Dirty Santa! (At least there are a few heroes left in this world… HOLLAheroes!)
I was on the #1 train yesterday going home from a long day of work. It was already past 8pm and the trains were acting up (many delays on 2/3 and 1. Passengers had to switch at least 3 times!). In any...
View Article"This is the third time someone has reported this about him." WTF?
Earlier this afternoon, I was working on my laptop at the Steven A. Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library, when I noticed a man, seated one desk away across from me, staring at me. I tried...
View ArticleWHAT NOT TO DO, a story for bystanders
I was sitting on a blanket in Prospect Park on the grass (near the baseball fields off of the 9th St/PPW entrance) having a lovely time, when squarely build dude of medium height in jeans with a hoody...
View Article#NYPDfail: “you want him to be arrested, right, well that’s not going to...
Thank you for providing a forum for this. I hope that by gathering these stories, we can not only demonstrate the problem and it’s consequences, but find creative ways to stop this kind of thing from...
View Article#NYPDfail: they didn’t even ask me for a description of the guy
I work as a waitress in the lower east side one night a week. I was leaving work around 12:30 in a neighborhood that I have grown very comfortable in over the last year. I stayed with my coworker to...
View ArticleRacism + sexism = a new route
My neighborhood in Astoria is quiet, mostly. It’s safe, mostly. And for the most part its residents have never given me any kind of trouble. One day I was walking home from my friend’s apartment...
View ArticleWhy we need the “I’ve got your back” campaign: Xtine000′s story
I was coming home on the train to Astoria around 4am from Union Square. I had two or three drinks at a bar, so I was leaning on the window frame instead of sitting up strait. I believe this is when my...
View ArticleJill’s Story: “Thanks buddy, that sure makes me feel safer”
I was groped by a man on a bicycle two days in a row in Astoria. Considering I have lived here for 3 years and have felt very safe, this is really shocking and difficult to comprehend. The first...
View ArticleGeorgia’s story: “I’m not going anywhere until I file a report.”
Noticed a guy masturbating on the train, started taking pictures of him, and when he noticed me and got up, I started yelling at him, “I see you!!! Masturbator!!” No one else on the train flinched, the...
View ArticleHOLLA ON THE GO: “I called the police”
I was waiting at the bus stop on Fifth and Bellefonte, as I’ve done many times before, when I heard a person come out of the Victorian house whose fence borders the bus stop. The man was making weird...
View ArticleAndrea’s Story: Shocked and Disgusted
At around 8:30 am while waiting for the downtown J train at Bowery I was followed and watched by a man who began masturbating. He stood about 20 feet away from me on the same platform. He looked right...
View ArticleEmily’s Story: Threatened time and again
A few months ago I was followed and harassed by a man on the street. He verbally harassed me and did some very displeasing noises while he walked nearby. This went on for a few blocks and I kept...
View ArticleJulie’s Story: “Acted like I was somehow at fault”
This is just one of the many recent run-ins I’ve had with street harassers. I am a 27-year-old woman who has lived in New York for six years and I encounter these people just about every day. This one,...
View ArticleHarassed On The Street, Police Did Nothing
A man approached me as I was coming out of class. He asked me if I was interested in prostituting and making us some money in Miami. He said “you do it for free.” He commented on my body and told me...
View ArticleHOLLA ON THE GO: Harassed By Two Men While Getting Into My Car
This morning, I was leaving my home to go to my car and depart for work. I took one minute to remove the dead leaves from the windscreen when two big guys walked toward me. They already catcalled me...
View ArticleWhen NYPD fails, at least we have our neighbors
In the seven years that I’ve lived in New York, this is one of the worst street encounters I’ve had to-date. Around 1:15 pm this afternoon, I was walking home after a hair appointment to get ready for...
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