‘Boardwalk Empire’ production crew blamed for trashing Brooklyn Heights

There was some trash-talking taking place on the Internet between a production member from “Boardwalk Empire” and Brooklyn Heights resident, Dean Collins. According to an April 11 report from Brooklyn Heights Blog, Collins took to a forum called Brownstoner to complain about the trash left outside of his apartment. Brownstoner is a site for “users to ask and answer questions of local concern,” according to its description.

Collins took a photo of the garbage and posted it to the forum, saying, “Hey Boardwalk Empire producers…..you left your s*it out the front of my apartment today.” His comment then went on to call it a “classless move” by the production crew.

“Came home to see that the ‘Boardwalk Empire’ production team left their sh*t on the footpath and road in front of my apartment after they left from filming,” Collins wrote. “Next time you want to film in Brooklyn Heights, expect someone to be out there with an air horn. This isn’t Manhattan with crap all over the place; we care what our streets look like.”

A staff member of the production crew, who went by the user name LOC2013, responded to Collins’ concern in the forum.

“This report isn’t exactly true,” the staff member wrote. “Catering was held at that spot on Henry Street around 4-5pm (Wednesday), and our trash vendor came there as he does every day to take away all of our trash. It is true there was a pile of trash left on the side of the street for a few hours until our trash vendor came by to pick it up, but we would never abandon our trash and not take care of it.”

Collins didn’t seem too pleased with that response.

“Uhm, catering between 4-5 p.m.?” he replied. “Then who was serving breakfast to the crew at 9 a.m.? Boxes started piling up in the morning after the ‘breakfast service’ and this photo was taken at about 6 p.m. after your crew drove away. However, yes, I can confirm it was removed this morning, but saying it was only there for a few hours is BS.”

“At 9 p.m., when I came home from walking the dog, it was still there,” Collins continued. “As you (and others) choose to use this location for staging on a regular basis maybe more effort could be made or are you saying the way it was stacked with boxes spilling onto the road all day was appropriate?”

And the argument just kept on going.

“Your post indicated we abandoned trash in your neighborhood, and never had it picked up,” LOC2013 responded. “The trash was removed at the end of our shoot. We wait until the end of our day so our trash vendor can pick up all trash that has been generated by our crew. Not just at catering, but also at our film location. Please feel free to call our office at 917-671-5250 if you would like to discuss it further.”

Collins responded by saying there wasn’t a “need to discuss” the matter any further.

“If you think it’s appropriate, then nothing to further discuss,” Collins wrote.

Click here to see the photo and to read the whole thread.

“Boardwalk Empire” is currently in production of its fourth season and will return in the fall of 2013.

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‘Boardwalk Empire’ production crew blamed for trashing Brooklyn Heights

There was some trash-talking taking place on the Internet between a production member from “Boardwalk Empire” and Brooklyn Heights resident, Dean Collins. According to an April 11 report from Brooklyn Heights Blog, Collins took to a forum called Brownstoner to complain about the trash left outside of his apartment. Brownstoner is a site for “users to ask and answer questions of local concern,” according to its description.

Collins took a photo of the garbage and posted it to the forum, saying, “Hey Boardwalk Empire producers…..you left your s*it out the front of my apartment today.” His comment then went on to call it a “classless move” by the production crew.

“Came home to see that the ‘Boardwalk Empire’ production team left their sh*t on the footpath and road in front of my apartment after they left from filming,” Collins wrote. “Next time you want to film in Brooklyn Heights, expect someone to be out there with an air horn. This isn’t Manhattan with crap all over the place; we care what our streets look like.”

A staff member of the production crew, who went by the user name LOC2013, responded to Collins’ concern in the forum.

“This report isn’t exactly true,” the staff member wrote. “Catering was held at that spot on Henry Street around 4-5pm (Wednesday), and our trash vendor came there as he does every day to take away all of our trash. It is true there was a pile of trash left on the side of the street for a few hours until our trash vendor came by to pick it up, but we would never abandon our trash and not take care of it.”

Collins didn’t seem too pleased with that response.

“Uhm, catering between 4-5 p.m.?” he replied. “Then who was serving breakfast to the crew at 9 a.m.? Boxes started piling up in the morning after the ‘breakfast service’ and this photo was taken at about 6 p.m. after your crew drove away. However, yes, I can confirm it was removed this morning, but saying it was only there for a few hours is BS.”

“At 9 p.m., when I came home from walking the dog, it was still there,” Collins continued. “As you (and others) choose to use this location for staging on a regular basis maybe more effort could be made or are you saying the way it was stacked with boxes spilling onto the road all day was appropriate?”

And the argument just kept on going.

“Your post indicated we abandoned trash in your neighborhood, and never had it picked up,” LOC2013 responded. “The trash was removed at the end of our shoot. We wait until the end of our day so our trash vendor can pick up all trash that has been generated by our crew. Not just at catering, but also at our film location. Please feel free to call our office at 917-671-5250 if you would like to discuss it further.”

Collins responded by saying there wasn’t a “need to discuss” the matter any further.

“If you think it’s appropriate, then nothing to further discuss,” Collins wrote.

Click here to see the photo and to read the whole thread.

“Boardwalk Empire” is currently in production of its fourth season and will return in the fall of 2013.

Source Article from http://www.examiner.com/article/boardwalk-empire-production-crew-blamed-for-trashing-brooklyn-heights?cid=rss

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