Every other Saturday night, Nate Hill delivers $1 bags of "crack" - really crystallized sugar - to anyone in Williamsburg and Greenpoint who calls in an order.
Dressed in a white tuxedo and a white dolphin headpiece, he shows up between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., just like a many real drug pushers.
"There's this amusing theatre going on and really, it's just supposed to be fun," Hill, 31, said.
But not everyone is amused. "I hate anybody who jokes about drugs," said Ismael Torres, 75, president of the tenant association at the Borinquen Plaza on Humboldt St. in Williamsburg. "I've seen too many cemeteries, too many hospitals, too many funeral parlours. The cops should stop this guy."
Kevin Wadalavage, vice president of Outreach Project, an alcohol and substance abuse treatment center in Greenpoint, said he was "dumbfounded" by the stunt. "It's irresponsible just to assume that young people can make the difference and get the act," Wadalavage said.
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