When the sun sets, Naomi Benjamin scurries home.
And tries not to take the same route twice.
“Even just standing out here ... You can’t come outside,” said Benjamin, 32, a schoolteacher from the Howard Houses in Brownsville, Brooklyn. “Being on the street is enough to get you shot. When you go out, you got to take a different way every time.”
The main threat, she said, is 8 Block -- a mini-gang of about 10 baby-faced thugs who take their name from the nearby building where they live at 1800 Pitkin Ave. More Read
And tries not to take the same route twice.
“Even just standing out here ... You can’t come outside,” said Benjamin, 32, a schoolteacher from the Howard Houses in Brownsville, Brooklyn. “Being on the street is enough to get you shot. When you go out, you got to take a different way every time.”
The main threat, she said, is 8 Block -- a mini-gang of about 10 baby-faced thugs who take their name from the nearby building where they live at 1800 Pitkin Ave. More Read
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