Reader Contribution du Jour: Disaster Doughnuts
This tribute to one of the finest purveyors of sweets in our fair city hails from the Nassau Avenue stop of the Crosstown Local and comes courtesy of Sherry Wasserman. Great find!
Miss Heather
Greenburg Photo du Jour: McCarren Park
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken April 14, 2011.
Miss Heather
Spotted At The American Playground: A Good Friday Miracle!
Yes folks, it would appear the owner of 49 Noble Street— or perhaps the Department of Buildings— has finally commenced re-mediating their property so we can once again have our playground back! For those of you who have been keeping count it took no less than four months and three days for this auspicious event to come to pass. Hallelujah!
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Bye, Bye Beamer
Filed under: 11222, Feral Furniture, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
The above images were shot by Jay Lombard, who writes:
I was driving on mcguinness when I spotted the tow truck with NYPD escort. Our little wayward Beamer buddy from NH got dragged out of Greenpoint in grand fashion! Thanks for calling attention to this hunk o’ junk.
I have a confession to make: I feel a certain sense of loss. I mean, I am happy to see this eyesore being towed but I did find the detritus it was attracting downright fascinating from an anthropological stand-point. My conclusions are as follows:
- Someone in the surrounding environs really likes bananas.
- Someone in the surrounding environs keeps a bag of cat shit handy for such occasions. Or at least this is what I am envisioning/hoping: a Garden Spot Johnny Appleseed of sorts, if you will. But instead of marking his territory with fruit-bearing horticulture he his medium/message of choice is cat shit.
UPDATE, 4:45 p.m.: I just got off the phone with D.I. Hurson of the 94th Precinct. He gave me the skinny on what happened. VERY simply put, the plates placed on this car did not match the registration sticker on the dashboard. Apparently this is a fairly commonplace practice when someone wants to avoid registering cars in our fair state. Anyway, New York State tags and registration are easy to cross-reference at a glance because they will have matching numbers. In this case they had to do some cross-referencing in order to deduce this vehicle was (in all probability) abandoned. So there you go!
Miss Heather
P.S.: For what it is worth, the Banker Street comfy chair is still with us.
Someone has even gone to the trouble to move it so as to conceal the objectionable “language”. Nice.
Spotted On North 4 Street: Joann Berman Boutique
Being a lover of brightly-colored fettle I simply had to wave down the woman working inside this store front and ask what gives. She kindly told me a designer named Joann Berman was opening shop there and they hoped to up and running by May. I can hardly wait!
Joann Berman Boutique
North 4 Street between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street (I could not find a street number)
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photos du Jour: St. Cyril’s & Methodius
It would appear the conversion of this former school into residential space has begun.
Miss Heather
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