Drenched pedestrians are being showered with liquid that smells of oil, eggs and chemicals thrown through apartment windows in Williamsburg, but no one knows who's doing the dumping.
Locals in the trendy neighborhood claim they were being “targeted” from the windows of the Edge Community Apartments on Kent Avenue, even though the bomber has not been identified.
“As soon as I was under that window, it was like, 'Splash!'” recalled one victim who was exposed to a bleach-like substance while walking his dog on December 9th. did. myself. “
A woman walking her dog said the windows of the apartment above her were closed and the lights dimmed shortly after she was doused with the mysterious liquid.
She added that she called 911, but responding officers did not enter the building and were unable to narrow down the possible culprit without more evidence.
Police said there was no formal police report.
The resident said he suffered minor chemical burns on his neck and shoulder where the liquid came into contact with his skin.
Around 7:30 p.m. that same day, a resident of the building was also walking home from a training class when he was struck by an odor that resembled “bleach mixed with chlorine.”
“I felt a lot of water falling on me…it was quite a shock,” she said. “When I looked down, the entire front of the down coat was covered in an off-white substance and it smelled like bleach, like chlorine and bleach.
“I just panicked because first of all I was in shock. Yeah, I couldn't believe what had just happened to me,” she said. “And, you know, it literally came out of nothing.”
The resident immediately ran to the shower and washed his entire body, then obsessively monitored his skin for any reaction to the unknown substance.
“I took off my jacket and the next morning I could smell bleach from across the room,” she added.
The woman called 311 instead of 911 because she felt her situation was no longer a life-threatening emergency. The incident made her anxious.
“Like last week, I found myself walking down the street normally and avoiding the area 100% and just looking up to make sure no windows were open,” she said. . “And I live in that building, and I always look in that window when I cross the street to get home.”
Two Williamsburg newcomers were hit with what was described as “used cooking oil” on separate nights.
On Saturday, Dec. 14, they were walking when a “tsunami of liquid” rained down on them, they told the Post.
“The only way I can describe it is like being at a water park and feeling the bucket that the kids are standing under… you just feel this tsunami of liquid, and I… I just knew it was something that wasn't water,” he told the Post.
“It was just cooking oil that was used… It was in my eyes, it was in my hair, it was on my face, it ruined my jacket. It got on my partner's jacket. ” he said.
They also noted that the lights in the unit went out immediately after the incident.
He recalled waiting for two hours with his partner in oil on a street corner in 27 degrees Celsius until police arrived.
“The craziest thing was that after we called the police, at least six or seven different couples and individuals approached us while we were waiting on the street. “They all knew right away what the situation was,” he said.
Others have described various instances where eggs, glass objects, and other random things fell out of the same window.
Residents said police entered the apartment building but were unable to force anyone to open the door or corroborate details of the attack. The couple eventually filed a harassment report with the police.
When approached, a Post employee who was in the building said he was aware of the attack but had no comment. Clinton Management Company, which operates the building, did not respond to requests for comment.
Residue was also visible on the unit's window glass.
Victims of the droplet attacks said the perpetrators should be held accountable.
“Luckily it was only my jacket that was ruined… Unfortunately, does it really take something bad and dangerous for something to happen?” one victim said. “I don't know, but I think that's what it is.”
