Brooklynites Held a Block Party at President St. and Clinton St. on Election Night (Updated)

CARROLL GARDENS, BROOKLYN — Not two blocks from a packed polling site in Carroll Gardens, pro-Hillary Clinton voters — and who in Carroll Gardens wasn't with her, in the end — were tickled to discover on Election Day a pair of intersecting street signs in the neighborhood that pointed toward a historic victory for the Democratic candidate.

Two local filmmakers, Amanda Zinoman and Hayley Geftman-Gold, even planned a block party at the intersection of President and Clinton streets from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday night.

"Come celebrate the election of our first female POTUS!" they wrote in their Facebook event description.

Carroll Gardens resident and TV executive Anne Harris-Mathey told Patch in an interview on her stoop that she had knowledge a taco truck would be parked nearby President and Clinton streets Tuesday night to feed block-party attendees.

"It's very exciting to live near the corner of President and Clinton streets," Harris-Mathey's husband, Sean Mathey, said from beside her on the stoop.

"Just be nice to our block," Harris-Mathey urged anyone planning to show up.

Zinoman, one of the organizers, told Gothamist earlier in the afternoon afternoon that she had obtained the necessary NYPD permit for the party (plus a "projector screen and sound system"), and that the whole block would be closed to vehicular traffic during the party.

"We are expecting a large crowd, so please be safe, kind and respectful," the party organizers wrote on Facebook. "The 76th Precinct will be patrolling for our protection."

They said they envisioned the event as "similar to Garden Place on Halloween — just a nice social gathering of like-minded people."

This was the turnout:

A good time was had by all. Everyone went home at 10 p.m. on orders of the NYPD, Geftman-Gold told Patch.

A mere two hours later, as the clock struck midnight, a Donald Trump presidency was looking more and more probable.

"I'm curled up in a fetal position at home," the event organizer said. "I'm crying into my laptop," this reporter replied. There wasn't much else to say.

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