My husband, my daughter, and I were walking back from the Pavillion on 14th Street after seeing "Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride," when we happened upon an old white ambulance that’s been repurposed as a vehicle for Trapper John, the man who is singlehandedly saving Park Slope from squirrel and racoons.
Knowing as I do that squirrels have become a big problem in some Park Slope apartment buildings and brownstones, I took down Trapper John’s phone number which is printed on the car: 718-832-1111.
There was a typewritten note on the back of the ambulance that says:
"To whoever put that dead rat on my Bumper. Now that was funny. But it was also illegal…"
Another sign reads:
"Park close at your own risk."
My son claims that Trapper John is a math teacher at MS 51, the middle school on Fifth Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets. He was told that by three friends who used to attend MS 51. "That ambulance used to be parked by MS 51 all the time. I don’t know why it stopped being there. But it used to be there." my son added.
Well, it is true. According to Kim Maier, MS 51 PTA Co-President, Trapper John is Mr. Hoffman, the renowned 7th grade math teacher.
Trapper John is obviously a multi-dimensional person; he’s also a good businessman. Got squirrels? Call Trapper John. There’ s no man better for the job from what I’ve heard.
don’t be so full of praise for a person who many in the slope consider to be a borderline maniac. such as the owners of sweetly domesticated pets who were swooped-up after they bolted out the door, unbeknownst to their owners. as long as this guy sticks to vermin, fine. but he doesn’t always.