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NEXT WEEK: A Ribbon Cutting With Mayor Mike!
Some of you probably know ground has been broken for the new soccer field which will grace Bushwick Inlet Park. What you probably do not know is (per a most curious anonymous source) I have been told there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony with none other than our fair Mayor as well as “other elected officials and Commissioner Benepe” this upcoming Monday, July 6, 2009! The festivities will kick off at either 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. (I am awaiting confirmation for all of this— if/when I get a firm time and date I will post them here.) Let’s celebrate!
Or not.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For the New Soccer Field At Bushwick Inlet Park
Monday, July 6, 2009
Time: Either 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. (time and date to be confirmed) 11:00 a.m.
Kent Avenue between North 11 & 12 Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211*
Why hasn’t this event been announced to the general public, you ask? That’s an excellent question! Why not pop by on Monday and ask Mayor Mike and/or Mr. Benepe in person?
Miss Heather
*Or would that be WNYC Transmitter Park? As you can see in the following photographs (taken at 7:30 this evening) the stage is being set for something to go down there. Soon.
This is a fucking joke.
Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: Gearing Up For The 4th
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From T & N Wine And Liquors on Manhattan Avenue.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Recession Watch: Another One Bites The Dust?
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From Franklin Street.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: A Very Special Treat!
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One of the (admittedly) numerous things that puts me in an absolute tizzy is the fact that fewer and fewer Americans read— much less write— the English language on anything resembling a high school level. Inasmuch as this city places a strong emphasis on test scores, what is the point if the person(s) receiving a diploma cannot communicate intelligently? (I won’t bother to go into some of the recent college graduates with whom I have had the pleasure of interfacing; they’re even worse.) This depresses me to no end.
But this morning when I checked my email I found a reason not to be so glum. Butchered spelling can be bonus— albeit under the right circumstances.
Jan writes in an email entitled “Deli Counter ahem”:
I just had to send you this one. Not safe for work!! Aside from the giggling hipsters noticing, these labels have been there a few days. heheehheehe.
I wonder if these are vegetarian vagitarian friendly?
Miss Heather
Priceless
Some of you may or may know that this morning John Liu, who is running against David Yassky for City Comptroller, was on Bedford Avenue meeting and greeting morning commuters. Well, Mr. Yassky decided he too should canvass this thoroughfare (being as it IS in his City Council district) and invited a handful of his buddies to join him. The reception he received was chilly to say the least:
David: Hi, my name is David Yassky and I’m running for City Comptroller.Woman: Did you vote for a 3rd term?David: No, I’m not running for a 3rd term.Woman: But you voted to extend term limits.David: Yes, I did…Woman: It’s a terrible idea…David: Well, I disagree with you…Woman: …and I hope it comes back to haunt you.David: Shrugs meekly. Well…
I encourage each and every one of you to point and click your way over to A Short Story (from which the previous priceless exchange hails) for the full scoop. Good stuff!
Miss Heather
North Brooklyn Street Art Du Jour: Mixed Bag
Lest the relative silence today on New York Shitty has not been an indication I am kicking off this 4th of July weekend early. Over the next several days I will be posting— albeit not as prolifically as usual. (Hey, even I need to take a vacation once in a while!) The previous having been written, here’s a cavalcade of street art to get the party rolling. Enjoy!
West Street
Franklin Street
Bedford Avenue
North 4th Street
North 6 Street
North 7 Street
Driggs Avenue
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Simple & Convenient
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From Manhattan Avenue.
Miss Heather
Williamspoint Photos Du Jour: Summer Doldrums
Huron Street
Lorimer Street
Franklin Street
McCarren Park
It would appear those new trees Mayor Bloomberg planted are not the only wood to be found in McCarren Park nowadays.
Perhaps the folks at the Parks Department should offer the naming rights to the McCarren Park Pool to Larry Flynt? I am certain he, just like this gentleman, would rise to the occasion.
Miss Heather
Reader Contribution Du Jour: G Is For Genesis
I am certain by now many of you have noticed the new signage gracing the Smith – 9th bound entrances to our very own Crosstown Local. I was so gleeful at the prospect of our friends in south Brooklyn getting a taste— four years of it to be precise— of the G train experience I simply had to document this momentous event for posterity. What will they have to look forward to, you ask? I’d just as well prefer to let them find out. But the following, which comes courtesy of Holly, is a hint!
She writes:
Saw this yesterday morning on Smith/9th bound G platform at Nassau and thought of you…
Text reads: G enesis to Revelations – same wait
In a world where things are changing so fast I can barely keep up I find it curiously reassuring that the G is still the train I know and love. Yes, the Crosstown Local is unreliable— but it is consistent!
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: DOPE
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From Green Street.
Miss Heather
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