More thoughts on stoops from a Park Slope parent:

Growing up in the Slope we considered stoops our playground on the days
our parents didn’t take us to the park, and after
school. Especially during big snowstorms, when we
jumped off the top into neighbors pile of snow for
hours.And just about any day after homework was done.
My parents brownstone stoop had L shaped stairs, with
a stone “bench” partially blocking our ground floor
entrance. Many people young and old sat for a rest
through the years, or played outside, and we were
always OK with that. It was our way of life.
It’s a different day and place now, and we’ve moved,
but a real Brooklyn thing, and I really miss our
stoop.

I totally agree that any behavior on anyones stoop
that affects their quality of life, or is in any way
obtrusive to stoop owners in a negative way, is not
OK.

We now have a fence and I agree that inside the fence, sitting on our steps
would be off limits on our new block. No one has
ever done that, yet. We do offer our porch at times to
anyone caught in a sudden storm, as we are in a high
foot traffic park area, and a few houses down from a
bus stop. Nobody has ever said no, and thanked us for
our gesture. It’s our new way of not having a stoop.
On both sides of the fence here, and pun totally
intended