On Friday, we shared Sheepshead Bites' entertaining video of a raucous Gerritsen Beach property owners' meeting, during which residents screamed at local blogger Daniel Cavanagh for posting photos and incriminating Facebook comments from teenagers who allegedly threw eggs, potatoes, rocks and a hammer at cars on Halloween. Cavanagh had written about the annual "bombing" incident on his site GerritsenBeach.net, and criticized the NYPD for not doing anything about it. But at the community meeting, locals tried their best to kill the messenger, with one parent suggesting that Cavanagh is a pedophile because he photographed the teens. This morning we spoke with Cavanagh about the insane backlash—on Saturday night his house was vandalized—to his reportage. more ›

Set aside ten minutes today (or a half hour this weekend) to watch this 3-part video from Tuesday night's Gerritsen Beach property owners' meeting; it's riveting theater! The locals are infuriated that GerritsenBeach.net blogger Daniel Cavanagh published photos (and incriminating Facebook comments) of teens throwing eggs, potatoes and (allegedly) rocks at drivers on Halloween. What really burns is that their kids' conduct in public and on the Internet is now exposed to people outside their tight-knit community. And it's all the fault of Cavanagh, whom they call a pedophile drop-out who needs to get "a real job." Their precious children, who broke a bus window and allegedly targeted Jews, were just being a little mischievous. more ›

Passing a vehicle across a double line in New York State is a 3-point offense. It's difficult to find out what the penalty is for parking across a double line. New Yorkers are overly familiar with egregious parking jobs, but GerritsenBeach.net had to admire the triple-parking job that some neighbors accomplished recently. Apparently, the diagonal hash marks on the left of the road indicated to one driver that the street was as good as a parking lot. more ›