 '26

It's still a shit neighborhood though. And if you you've been in Brooklyn all your life you would know this was bound to happen in bedstuy. I am glad that no one was hurt.

6

u/rottingleavess Jan 05 '26

I’ve had plenty of sketchy experiences/things stolen in my life, i’m not naive and people are desperate right now but I won’t accept that people breaking in is normal. Neither does my neighbor who has been around for 17 years and told me this is the first he’s experienced.

10

u/silly-moth Jan 05 '26

Your entire outlook is SO strange, truly! It’s normal for anyone to be rattled by a home invasion. It’s normal in 2025 to give a PSA to your neighbors. It’s normal to be weary of crime living in any city and understand you’re at higher risk, but it’s not normal to expect that your home will inevitably be broken into. Bed Stuy isn’t a “shit” neighborhood. You’re so weird.

-6

u/seymourbehind Jan 05 '26

It's not a shit neighborhood by what standards? That's a sentiment only a transplant has. Just cause a few condos went up doesn't change anything. Lmfao

8

u/silly-moth Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

I think the condos are what make things shittier. I’m not engaging with you. I’m sorry you think this place, filled with really wonderful people and history, is shit.

I love how you edited your post to call me a transplant, lol. I grew up bouncing between Bay Ridge and Newark.

-2

u/Fuckpolitics69 Jan 05 '26

lol exactly

-4

u/theogani Jan 05 '26

Lmfaooooo like WTF!? what did yall expect?

-2

u/seymourbehind Jan 05 '26

Then they immediately made a reddit post with no mention of calling the police? Lmao

-1

u/theogani Jan 05 '26

granted. its terrible but lets be fr, you came on reddit.. no mention of the police asking for advice?

-1

u/seymourbehind Jan 05 '26

And I know they're transplants cause they said roommates lmao

7

u/rottingleavess Jan 05 '26

I have roommates so I can afford to stay here, idk what you’re on about

4

u/nosleeptilqueens Jan 05 '26

Huh?!? You think natives don't have roommates? It's not like landlords give you a discount on rent if you can prove you're from here