Bay Ridge Talks isn’t exactly a blog. It’s more like a message board, where neighbors can carry on discussions about a variety of topics.

Well, this story takes the cake. And the credit for bringing down a crack house in Bay Ridge. The story was first reported by the Brooklyn Eagle. And the Times in its story has some great quotes. It seems that the DA is happy to take the credit:

The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, announced the arrests on Wednesday, praising old-fashioned police work — “a fairly uncomplicated, unsophisticated operation.”

The suspects were identified as three brothers, Joseph Terrone, 54, Michael Terrone, 47, and Ross Terrone, 45, as well as Alan Reilly, 61, and Erica Raffone, 31. All remained jailed on Wednesday. The brothers and Ms. Raffone face conspiracy, drugs and weapons charges, while Mr. Reilly was charged with selling a controlled substance. A sixth suspect remains at large.

But the Times’ seemed to really get that it was the bloggers of Bay Ridge Talks that really delivered the goods.

Mr. Hynes said most of the drug activity occurred inside the house, making it hard for officers to penetrate. “I don’t think anyone recognized it was as expansive as it was,” he said.

But the bloggers seemed to know, sometimes chronicling daily activities in detail, misspellings and all: “Several more crack heads came out of 346 93rd street,” one woman wrote last year, “and one was trying to steal a ladder while i guess another which i could not tell was male or female, who may have lived their claimed ownership to the ladder and they begain to fight.”