The interview with concertgoers doesn't touch on what went on outside the venue. I can't see that it would be too hard to have crowd control moving them along a bit. If crappy bars can remind their patrons to be respectful of neighbors while they are loitering around, then why can't a promoter do the like? It had been promised that these concerts would be managed better, and they let those residents down. Seems pretty irresponsible, if they want to try and keep doing the shows. Sort of all falls under the don't shit where you eat rule of thumb.

Be afraid...be very afraid...terrorists & drugs are everywhere!

Give up your remaining rights to the gov't & corporations for safety & protection!

About the beer. I heard the beer suppliers screwed up and only delivered like half the beer they were supposed to. Blame them for the 9:15 'cut-off' which was actually running outta beer. WP fans can drink some BEER.

Beer issue was distributors fault, not OSA

I don't see what the issue is. It always takes a certain amount of time for concert goers to leave any concert. Just because they are meandering a little more slowly on their way to Bedford Ave, does not make them a marauding angry/dangerous/destructive mob. There is plainly, from the videos taken by the fearful poster, some drug-taking going on after the concert. But I don't see what particular harm that may be inflicting upon the locals. Once again, from the videos, it doesn't appear that there is any threat if violence or destruction of any sort beyond a few snotty looks and raised, slurred voices. I would say that the benefits of having good live music on the waterfront and the stimulation of our local economy (not to mention the benefit to our local parks) far outweigh the temporary annoyance of having to wait for the joyous crowd to disperse.

this whole article is a crock of bullshit. who is stephanie or hindy paying off at the gothamist??

The other crime besides the above mentioned beer ticket ripoff, was the promoters not having nearly enough porto potties, with some of the few there being locked, resulting in 20+ minute waits to pee. I like the venue, but the promoters are thieves, and need to be sent packing.

The crowd was quite laid back, though there were a surprisingly large number of nitrous dealers on the side streets, considering the amount of cops on Kent Ave. after the show. It seemed like a good idea to get right out of the area after the show, nitrous and riot cops seemed like a bad mix. Rest of the neighborhood was a blast after the show, as far as my eyes could see. 

I was at the show.  There were a ton of cops stationed outside the venue before and after the show, and NYS Park cops on the inside who chased everyone out as soon as the show was done.

I saw Trey Anastasio at Carnegie Hall and there were people doing nitrous for hours outside afterwards with nary a cop in sight the whole time.

The real crime here was the venue selling beer tickets, and then cutting off sales at 9:15.

No one else here find it significant that the police are efficient force at evacuating semi-public property at the behest of property owners in the area? All the while ignoring the widespread sale and use of a possibly illicit substance in their immediate proximity, whose abusers frequent the merchants in the area? Let's remember--not all, not even most, of the merchants best exploiting the gentrification of the neighborhood, are from the neighborhood. It's been said before, but especially about Williamsburg, MUTHUFUCKAS DON'T KNOW SHIT.

The venue sucks, the beer que sucks, the bands sometimes suck, but I've enjoyed a show or two there.  Plus if it annoys all the new condo owners nearby all the better.

Yes, but jam bands should be discriminated against, and persecuted if the situation warrants.

First they came for Umphrey's McGee, and I said nothing, because I don't like 20-minute guitar wanks.