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From The New York Shitty Inbox, Part II: Another Cyclist Struck?
A fellow named Jim (who took the above photograph) writes in an email entitled “Cyclist Struck on Driggs/Graham”:
Cyclist had just crossed McGuinness (with the light). I noticed her bike with the flowers on the basket. I was crossing the other direction, so I heard the crash, but didn’t see it. The cyclist appeared to be in good shape afterwards. She was sitting on the curb talking to a man who had come to her aid. I only got a picture about two minutes after the impact, timestamp on the photo is 9:04. Ambulance was there by 9:06, and the NYPD removed the bicycle about 45 minutes later. Maybe someone else will know more?
Given this thoroughfare’s distinction as the deadliest in Kings County, this woman was very, VERY lucky. Still, enough is enough.
UPDATE, 7/17/2012: Here’s the 411 from the lady involved in this accident. It’s pretty scary stuff,
hey heather. yeah that was me.. i have a fractured fibula, some bruises and road rash it WAS scary as hell. i was on my way to work. riding cautiously as always.. got to graham and driggs looked to my right at that off shoot from mc guiness to see a car coming.. i thought holy shit he’s not gonna stop let alone slow down, i’m fucked. next thing i know i’m flying in the air, landed on his car (not sure if it was the hood or the trunk, couldn’t see, only felt the thunk) and i bounced off into the street. it’s a miracle that i didn’t hit my head and i’m not dead. and my injuries are minor compared to the intensity of the hit.he was probably going 20mph. he broadsided me, hardly a graze!(i didn’t have a helmet, but i’m getting one now) that’s it in a scary nutshell. now i just have to deal with the insurance company and but i have a lawyer..
NOTE: The motorist involved in this incident was not cited.
The Word On The Street, Part III: Valkyrie
Filed under: 11101, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, The Word On The Street
Taken July 15, 2012.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: Pink
Chris Arnade (who met Pink in Long Island City) writes:
“My dream? To go to Disney World. Like those commercials. I need to get clean first.” Pink
Pink, 45, was raped at 12, in a housing project elevator in Jamaica Queens. She has been using crack since 18, and walking the streets since 25. “I didn’t like sex, men, when I was younger. It took me being desperate to forget that rape.”
She works the streets hoping to get enough money for a hotel room and drugs. “I aint really addicted to crack, I am addicted to the lifestyle. I can have a bag full of crack but still feel the need to walk the streets. Its what I know.”
When I told her why I was taking pictures of addicts, she said “Make sure you write that I don’t like this. This is only a means.”
You can view Mr. Arnade’s ongoing photo series, Faces Of Addition, by clicking here.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Prophet In Pink
A fellow named Nick writes:
Hi Miss Heather,
I’m a long-time reader and fan of your blog, first-time e-mailer
I’ve seen that you’ll sometimes post about events that may be of interest to you and your readers, and I think this might fit the bill. I’m a North Brooklyn-based playwright, and a play I’ve written is being featured in this year’s New York International Fringe Festival. As my readership of your blog might imply, I have an ongoing fascination with the neighborhood in which I live, so it was probably inevitable that I was going to write something relating to my Willamsburg and Greenpoint environs. And that’s indeed what has come to pass.
The play is called Prophet in Pink, and the majority of it is set in our own McGolrick Park. It’s the story of three local struggling artists–who, I must stress, are not hipsters…the two don’t always have to go hand in hand–whose lives are going nowhere. Everything changes for them when one of McGolrick Park’s statues begins speaking and sending them mysterious messages. But which of the statues is it: our fair park’s lovely World War I angel, or the equally lovely Monitor Memorial? And, more importantly, why?
We run August 10-24 at the New Ohio Theater, 154 Christopher Street. More information can be found at www.prophetinpink.com
Thanks so much for your time, and thanks even more for your wonderful neighborhood reporting.
Thanks for the heads-up (and kind words), Nick!
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part I: Putting The “Fun” Back In Superfund!
Filed under: Gowanus
Taken by Michael Tapp, which web site can be seen here!
Crosstown Local Photos Du Jour: Alphas
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
From the Church Avenue bound platform at Greenpoint Avenue.
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