Is it a case of kids just doin’ the darndest things? Or, a precursor to a tangible uptick in local gang activity during this long hot summer?
This eyewitness account comes by way of one of our very own local bloggers, Brooklyn Row House, who witnessed the whole disarming incident go down:

“I was traveling down Ridge to Wakeman Place when a gang of at least a dozen kids (14 to 17 y/o, black and hispanic) ran into traffic carrying bats and chains. It looked like they were running from the park. Several cop cars intercepted them on Ridge. I couldn’t hang around to get the story.”

If accurate (and we fail to see any reason not to believe the above eyewitness account) it wouldn’t be the first such incident involving large clusters of local youths migrating to Owls Head Park, armed with various weapons, looking for a fight.

Owls Head is one of Bay Ridge’s most bucolic parks, which just last week was used as location for a motion picture shoot, and is a favorite destination among parents and children.

While it’s impossible to asses whether yesterday’s incident is indicative of any larger borough-wide surge in gang activity – it does mirror recent incidents (both in tone and feel) to that of machete wielding teens in Williamsburg, widely reported just last week by Gowanus Lounge and Gothamist.

(photo of the PLO Gang, courtesy Brooklyn Paper)