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Photo of weapons for sale, at left, from a reader; photo of Eden's exterior, at right, by Adam Kuban
Not too long ago a reader sent in this photo of weapons being sold from behind the counter of Williamsburg's Eden Pizza, located just off Bedford on North 7th. The reader told us: "I was rather pissed off too see this display of knives and brass knuckles for sale in my neighborhood at a local pizza joint." The establishment gets a 3.5 on Yelp, with mentions of a sweet staff, so it's likely they're not going to slice you up when you order up your slice—but still, this can't be legal. (A call to the NYPD about this yielded some confusion and we're still waiting to hear back about the legality behind selling brass knuckles.) Either way, it's sort of unsettling given the gang activity in the area. On the other hand: $1.25 slices!
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I've eaten here a bazillion times. This weaponry is new within the past few months and I've always wondered if it was legal.....
Maybe they just want people to know not to fuck with them.
Brass knucks and a slice? I'm there.
I know! This is so badass.
those "brass knuckles" are novelty items, they're usually marked "paperweights".
hah hah. paperweights until, y'know, the jets all buy them and mash them into the faces of the sharks.
Those slices are HORRIFIC. Like eating cardboard.
this weaponary is not new, but it comes and goes. and if it's illegal, the NYPD doesn't care because they are constantly parked out front and dropping in for slices. in fact, i've been in there with both cops and knives and the cops were just shooting the breeze with the counter guy.
also, my girlfriend started talking one of the dudes in there about the blades and he got excited. i mean, really excited...
not that kind of excited.
Cool!
As odd as it is to sell knives in a pizzeria, those all look plenty small enough to be legal.
they got any of those little metal hash pipes that get really hot if you try to use them?
Stop Snitching
+1
Put a sock in it, loser
Ok, how's the pizza???
Not too good. But for $1.25 it's worth not being hungry
I hear the slices fold easier than the knives.
tattle tail jen carlson saves williamsburg once again!
The reader was pissed off to see weapons for sale? Shouldn't he/she be pissed off enough to buy the weapons to protect him/herself from local gang activity or is the reader just a big, fat wuss?
until you get a dead fish sent to you in a box, you're safe.
Do they have a 007 knife?
I wish I still had mine, It may be youthful exuberance but I swear the 7 meant the blade was 7 ins.
friend got caught when it dropped out of his pants.
other stuff that's illegal, expandable batons.
what kind of tight pants, hipster gang activity is going on over there?
None. It's strollersville now
Nice!
someone is a snitch
Someone is also a p***y, geez.
Having a weapon to "protect yourself" isn't going to guarantee your safety. In fact many people are injured or killed with their own blade. More weapons on the street isn't the answer.
And to those saying "snitch," please. What they're selling is the lowest quality overseas garbage. Despite them being pieces of junk, the fact remains that they still function as lethal weapons. They deserve to be clipped. Read up on NYC weapons laws before spouting nonsense. Brass knuckles are banned entirely in the state of NY.
@ganghiscon, true most of them look under 4" but Balisongs are illegal to carry period. If you bought it and got pinched on the way home, you'd need your lawyer.
"Having a weapon to "protect yourself" isn't going to guarantee your safety. In fact many people are injured or killed with their own blade."
Having a weapon (and even better, being trained with it) are better than trusting some scumb*g who "promises" not to hurt you in exchange for your money or raping you...
"More weapons on the street isn't the answer."
Yeah, lets sing kumbaya and surrender to the criminals while Bloomie and his friends either have armed guards or are "legally" strapped.
Uh, why would you want to carry a weapon?
'CAUSE I CAN"T CARRY A COP.
Read about the REAL Nation of Cowards...
Apparently I needed to include this disclaimer.
Read my post knowing that: I am a martial arts expert and extensively trained in edged combat, I am a knife collector and always carry, I am a firm believer in personal safety and increasing awareness of the overly-restrictive knife laws in the city.
That you would assume I am an ignorant, weapon-loathing sheeple speaks volumes. Not everyone is a zealot and a radical. I am already familiar with the article you linked to. I was sharing a sliver of a point of view that I don't often share and you didn't even consider that.
The snitching claim is silly. If Eden Pizza didn't want anyone to know about the weapons they wouldn't have them in plain sight.
actually they're all tools of the trade in pizza making, pepperoni slicing and dough making. can not take a man's livelihood away.
Nothing better than a slice made with brass knuckle-pounded dough.
fucking NARCs...
Every other post is "wahhh, hipsters white-ifying the neighborhood, wahh."
and now here's a joint that seems to be pretty close to the "old New York" that everyone misses, and people wanna hate on that.
tell your "reader" to park her stroller outside some other pizza joint if she doesn't like it.
Hahaha omg that's so true.
On Chicagoist, there's a profile of a hot dog joint on the West Side where the grill staff carry guns.
Balisongs take a lot of practice to be able open flashily.
However most douches don't practice nearly enough and almost always end up slicing their fingers. Which is a good thing.
It also helps that they're actually impractical to open/use quickly.
Why they're banned, I have no idea.
If you REALLY want/need to carry a folding knife, carry a "Waved" Emerson, like their Karambit.
On the books, the main reason gravity knives/balisongs/butterfly knives are illegal is because there is no lock to hold the blade in place when the knife is open. That's the 'Public Safety' reason they were banned.
And they're not hard to open quickly, if you know how to use them properly - and proper does not mean flashy.
Who gives a shit? Are there really people out there who would call the cops about something like this? Really?
that pizza sucks
WIlliamsburg sucks. I feel sorry for the people that live there and for the people that decide to move there.